Electoral Systems
https://x.com/ani/status/1794612302811103449?s=48&t=SFa-k5NPsWv0XaNTx3j6wg ANI @ANI #WATCH | Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal says "You all know that the voting results will be out on the 4th June. I want to make the public and the political parties aware of what you should do when the machines (EVMs) open. So I have made a chart for all the parties and all the counting agents. In this chart, the CU (control unit) number, BU (ballot unit) number and VVPAT ID will be present...The third column is very important. 4th June 2024 is written in the third column and the time when the machine will be opened is written below. If there is any difference in this time then you will know that the machine has already been opened somewhere...Then, the serial number of control unit will also come here in written format, you have to match that too...When the total poll vote comes, then look at it carefully so that when there are more votes in the counting, the problem may come again...Keep in mind 2 things, do not press the result button until the verification is done in the above column and if there is a difference between that timing and the timing of the result then there is something wrong. I would like that all political parties and all the candidates who are sitting there should carefully check the first column and get it opened only then..."
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=372076752056440
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Kapil Sibbal ने EVM पर उठाया सवाल, बोले कोई भी मशीन से छेड़छाड़ संभव है
Modi’s belief that he can get such a blatant lie to be believed by a large number of people comes from the fact that the BJP has a formidable IT cell to amplify this claim, and the support of mainstream media. https://thewire.in/communalism/modis-election-propaganda-hinges-on-falsehoods
by Ram Puniyani
08/05/2024
At this week's event, hosted by CNN-News18, all the politicians invited are from the BJP. No one from any opposition party is advertised as a speaker. Even those that claim to promote 'journalism of courage' have become platforms for the powerful to voice their opinions to select elite audiences.
When such media events began in the 1990s it was the normal practice that apart from speakers from the government there would also be speakers from opposition political parties. Sometimes there would be a panel of speakers with both the political party in government and ones in opposition represented. That was the era in which a plural and liberal democracy was thriving. Today, there’s no place for such balance even in media hosted events.
by Sanjaya Baru
19/03/2024
The Union government has asked higher educational institutions (HEIs) to screen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Wednesday (March 13) as he lays down the foundation stones for semiconductor facilities in Gujarat and Assam. https://thewire.in/education/ugc-directs-universities-to-screen-modis-speech-organise-event-with-viksit-bharat-posters
The move has been perceived as a bid to reach out to first-time voters ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls before the model code of conduct comes into effect, according to the Telegraph.
12/03/2024