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Why you need not worry about the reliability of EVMs and VVPATs

22 Opposition parties met EC yesterday to demand verification of sample VVPAT slips before counting the EVMs. It is to be noted that the Honourable Supreme Court has mandated that five randomly selected polling station’s in an assembly constituency – VVPATs be counted and verified against their corresponding EVMs. This cumbersome process will take long hours as it takes about an hour to manually count … Continue reading Why you need not worry about the reliability of EVMs and VVPATs

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BJP plays a masterstroke with Sadhvi Pragya’s nomination

If politics was a game of chess then PM Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah are its Magnus Carlsen and Vishwanathan Anand playing on the same side. By nominating Sadhvi Pragya from the prestigious seat of Bhopal, BJP has not only thrown the Congress in a quandary but also have left the Lutyens’ liberals frothing from their mouths. As always in the game … Continue reading BJP plays a masterstroke with Sadhvi Pragya’s nomination

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Why Bangalore South might be a prestige battle for BJP President

In a war there are many battles, but some battles hold special meaning and purpose for various reasons. Well in the electoral war of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, one such prestige battle might be the electoral battle for Bangalore South, a traditional BJP stronghold. BJP surprised and shocked not only the political pundits and the Bangalore south electorate, but also the BJP local cadre by … Continue reading Why Bangalore South might be a prestige battle for BJP President

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EXCLUSIVE: Why BJP may get an absolute majority in Elections 2019

2014 Election results were quite interesting apart from the massive Modi wave which swept across the nation. A closer look would show how the BJP performed exceedingly well in a bunch of states (which we will call Strong Zone) and surprisingly performed very poorly in another bunch of states (which we will term as Weak Zone). As we can notice in both the zones as … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Why BJP may get an absolute majority in Elections 2019

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Savarkar, Swamy and Hindutva

Defining Hindu, Hinduism and “who is a Hindu” has mystified many till date. Some have broadly defined Hinduism as the “way of life” and not a religion. Very few have come up with a thought process of clearly defining the Hindu identity which binds this nation together. What has been the secret ingredient which the Hindus possess; that after more than 1200 years of brutal … Continue reading Savarkar, Swamy and Hindutva

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