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“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.”

The NDA’s strategy of pairing an influential OBC leader with a prominent upper-caste face appears to have paid off in Bihar. As counting day unfolds, both of the state’s deputy chief ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, seem to have secured decisive wins.

Rahul Gandhi’s allegations about voter rolls predate, and never relied on, any data from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. 

Opposition parties in Kerala have alleged electoral roll manipulation in Thrissur a year after the Bharatiya Janata Party's historic first Lok Sabha victory in the state, though evidence for the claims of large-scale manipulation remains limited. The accusations emerged amid broader national allegations by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about electoral…

The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) response to allegations of voter manipulation has been consistent – denial and seeking statements under oath from those raising the allegations. Days after asking Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to prove the charges through a declaration under oath, the ECI has…

As the week leading up to India’s 79th Independence Day dawned, the condition of stray dogs in the country’s national capital made the top headlines following a ruling by the Supreme Court. While the fact of the highest court in the land addressing this issue is certainly unusual, one can…

Today, hundreds of MPs from the INDIA bloc – including Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, and TMC leader Mahua Moitra – had called for a protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission against alleged vote theft.

This week on Sansad Watch, we see the INDIA bloc’s uproar against alleged vote theft inside and outside Parliament, while Prime Minister Modi stayed away from the parliamentary discussion.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) was quick to tag as ‘misleading’ the allegations raised by Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi regarding creation of fake votes in Mahadevapura Assembly segment in Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. However, hours after the press conference, the ECI…