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Can Amit Shah win with a margin of 10 lakh votes in Gandhinagar?

Gujarat’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat is a crucial BJP stronghold.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 351: Scoop, Laapataa Ladies, Amar Singh Chamkila

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Another Election Show: Meet journalist Shambhu Kumar in fray from Bihar’s Vaishali

Delhi-based National Dastak editor Shambhu Kumar Singh is set to enter electoral politics in Bihar’s Vaishali. The BSP contestant spoke to Newslaundry before the announcement of his candidature, when the journalist had expressed his intention to fight the Lok Sabha election.

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Corruption woes and CPIM-Congress alliance: The TMC’s hard road in Murshidabad

“Nobody fulfils what we deserve as citizens. All political parties only give false promises,” said Mohammad Siraj, 60, sitting at a tea stall in Sarangpur village in Murshidabad’s Domkal. “There is no employment, no industry, nothing. Elections come and go but nobody does anything.”

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‘Not a family issue for me’: NCP’s Supriya Sule on battle for Pawar legacy, Baramati fight

Baramati is one of the most-watched seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election this year. The Pawar bastion – set to poll on May 7 – has turned into a battleground between the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions.

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‘Need to reclaim Constitution’: The Karnataka civil society groups safeguarding democracy

When news channels spewed venom, civil society groups in Karnataka got them censured. When the prime minister made incendiary remarks, they approached the Election Commission. In one election after another, civil society activists have tried to restore voters’ faith in the Constitution and fair electoral practices.

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NewsClick founder plea against UAPA case: SC asks why remand order before remand application

Hearing NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s petition against his arrest in a UAPA case, the Supreme Court noted that the remand order was issued before his lawyer was served a remand application, LiveLaw reported.

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In Baramati, Ajit and Sunetra’s ‘double engine growth’ vs sympathy for saheb and Supriya

Under a full moon, a tractor’s light bounces off chairs wet from a drizzle at an election meeting in Late village, about 22 kilometres from western Maharashtra’s Baramati. The power supply was cut an hour before NCP chief Ajit Pawar’s nephew Yugendra Pawar got up to urge the audience to…

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Voter turnout’s impact on party performance: How to read between the lines

The first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls recorded a relative dip in voter turnout figures which, understandably, has led poll watchers to read between the lines for clues as to why.

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‘Vote after marriage’: Around 70 lakh eligible women voters missing from UP’s electoral rolls

On a scorching afternoon in Malkapur village in western UP’s Baghpat, Nirmala arrives in an e-rickshaw to work at a wheat farm, along with her husband Mahesh and their four children.

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Mandate 2024, Ep 2: BJP’s ‘parivaarvaad’ paradox, and the dynasties holding its fort

In one election after another, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wooed large chunks of the Indian electorate with the idea that the dynastic rule of his “corrupt” political rivals has come to an end under his government.

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Hafta 482: JDS-BJP in Karnataka, inheritance tax debate, issues with PMLA

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna and lawyer Vakasha Sachdev.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 350: Ferrari, Aavesham, Ripley

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Know Your Turncoats, Part 8: Gorkha leader, ex-MLAs among 13 defectors in INDIA bloc

A Congressman who returned to his “mother party” to one who jumped ship to the BJP in the “best interest” – a total of 20 defectors are in fray in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections to be held across 89 constituencies in 13 states on April 26.

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Mandate 2024, Special Ep: The 4 big distortions in the PM’s ‘infiltrator’ speech

As a controversy over his dangerous diatribe rages on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen to play victim and claimed that the opposition is abusing him only because he has exposed their politics of “appeasement”.

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In Assam, two valleys divided on CAA, united in its absence as poll plank

“Even if somebody had come from Bangladesh, he won’t be able to apply under CAA, given the way rules are made. As per the rules, one needs to produce documents from Bangladesh. How is that possible, tell me?”

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‘Not fringe, PM saying this’: BJP minority leader expelled for criticising Modi’s anti-Muslim speech

“We reject fringe elements…But when the Prime Minister himself is making these statements, what will you say?” asked Usman Gani, former chief of the BJP Bikaner minority cell, in an interview with Newslaundry, hours after the Rajasthan Muslim leader was ousted from the saffron party.

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In Amroha, 4 YouTubers get EC notices

The district election office in Amroha has issued notices to the Superintendent of Police seeking action against four YouTubers under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct through their posts.

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In Assam, BJP tries to woo 1.21 cr women voters with schemes, ‘fake forms’

Gitarthi Bora, a 43-year-old resident of Bharti village in Assam's Sivasagar district, received a message last week on a WhatsApp group for the self-help group she is part of. It was from a senior, and invited her to attend chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s public meeting.

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How BJP ‘won’ in Surat: Unravelling 24 hours of peculiarities

In Gujarat’s Surat, polling for the general elections takes place on May 7. But weeks before, a BJP candidate was declared the unopposed winner from the Lok Sabha constituency.

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Rajesh Ramachandran to leave The Tribune as editor-in-chief

The Tribune has let go of its editor-in-chief Rajesh Ramachandran, Newslaundry has learned. According to sources, his last day will be May 13.

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Inflation, CAA-NRC, targeted violence: Why are Bihar’s Muslim voters anxious?

Between master strokes and criticism, the last 10 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government have been marked by religious polarisation and increasing Islamophobia.

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In run-up to LS polls on TV, 52% primetime segments against Oppn, around 1% on jobs, education

Indian democracy is at a critical juncture, with the world’s largest elections underway, and misinformation rampant. While the country’s press freedom ranking has slipped to 161 and Indian democracy has been categorised as an “electoral autocracy” in the latest V-Dem report, is the media making voters aware of key issues,…

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Amid visa troubles, ABC journalist leaves India despite diplomatic intervention

A day after her journalist visa was renewed for two months by the ministry of external affairs, Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s South Asia bureau chief Avani Dias abruptly left India – on April 19 – as her reportage on Sikh separatism “crossed a line”.

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