-The Hindu Supreme Court modifies February 2020 judgment; imposes fines on major political parties, including the BJP and the Congress. The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned Parliament that the nation is losing patience with the advent of criminals in politics even as it imposed fines on major political parties, including the BJP and Congress, for covering up from voters the criminal past of the candidates they had fielded in the Bihar Assembly...
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NDTV Exclusive: BJP Got Rs. 2,555 Crore From Electoral Bonds In 2019-20, 76% Of Total -Arvind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com Altogether electoral bonds worth ₹ 3,355 crore were sold in 2019-20, of which the BJP income was ₹ 2,555 crore. New Delhi: The BJP has gathered a whopping 76 per cent of the electoral bonds sold in the financial year 2019-20, shows data accessed by NDTV from the Election Commission. Altogether electoral bonds worth ₹ 3,355 crore were sold in 2019-20, of which the BJP income was ₹ 2,555 crore. This...
More »Are voters delivering more decisive mandates? -Jonathan Kay and Milan Vaishnav
-HindustanTimes.com Contrary to conventional wisdom, a comparative study of elections since 1980 indicates that verdicts are, if anything, getting less decisive and election wins are becoming narrower Are Indian voters empowering governments with more decisive mandates? This is the emerging wisdom among many experts and observers of Indian politics. For instance, pollster Pradeep Gupta, in his book, How India Votes: And What It Means, has argued that new forms of technology are enabling...
More »In PM Modi’s Varanasi Speech, a Mix of False Claims, Half-Truths and Exaggerated Praises -Archit Mehta
-TheWire.in On July 15, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects in UP and praised chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s governance. The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections will be held between February to March next year. Campaigning for the polls has begun and it is not unusual for the incumbent government to make assertions about the milestones it has achieved in the past years. On July 15, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated various development...
More »No need for a drastic population policy -Subhanil Chowdhury and Saswata Ghosh
-The Hindu Data from Assam and Uttar Pradesh show that fertility rates have been reducing over time Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing in draft legislation aimed at controlling their populations. The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill of 2021 promotes a two-child policy, according to which those people having...
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