Electoral scene
Ninety-three former civil servant have written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) endorsing a letter written by former IIM-Ahmedabad professor Jagdeep Chhokar on the speech given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan’s Banswara on April 21. https://thewire.in/communalism/93-ex-civil-servants-endorse-letter-to-ec-demanding-action-on-modis-communal-speech
The speech contained hate-filled remarks against Muslims, suggesting that were “infiltrators” and the opposition, if elected, would give away “mangalsutras” and “land” of those listening to his speech to Muslims. The ECI has received over 2,200 complaint letters from citizens over this particular speech.
Chhokar’s letter specified ways in which the speech violated the Model Code of Conduct, the Representation of People Act and the Indian Penal Code.
24/04/2024
As many as 11 civil society organisations have urged the Election Commission of India to pay special attention to online campaigning and surrogate advertisements, inadequacies in voluntary code of ethics, use of emerging technologies such as deepfakes, and voter surveillance.
The letter was signed by Article 21 Trust, Association for Democratic Reforms, Campaign Against Hate Speech, Common Cause, Internet Freedom Foundation, LibTech India, Maadhyam, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, National Alliance of People’s Movements, Rajasthan Asangathit Mazdoor Union, and Software Freedom Law Center, India.
10/04/2024
Election Commission के Notice के बाद Modi का भाषण, धज्जि उड़ाई! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9xKx8vwZQ4 Kumkum Binwal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de-Pb7wW9Dg May 23, 2024 PM Modi पर हसेंगी दुनिया कि ये क्या हो गया? Phase 6 Voting से पहले बिगड़े बोल! Lok Sabha Elections
PM Modi Bhiwani Speech Analysis: Continuing his shamelessness before the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi claimed in his Bhiwani rally speech that if opposition parties form the government, he will cut off electricity to people's homes. Praveen Gautam's analysis of what senior journalists Ravish Kumar and Rohini Singh said regarding such statements by PM Modi.
What has been conspicuous in all three of the electoral campaigns before us is of course the larger-than-life persona of Narendra Modi.
The common thread that runs through the election campaigns of the Modi decade has been the systematic mediatisation of the Modi cult right from the days when he appeared on ‘Aap ki Adalat’ (India TV) in April 2014 and responded to Rajat Sharma’s supposed “grilling” before an audience consciously packed with cheering supporters.
In 2019, he personally addressed more rallies than any other BJP politician, constantly messaging that every vote cast for the party in the election will go to him personally.
This time, even before the elections were announced, we had the ‘Modi Guarantee’ thrust on us through public hoardings and newspaper advertisements.
30/03/2024
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Indian Electoral Politics: Shifting Sands
Seven decades down the line the electoral scene has changed for the worse and is currently dominated by emotive issues. The foundation of derailing the ‘this worldly’ issues was the Ram Temple movement. This movement became stronger after the implementation of Mandal Commission report. Since then the domination of emotive, identity issues is on the rise. This is reflected by the fact that in 2019, no party dared to utter the word secularism, as claimed by the winner of 2019 elections, Mr. Narendra Modi himself. He presented it as a trophy for the efforts of RSS-BJP’s political success.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/indian-electoral-politics-shifting-sands/
It is in this track that any issue can be given a religious turn as we witnessed its peak in the coining of phrase ‘Corona Jihad’. This showed how electoral politics can be reduced merely to game of identity issues. BJP has mastered this art over a period of last few decades. The media, which is prostrating to BJP ideology, is putting its best efforts to magnify the doings of communal stream.
Not to be left behind, Arvind Kejrival is trying to compete which these divisive efforts revolving around identity issues, in his own unique smart ways. The AAP, which in a way, is an alternate model of communal politics; is playing its Hindutva/communal card with shrewdness. Kajriwal party is also an example of blind subservience to the dictator by the other leaders of that party. As Kejriwal demanded this; all his cronies, stated saying the same. The peak of this was Atishi Marlena, who stated that this demand of Laxmi-Ganesh is not merely Kejriwal demand, it is the aspiration of 130 crore Indians! Most of the dictatorial tendencies believe they are speaking for the whole country. This is a duplicate of what Narendra Modi, when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, used to say that he is talking on behalf of Five Crore Gujratis. India needs a party which can accommodate all sections of society with equality and dignity, apart from welfare; it also promotes employment and proactively deals with marginalized sections of society. We need a party where religion is not mixed with politics. For many, AAP began with a big promise for a better politics, but its reality is there for all to see with its trajectory leading to demanding Laxmi and Ganesh on currency notes and dumping of Jan Lokpal in the dustbin of Hisotry!
2/11/2022