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Flesh is allowed in the puranas, flesh is allowed in the holy books of the mussalmans, flesh has been used in the four ages: Guru Nanak
Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night: Guru Nanak
In 90s, Lalu failed to protect butchering of Dalits, earning him a sobriquet of Jungle Raj, but the hounding dogs of this jungle were Ranvir Sena, the Bhumihar militia, which evolved and melted in JDU & BJP. CP Thakur, Sushil Modi, Anand Mohan, Murli Manohar Joshi were RS patron
Ambedkar was able to enshrine universal adult suffrage in the Constitution—making India the first large democracy in the world to do so at its inception, rather than in an incremental manner. Throughout its history, the ECI has sought to protect this right, making strenuous…
Once again BJP came out in defense of ECI against Rahul Gandhi's serious charge of voter deletions by CEC. BJP continues to harp on 'ghuspaithiye' plank, but it'll backfire in Bihar, for a simple reason: voter deletions are real, & except a few, deleted ones are Indian citizens.
The ECI’s evident bias towards wealthier voters, who are much more likely to have the necessary documents for the SIR, is reminiscent of the colonial authorities’ insistence on retaining a property qualification—which also included wages and the payment of rent or income tax—for…
Throughout its history, the ECI has made strenuous efforts to ensure that every eligible voter is enrolled. The SIR marks a reversal of this policy.
The ECI’s evident bias towards wealthier voters, who are much more likely to have the necessary documents for the SIR, is…
The ECI published a draft electoral roll on 1 August. Barely a fortnight later, Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state’s legislative assembly, showed that the deputy chief minister Vijay Sinha had been enrolled at two places. The ECI responded by sending Sinha…
Ambedkar was able to enshrine universal adult suffrage in the Constitution—making India the first large democracy in the world to do so at its inception, rather than in an incremental manner. Throughout its history, the ECI has sought to protect this right, making strenuous…
Ambedkar’s arguments have become extremely relevant in the wake of the ECI’s apparent attempts, through the SIR in Bihar, to unsettle settled issues over who has the right to vote.
Read @Sagar_reporter's remarks in the caravan's latest issue: caravanmagazine.in/politics/sir-t…
The ECI justified its decision to carry out the SIR in Bihar on the grounds that the Special Summary Revision, an annual exercise last conducted between October and December 2024, had “limitations” in identifying inaccuracies in the electoral rolls that necessitated preparing a…
The ECI published a draft electoral roll on 1 August. Barely a fortnight later, Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state’s legislative assembly, showed that the deputy chief minister Vijay Sinha had been enrolled at two places. The ECI responded by sending Sinha…
“If I understand the franchise, I understand it to be the right to regulate the terms of what one might call associated life in society. That is the essence of the franchise. When you give a man the franchise, what you mean is that you give him power to regulate the terms on…
The ECI justified its decision to carry out the SIR in Bihar on the grounds that the Special Summary Revision, an annual exercise last conducted between October and December 2024, had “limitations” in identifying inaccuracies in the electoral rolls that necessitated preparing a…
The ECI justified its decision to carry out the SIR in Bihar on the grounds that the Special Summary Revision, an annual exercise last conducted between October and December 2024, had “limitations” in identifying inaccuracies in the electoral rolls that necessitated preparing a…
The ECI justified its decision to carry out the SIR in Bihar on the grounds that the Special Summary Revision, an annual exercise last conducted between October and December 2024, had “limitations” in identifying inaccuracies in the electoral rolls that necessitated preparing a…
By demanding documents that are possessed by a minority of the electorate, the SIR threatens to resurrect the property, income, educational and service qualifications that existed during the colonial era. These 11 documents are ostensibly meant to enable voters to prove their…
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