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Politics

Amidst the EVM row, Election Commission sets up 24-hour control room to monitor complaints relating to EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
EC has issued clarifications saying that it would like to "emphatically and unambiguously" clarify that all such reports and allegations are "absolutely false and factually incorrect."
News Reports

RSLP leader Upendra Kushwaha calls for violence in the name of protecting votes

OpIndia Staff -
Kushwaha said that votes were no less valuable than one's reputation and food and that even picking up weapons was justified if it was done for protecting the votes.
Politics

Amit Shah hosts dinner for NDA alliance partners ahead of vote counting on May 23

OpIndia Staff -
The meeting was scheduled ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election on May 23
Opinions

Fear and falsehood: How a colonialist ecosystem paints the Modi government as communal

Saket Suryesh -
Was Akhlaq killed because the killers wanted him to convert to Hinduism? The incident is called communal because the killers belonged to one community and the victim to another.
Media

The curious case of ‘Tricolour News Network’ and their Romanian owner Diana Biciin

Nirwa Mehta -
It is curious that Aam Aadmi Party social media cell member shared a video of a dubious platform which was earlier used by Congress' Kapil Sibal
Politics

BJP worker shot at, shop burned in West Bengal post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff -
In several incidents of post-poll violence, a BJP worker was reportedly shot at while shops have been set ablaze in Cooch Behar. In Bhatpara too, violent clashes are being reported.
News Reports

Exit poll rattles opposition, 21 parties submit a memorandum to EC urging to count 100% VVPAT slips

OpIndia Staff -
Unnerved by the exit poll predictions Opposition parties are not in the mood to refrain themselves from creating unnecessary controversy
Politics

Spooked by Exit Polls revelations, a certain ‘R Gandhi’ cancels his London trip before the result day: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A certain 'Mr R Gandhi' cancelled his Delhi to London return trip after the exit polls predicted a landslide victory for PM Narendra Modi.
Politics

IIT graduate and an IAS officer explains in detail why EVMs can’t be ‘hacked’ or ‘tampered’ with

OpIndia Staff -
Bhavesh Mishra, IAS 2015 batch, B.Tech IIT Delhi, on Quora gave a detailed explanation regarding why EVMs cannot be 'hacked' or 'tampered' with.
Politics

ECI issues clarifications after opposition parties and journalists peddle fake news about EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
The spokesperson of the ECI has clarified that the allegations of EVM tampering arising from political parties are baseless and all protocols are being duly followed in storage and security of the EVMs.
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