This election, Scroll.in has consistently reported on the intimidation of non-BJP candidates.

This spans seats of India's most powerful duo – Amit Shah's Gandhinagar and Narendra Modi's Varanasi.

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After nearly five years of intense politics, I find that the new CAA rules will have little impact for BJP.

Ironically, the only party impacted is CPI(M).

Many disgruntled Muslims would otherwise have voted for it. But now will likely stick with TMC.

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Executive Assistant to Iranian president: Contact made with two people on board presidential chopper

The person in the Farrukhabad video is 16-year-old Rajan Singh Thakur, son of a BJP worker.

Poll officials told Scroll.in they're investigating the matter after directions from the chief electoral officer in Lucknow.

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The youngster seen in the video casting eight votes is Rajan Singh Thakur.

His father, Anil Singh Thakur, is a BJP member and gram pradhan.

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After fact-checking Modi's speeches, Abhik Deb listens in to his interviews

41 interviews
Seven to news outlets in the South
Six to Gujarati media

Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks

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Impossible to keep track of the many ways the EC has helped the BJP over the Opposition

In Maharashtra, voters think they are voting for Uddhav's Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP, while voting for symbols belonging to BJP's allies

Tabassum reports
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No questions on Covid, none on violence against Muslims. One question on Manipur, just four on electoral bonds.

But well, we do now know Modi got Eid delicacies from his Muslim friends :)

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The CM has categorically assured that the Govt. has allotted 30 acres and underscore its seriousness to conserve Ponies. Destroying all of its habitat in the name of eco-tourism and allotting only 30 acres is nothing but a suicidal.

In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon

On Monday all 6 constituencies of Mumbai vote.

The last phase of the long drawn out voting in the state includes 7 other seats. I report.
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As many as 33 nominations rejected in Varanasi, leaving only seven candidates in the fray, the lowest number in three decades

Eight of the applicants allege the process was rigged

Read Ayush Tiwari's report from the PM's constituency

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Story 🚨 In Varanasi's least competitive election in decades, 14 BJP-RSS members filed nominations as independents.

Along with election officials, they deliberately delayed nominations for others, violating ECI guidelines, allege candidates. Scroll.in

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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that 1.25 crore Bangladeshis have infiltrated Assam in the past 40 years.

Sarma has been himself a state minister since 2002. His assertion has no logic or data is highly misleading .

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North East witnessing a huge pre monsoon rain deficit for the second consecutive year.

Remember Bibek Debroy's column about embracing a new Constitution in 2047?

A young Dalit man in an Uttar Pradesh village reminded me of it

I report on why Dalits in UP want to vote out the BJP

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Independent MLA and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi slams Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for his continuous 'communal' remarks during the election campaigns.

'It is unfortunate that the chief minister of our state is making the most communal speech in the country right now'

Why are the original inhabitants of Maharashtra, the Kolis, angry with present government? Unchecked coastal development, shift from traditional to mechanised fishing, and new ports and refineries in coastal areas have declined their livelihood. scroll.in/article/106758…

View from the Margins: Why Mumbai’s indigenous Kolis are angry with unchecked coastal ‘development’. Tabassum reports scroll.in/article/106758… via Scroll.in

“I will feel morally unburdened when I vote in favour of Engineer Rashid. He suffered so much but did not compromise. That’s why he’s still in jail.”

A jailed politician stirs up Baramulla poll from prison, Safwat Zargar | صفوت زرگر's fascinating report

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