Tag: bengalelection
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The “Untouchability” Delusion: Why Shekhar Gupta’s Mourning of the Muslim Vote is Premature and Pedantic
In the high-walled echo chambers of Lutyens’ Delhi, where the coffee is artisanal and the political theories are increasingly ornamental, a new narrative has been polished for public consumption. In 2018, the Ex-BBC journalist, Tufail Ahmed came with a similar post: “BJP systematically excluding Muslims, marginalized groups from poll process.” It was immediately rebutted by…
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The Restoration of the Ballot: A Tale of Two Watershed Elections
The history of Indian democracy is often written in the ink of the common man’s thumb, but occasionally, that ink is protected by the steel of institutional resolve. Two specific chapters – the 2005 Bihar Assembly election and the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election – stand as mirrors of each other. Separated by two decades,…
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