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 The Legitimation Crisis of Indian Elections The Legitimation Crisis of Indian Elections Posted on 28th August, 2024 (GMT 16:01 hrs) ABSTRACT The article “The Legitimation Crisis of Indian Elections” explores concerns about the integrity of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India. It highlights significant discrepancies between votes polled and counted, with reports suggesting potential manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and questioning the Election Commission’s transparency. The article argues that these issues have deepened the legitimacy crisis of India’s electoral system, challenging the credibility of the current government and the democratic process as a whole. “That a political party which works for the defense and growth of capitalism is called “Socialist,” and a despotic government “democratic,” and a rigged election “free” are familiar linguistic-and political-features which long predate Orwell.”  — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (1964) In the...

Take Stern Measures against the BJP MPs With Legal Conflicts: An Appeal to the President of India Take Stern Measures against the BJP MPs With Legal Conflicts: An Appeal to the President of India Posted on 07/06/2024 (GMT 13:23 hrs) Although there are too many complaints, FIRs and legal cases against the BJP’s malpractices during the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024, the Election Commission of India (ECI) along with the other vigilante agencies have turned a blind’s eye to all these crucial matters before a “new government” is formed. This apathy and neglect on the part of these constitutional bodies that have lost their credibility is not unexpected, since they have functioned through the campaigning days as a mouthpiece for the BJP’s divisive, autocratic aims. Now, it is known that the Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh published, on behalf of the INC, a booklet enlisting their 272 pertinent (state-wise) questions to PM Modi to which there were no answers on behalf of the outgoing PM. 72 day...