Here’s a hot button election issue: Will soaring temperatures keep people from voting? 2019 data offers some clues
The joke goes that Sheohar in Bihar logged 45 – for both temperature (°C) on polling day and turnout (%)....
Nandita Sengupta blog
Clock’s ticking: Battle for party symbols
Symbols are a party’s heartbeat. But parties don’t own symbols. Which is why it’s such a fierce battle when parties...
CAAN it deliver big for BJP in polls? Depends
Notifying CAA just ahead of Lok Sabha 2024 elections – after 4 years since its passage in Parliament in Dec...
Elections need money but also protection from money
Transparency and minimising illicit funds in electoral finance – party income, campaign funds and expenditure – is hands-down the biggest...
The what, who & how of Maratha quota
The demand for a quota in government jobs and educational institutes for Marathas, about 32% of Maharashtra’s population, started over...
