Thread by @thecaravanindia

As we approach #resultsday, a thread of our coverage of the #LokSabhaElections2019:

Dharmendra Pradhan may be the BJP’s money man in Odisha but his rising star could cost the party

@SagarChoudhary_ reports: bit.ly/30zedZ4
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Election Commission lies in affidavit before SC in VVPAT case filed by opposition parties.

@rag_ps reports: bit.ly/2Wa7XrD
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Political Affairs: The liberals who loved Modi.

Praveen Donthi writes: bit.ly/2Yzly9u
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Modi claims “Hindu terror” is an insult, but home ministry probes “Islamist & Sikh terrorism”

@nikita1712 reports: bit.ly/2VE5C8H #LokSabhaElections2019

The outrage about Modi is hiding the real story of these elections—the failings of Rahul Gandhi.

@HartoshSinghBal writes: bit.ly/2E0mKed
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Despite government schemes, caste alignment holds the key to eastern UP polls.

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2WU00nl
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Former aide hits out at Adityanath; claims Lok Sabha nomination was cancelled at CM's behest.

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2Ekvo7w
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Forget being a rich man’s democracy, we are not even a democracy: ADR’s Jagdeep S Chhokar

bit.ly/30iqS2A
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Modi’s forgotten promise of justice for the Kerala fishermen in the Italian marines case

@aathira_vk reports: bit.ly/2LSydTB
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Chandni Chowk’s Bania community is satisfied with AAP but wants Modi at the centre

@singhamritaa reports: bit.ly/2YnHC6C
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Why the Qureshi butchers of East Delhi’s Ghazipur will not vote in the #LokSabhaElections2019

@ahanpenkar reports: bit.ly/2VbC8Kx

Can trans woman and AAP candidate Bhawani counter UP's feudal patriarchy with religion?

@nehadixit123 reports: bit.ly/2W03E1V
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Did #ArunJaitley do enough to investigate the #BoforsScam?

Praveen Donthi in: bit.ly/2PXePmN
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In Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region, agrarian distress and nationalism frame the electoral battle

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2Y2KeXq
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In Rajasthan, Congress hopes to gain ground in the second phase of polls

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2JhiIl1
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How the BJP weaponised evictions as a tool against Assam’s Bengali Muslim residents.

@abdulkazad writes: bit.ly/2ITLXLf
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How Priyanka Gandhi is bringing UP's Brahmins back to the Congress

Akhilesh Pandey reports: bit.ly/2J601AI
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From BJP to SP, political parties remain fickle in their commitment to women's representation

@mv_meanderings in: bit.ly/2GQI0ok
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More PR, less change: The impact of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in one Rajasthan district.

@ManiraChaudhary in: bit.ly/2GHsw4Z
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As Rajasthan goes to polls, silence shrouds the Afrazul hate killing

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2vrOe7P
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How Modi’s #Kashi Vishwanath corridor is laying the ground for another Babri incident.

@iimc1999 in: bit.ly/2GGJxfk
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#Modi’s latest affidavit and interview with Akshay Kumar reveal that he allotted himself government land as Gujarat CM

@KaushalShroff and @nileenams: bit.ly/2W7EN9a
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We are ready for the struggle for Bhil Pradesh: Bharatiya Tribal Party leader Kantilal Roat.

An interview with Roat, by @DharaShukoh: bit.ly/2GwCUMA
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As Shah replaces Advani in Gandhinagar, how RSS engineered BJP’s generational shift.

From July 2013, Poornima Joshi in: bit.ly/2V8byWL #LokSabhaElections2019

EC issued notice to Modi aide Praful K Patel for “coercive action” against election officers.

@rag_ps reports: bit.ly/2Unb0I4 #LokSabhaElections2019

Sangh Parivar urges sadhus to mobilise electoral support for BJP, invokes Babri Masjid demolition

Dhirendra K Jha reports: bit.ly/2Dv01Xx #LoksabhaElections2019

Is Mufti Sayeed's PDP a creation of the National Democratic Alliance?

Praveen Donthi in: bit.ly/2Zl8pBS
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Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blasts case, contested in #LokSabhaElections2019 on a BJP ticket from the Bhopal constituency.

An excerpt on how Thakur, Sunil Joshi and Aseemanand planned the #samjhautablastcase: bit.ly/2VcTA5v

The BJP grapples for the crucial OBC vote in Bihar

@SagarChoudhary_ reports: bit.ly/2ICLThW
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As the VBA contests polls in Maharashtra, a look at Asaduddin Owaisi’s Dalit outreach.

An excerpt from @nafsmanzer's profile of Owaisi: bit.ly/2Di3BUJ #LokSabhaElections2019 #Elections2019

Did Narendra Modi omit details of his land assets in his election affidavits?

@nileenams and @KaushalShroff report: bit.ly/2IwLkq8 #IndiaElections2019 #LokSabhaElections2019

"Ab ki baar, Hindu sarkar": VHP conducts a rally through Muslim neighbourhoods in Delhi

@shahidtantray reports: bit.ly/2Z90urg
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An excerpt from @rohini_mohan's cover story on how Irani’s aggressive campaign in Amethi gave Rahul Gandhi a tough fight in 2014: bit.ly/2P29QAB #LokSabhaElections2019 #Elections2019

An excerpt by Praveen Donthi looking back at how Jagan Mohan Reddy broke away from Congress to launch his bid for chief ministership: bit.ly/2G5kpyF #IndiaElections2019 #LokSabhaElections2019

How the Gond tribe could influence Uttar Pradesh’s caste arithmetic.

Akhilesh Pandey reports: bit.ly/2UM1B0H
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Congress’ Hindutva politics in UP fuels a sense of defeat among its Muslim leadership.

@SagarChoudhary_ reports: bit.ly/2P92wU1
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How KCR first cemented his hold over the Telangana movement, and then the state.

From the Archive, an excerpt from Praveen Donthi's profile of KCR: bit.ly/2G6cWj7
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Asaduddun Owaisi and the AIMIM’s rough-and-tumble politics.

An excerpt from @nafsmanzer's September 2016 profile of Owaisi: bit.ly/2I9EIP2 #LokSabhaElections2019 #Elections2019

Nitin Gadkari: Modi's quiet challenger waiting in the wings

An excerpt from Praveen Donthi's April 2018 profile of Gadkari: bit.ly/2D8pQMO
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In Kairana, sugarcane, stray cattle and caste alliances will decide the #LokSabhaElections2019

@DharaShukoh reports: bit.ly/2I5XN4z #Elections2019

Speaking out may put us at risk, not speaking out will kill the soul: Anand Patwardhan on his latest film, “Vivek,” and reason in the time of the RSS. #LokSabhaElections2019 #Elections2019

@visvak: bit.ly/2uQOa0V

Keeping the Faith: How the Jama’at-e-Islami chronicles the failure of mainstream politics in Kashmir

@BasharatKashmir writes: bit.ly/2YUAfEQ #LokSabhaElections2019

Drought, deluge and debt: Why eight farmers from Kerala's Idukki district committed suicide this year.

@rejitweets reports: bit.ly/2HTYs9l #LokSabhaElections2019

Congress has blatantly promoted Hindutva in last four years: Asaduddin Owaisi

@nileenams interviews Owaisi: bit.ly/2FLasr9
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The Yeddy Diaries: Pages with income tax note payoffs to BJP—150 crore each to Jaitley and Gadkari; 100 crore to Rajnath Singh; 50 crore each to Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi
@nileenams and @aathira_vk report: bit.ly/2Y9Qj5v #LokSabhaElections2019

"RJD is not a party of M–Y but A to Z."

Tejashwi Yadav's political advisor Sanjay Yadav, on reservations, the #LokSabhaElections2019, and the RJD's mahagatbandhan with the Congress in Bihar: bit.ly/2TisWa0

Mahagathbandhan's prime ministerial candidate will be decided unanimously post elections: Sharad Yadav

@SagarChoudhary_ and @DharaShukoh's interview with Yadav: bit.ly/2tZwfVG #LokSabhaElections2019

Uncharted Territory: Decoding Priyanka Gandhi’s emergence into Uttar Pradesh politics

Ajaz Ashraf writes: bit.ly/2FFmH7z #LokSabhaElections2019

The Takeover: How the RSS is infiltrating India’s intellectual spaces

@HartoshSinghBal writes: bit.ly/2HNWsPP
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The Saffron Siege: Inside the killing fields of Kerala

@NidheeshJV's report: bit.ly/2UrUIl0 #LokSabhaElections2019 #Elections2019

An Unholy Quest: The RSS’s attempts to engulf the sadhu class

Dhirendra K Jha's report: bit.ly/2Uk1Sbg
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Land of the Rising Sangh: The RSS’s expansion into the northeast

@Masoyo27 's report: bit.ly/2V84eXF
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Caste Away: The Aam Aadmi Party’s perpetuation of upper-caste politics

@SagarChoudhary_ in: bit.ly/2Wytpmx
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#PhotoEssay | Democracy in Progress: Tracing the history of Indian elections. bit.ly/2JTwRXB
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