Ask yourself: why were 1,000 rupee notes taken out of circulation and replaced by 2,000 notes? Why was #demo timed strategically after the first so-called "surgical strike"?
Answer: to thwart a resurgent Opposition after the Bihar elections, and to avoid a repeat in UP. (1/4)
Answer: to thwart a resurgent Opposition after the Bihar elections, and to avoid a repeat in UP. (1/4)
Now, ask yourself about the new electoral bonds, the interim budget, the assault on the CBI, RBI, and EC, and the blatant abuse of the bureaucracy before and during the national elections.
Indira Gandhi was disqualified by the Allahabad High Court for far less. (2/4)
Indira Gandhi was disqualified by the Allahabad High Court for far less. (2/4)
This isn't about secularism/communalism, but the fairness and legitimacy of the procedures by which democratic representatives are elected in India.
Whether or not EVMs were hacked or replaced, there's plenty of prima facie evidence for calling this a stolen election. (3/4)
Whether or not EVMs were hacked or replaced, there's plenty of prima facie evidence for calling this a stolen election. (3/4)
As such, there are no grounds for calling it the "will of the majority." Such claims in the media wilfully reproduce the populist rhetoric of an imaginary "people."
The election data analysis and commentary then pretend this is business as usual, and hence, legitimate.
The election data analysis and commentary then pretend this is business as usual, and hence, legitimate.
