Saba Naqvi
@_sabanaqvi
Books, In Good Faith (2012) Capital Conquest (2015). Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee to Modi ( 2018) Politics of Jugaad (2019). Saffron Storm (2024)
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BREAKING| Plea In Supreme Court For SIT Probe Into Electoral Bonds 'Scam', Alleges Quid Pro Quo Between Corporates & Political Parties
#SupremeCourtOfIndia #ElectoralBonds
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Today in parts of #UttarPradesh that vote in #secondphase April 26, #HanumanJayanti merged with religious-cultural mobilisation by RSS/BJP and involved bhandaras and food distribution on large scale.
In this detailed piece, Neel Madhav and I write about the Election Commission's Technical Expert Committee.
The committee, which certifies India’s Electronic Voting Machines, is plagued by potential conflict of interest
Do read
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Finance Minister #NirmalaSitharaman said in an interview that the #BJP intended to bring back #electoralbonds in some form after consultations with all stakeholders if it is elected back to power after the 2024 general election
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A very important piece by Shah Alam Khan on pharma companies, doctors and electoral bonds. Just one of the people in our midst with a conscience. The Unholy Bond m.thewire.in/article/health…
Azadi means Freedom/Liberation. It has nothing to do with hating Jews. This is a protest presumably against bloodbath in Gaza that’s killed so many Palestinians and US support for it, but cannot be inferred as hating Jews. Documenting Jew Hatred on Campus
Quite an amazing piece by Dr Meena Kandasamy. Detailed and reported from
Coimbatore where she describes Annamalai as a bubble created by North Indian media. Let’s see if she is right. outlookindia.com/elections/tami…
So far the data shows that of the 8 #UttarPradesh seats that voted Nagina highest turnout where Bhim army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is contesting. Curtailing him is obsession of BSP and they will strategise on that as there is a buzz he is possibly winning
India votes soon. In #UttarPradesh I look at 3 seats with large Muslim presence won by BSP-SP in 2019 but 2024 is different. Also examine the crucial issue of missing voters in #electoral -rolls. My column. In the saffron storm - Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/columns/uttar-…