In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day

[ad_1] The sun was scorching when Mohammad Jamal, 18, stood in the queue to vote for the very first time in his life. It was around 10.30 am at the primary school in Mansoorpur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal parliamentary...

Ballot boxes, inking fingers: An 85-year-old remembers India’s first General Election

[ad_1] The hectic electioneering all around and the news of the first two phases of the general election take me back to India’s first polls in 1952.I was then a 13-year-old studying in Mumbai. It was my school winter vacation...

Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?

[ad_1] If the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra succeeds in winning a third five-year term in the Lok Sabha elections, many fear that India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims, will see their second-class status formalised in law and practice.But...