The Wire Wrap | Threat to Right to Vote in Bihar to 'Vote Theft' in Karnataka: Many Questions for EC

Name: The Wire Wrap | Threat to Right to Vote in Bihar to Vote Theft in Karnataka: Many Questions for EC - The Wire
Uploaded: 2025-08-11T14:17:46+05:30
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Description: Jahnavi Sen discusses key questions with Manisha Priyam, Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monash University, and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire.

Jahnavi Sen discusses key questions with Manisha Priyam, Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monash University, and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire.

Jahnavi Sen

Jahnavi Sen discusses key questions with Manisha Priyam, Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monash University, and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire.

the wire wrap threat to right to vote in bihar to vote theft in karnataka many questions for ec

It has been an eventful week in India’s political and foreign policy landscape. Rahul Gandhi has accused the Election Commission of major discrepancies in voter rolls during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, giving detailed evidence from one assembly constituency in Karnataka. The special intensive review of electoral rolls in Bihar has come to a close, but questions remain around exclusions, the methodology and the timing. The Trump administration has said it will be hiking the tariff on Indian goods to 50%, as a 'penalty' for continuing to import Russian oil.

Jahnavi Sen discusses all of this with Manisha Priyam, Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Monash University, and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire.

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