WHY ARE PROTESTS BREWING IN THE ISLANDS OF LAKSHADWEEP?

June 9, 2021

Over the last few weeks, protests by Opposition parties have been developing across several states, including on social media, against the proposed legislative changes by the administrator of the Union Territory (UT) of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel. Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands located in the Arabian Sea, about...

CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS: NO RESPITE FROM PANDEMIC WOES

June 2, 2021

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR IN INDIA? Ongoing consecutive “waves” of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns in countries across the world have had an impact on almost every global industry. While no industry, business (big or small), and/or individual has completely escaped the financial...

OVER PROMISED AND UNDER DELIVERED: INDIA’S COVID VACCINE SHORTAGE

May 26, 2021

As the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage India, most Indian states continue to be under lockdown. As of May 24, 2021, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India is 2.68 crores, making it the second-worst affected country in the world, after the United States....

2021 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: BREAKING DOWN THE VICTORIES AND LOSSES

May 5, 2021

Photographs by Wikimedia Commons WEST BENGAL: DIDI’S THIRD TERM In a widely scrutinized and highly contested battle, incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee led the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) to victory in the 2021 Assembly Elections. Despite having to battle against high anti-incumbency sentiments, electoral machinery of the BJP, and...

COVID-19 POLL: INDIANS’ APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNMENT’S HANDLING OF THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS DECLINES

April 28, 2021

In an attempt to capture the country’s sentiment on the coronavirus crisis, Team C-Voter has been conducting a daily tracking poll from March 16th, 2020 among 18+ adults statewide, including every major demographic. The poll asks questions to respondents across the country about their economic and social well being, along...

TMC Report Card 2016-2021

April 17, 2021

POLSTRAT MANIFESTO CHECK WEST BENGAL

CASH FOR VOTES AND EVM HACKING: TRUTH BEHIND ALLEGATIONS

April 14, 2021

On April 6th, as voting closed for assembly elections in various states in India, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam, reports of clashes between political parties from almost every part of the country came to light. Parties accused each other of buying votes for cash, liquor, freebies...

KERALA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2021: THE TUSSLE OF COMMUNITY VOTE-BANKS

April 7, 2021

Voting for the Assembly Election in Kerala was held in one phase on April 6. The election was a two-pronged contest between the incumbent Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). Traditionally, the state has never had the same government...

TRACING THE HISTORY OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN WEST BENGAL

March 31, 2021

NEW DELHI: West Bengal has had a long and complicated relationship with electoral violence. While elections are simultaneously held in five states and Union Territories, if one scans media coverage, it would appear as though elections are only being held in West Bengal. Why is this? Why are all eyes...

WILL BJP BE ABLE TO REPEAT HISTORY IN 2021 ELECTIONS?

March 17, 2021

In a historic win in 2016, the BJP led by Sarbananda Sonowal wrestled power out of the hands of the INC which had formed the government under Tarun Gogoi since 2001. In 2016, the BJP and its ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) had successfully dominated upper Assam and northern...