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The 13-crore voter claim has one inconvenient detail
The ECI’s figure is a draft-stage count of absent, shifted, dead or duplicate entries—not proof that 13 crore eligible voters were permanently deleted.
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13.3 crore voters vanish from draft rolls. ECI shrugs.
The ECI says omitted voters can seek inclusion before the final roll. It has not shown how many names will actually come back.
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Andhra polls reach Supreme Court after 87 obstruction claims
The court told the State Election Commission to examine complaints and hold back the final candidate list. It has not found election rigging, but the nomination process now needs more than official confidence.
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Trump’s 100% tariff was waived the same day
Washington punished Russian-energy buyers on paper, waived the penalties in practice and kept India waiting on a trade deal.
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Naidu’s 25,809 nominations came with six rounds in the air
The YSRCP was not shut out statewide, but clashes, missing candidates and Supreme Court intervention leave Andhra’s civic polls looking less than clean.
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BJP explains 13 crore exclusions. The audit trail is missing
The figure covers draft-roll non-inclusions, not proven permanent disenfranchisement. Delhi still has not shown how entries were classified, notified and restored.
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ECI makes voter rolls searchable, 17 jurisdictions later
Recognised parties will receive readable PDFs, but the Commission has not explained why risks it once cited no longer block the change.
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Andhra nominations needed six rounds of warning
Violence spread across multiple centres as the SEC reminded officials that negligence could mean suspension or transfer.
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Telangana counts water stress as Andhra counts 500 TMC
A political claim puts Telangana’s alleged downstream flow above 1,000 TMCft. The public records are thinner, and the accounting dispute is older than the latest press conference.
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The ‘coup’ is a slogan. Telangana gets an audit
BJP leaders have turned “regime change” rhetoric into an overthrow allegation. The ECI’s own schedule gives Telangana voters a more useful question: can anyone check the roll?
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AP polls begin October 28. Who removed TDP banners?
The code covers 100 urban local bodies, but Guntur’s alleged displays still have no public removal record.
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SIR has safeguards. The national audit trail is absent
The Supreme Court upheld the ECI’s power to revise electoral rolls. It did not produce one public ledger showing exclusions, reasons, restorations and appeals across India.
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Supreme Court cleared SIR. Telangana still needs proof
The ruling accepts the legal framework, but the ECI has yet to show how exclusions will be tested at scale.
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Naidu’s 34% quota lost in court after 42 days
The Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside the reservation orders on October 1; the Supreme Court reportedly dismissed the state’s challenge on October 9.
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ECI cited the Supreme Court. The Court asked who changed Form 6
The Commission said the SIR declaration was upheld. Chief Justice Surya Kant said no modified Form 6 had been approved and sought the records.
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Naidu’s 34% promise has no reserved seats
The court struck down Andhra Pradesh’s quota orders beyond the 50% ceiling; the TDP’s replacement is a promise without rules.
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GST Council’s ₹5 crore threshold leaves states with the bill
The Centre recommended deleting Section 69 and raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore; the law has not changed yet.
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ECI says unanimous. Fourteen objections say otherwise
A reported record of repeated objections over voter rolls and election technology leaves the Commission asking for trust while withholding the paperwork.
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The Madanapalle crowd shouted. Nobody will say what
Congress and the TDP have spent a week arguing over four seconds of audio neither side can actually make out — while the ₹1 lakh-crore hub behind the podium remains exactly as unbuilt as it was before.
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ECI’s Form 6 explanation needs a paper trail
The Supreme Court says it did not approve a modified Form 6; Telangana’s disputed Form 7 cases show why the paperwork matters.
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Election Commission faces 14 objections, one awkward question
The October 6 march alleged voter-roll manipulation, but the sharper issue is simpler: who was excluded, why, and how can they appeal?
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Naidu’s ₹1 lakh crore hub began with one minute
The Madanapalle project remains a proposal; the footage shows an interruption, while the competing political explanations remain claims.
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West Bengal’s 63.67 lakh deletions have a portal, not yet a receipt
The Election Commission has published rolls and lists, but not the constituency-level trail needed to show who was excluded, why and who was restored.
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Naidu’s 34% BC quota lasted 42 days
The Andhra Pradesh government announced the reservation before its commission report was accepted. The High Court has now sent the paperwork back to the beginning.