Abhishek Angad
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Journalist/ex-HT/ex-Indian Express/Jharkhand/Bihar/Karnataka/Tamil Nadu/ Delhi Interested in Climate Intersectionality/ @risj_oxford
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Joined March 2010
For 1.5 months, @IndianExpress went farm to farm of 94 beneficiaries of Centre's #PerDropMoreCrop scheme in Jharkhand, meant to increase farmers productivity. What came out was a scam: case after case of fraud. An Express Investigation. A thread: 1/n .
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A citizenship drive, indeed!
It burdens citizens with the constant demand to prove their identity, as if they are forever on probation. The burden of State failure is being shifted onto citizens. The State demands documentation it neither trusts nor has enabled people to obtain - Pratap Bhanu Mehta in IE
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So, I broke this story June 29 that EC relaxed its rule on document submission, but only at the draft stage. Now, whether this relaxation amounts to change in instructions or not, it is for legal experts to decide. But it is a modification of the implied procedural expectation.
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RT @kavita_krishnan: Assam NRC took 6 yrs & even today Assam Govt hasn’t accepted the result. SIR will be the same. @cpimlliberation tells….
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Bihar SIR, July 4. ECI: Electors must sign, submit pre-printed enumeration forms for draft roll inclusion. ECI:"Based on documents attached or not attached. eligibility verification of each name included in the draft rolls will be done." *We broke the story*#EXCLUSIVE June 29HT
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The implementation of Special Intensive Revision in Bihar is running as per schedule with active participation of all election staff, all political parties in a transparent manner. Despite apprehensions, SIR will ensure all eligible persons will be included: CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
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ECI, meanwhile said: There was a lack of seriousness of National and State Political parties on SIR in Bihar. ECI, however, said: "Each concern raised by any member of the political parties was fully addressed by the Commission". N.
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Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi said SIR will leave people of the backward community run around for documents. This, he says, is a violation of the level playing field, and if voters are left out, it is an insult to the basic structure of the Constitution.3/n.
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CPI(ML)L's Dipankar Bhattacharya said ECI brought up the Maharashtra issue to justify the exercise in Bihar. He later told HT: “ For the people of Bihar, this is like notebandi (demonetization), and now they call it votebandi (not allowed to vote). 2/n .
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The opposition out heavily against ECI's electoral roll intensve revision in Bihar. RJD MP Manoj Jha said: ". if your [ECI] intention is to displace crores of people, this story won’t end here There will be flood in the streets too." A thread 1/n .
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Union Minister @iChiragPaswan tells @htTweets in an exclusive interview it is "okay to do a citizenship drive before elections in Bihar". @ECISVEEP's SIR has drawn criticism from opposition, Chirag says: "Blown out of proportion. Leaders are okay with ghoospathiyas in India".
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A tale of Election Commission of India's two press releases: June 24 ECI says "inclusion of foreign illegal immigrants" as one of the reasons for roll revision in BIHAR, but on June 30, ECI excludes this part specifically to explain why SIR was needed -->.
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Amidst opposition's criticism, Bihar's electoral roll drive begins. EC 'clarifies' no doc proofs needed to get in draft roll--just tick a form. Highlight: Unique QR codes on each form. BLOs say work challenging. 77.2M electors. 30 days, 78k BLOs. Link--->.
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RT @htTweets: Election Commission made crucial clarifications — with some rules eased — regarding its controversial “special intensive” vot….
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Five newspapers, five headlines: The Hindu: "Intensive revision of Bihar electoral rolls under way". IE: "As revision of Bihar electoral rolls starts, EC says 37% have to submit birth proof". HT: "EC 'clarifies' rules as Bihar voter roll drive starts today". Interesting.
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India block leaders mount attack on EC's voter list overhaul in Bihar.
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WB CM Mamata Banerjee slams ECI's Special Intensive Revision in Bihar; calls it "more dangerous than NRC". Claims, attempt to mainly target Bengal and intent to "capture elections" via ECI & agencies. She warns: ". may put you in a detention camp".Link:.
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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation/CPI(M-L)L in a letter to ECI June 26: "In terms of its scale and nature, the SIR will be akin to the NRC exercise in Assam, where it took six years to complete the exercise, and even the Assam government is not ready to
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