The Wire Wrap Ep 15: EC's Bias, Modi's God Complex, Bengal's OBC Certificates, Five Phases Takeaways

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere in the middle of the election process and adjourned an application seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to publish the booth-wise absolute numbers of voter turnout and upload the Form 17C records of votes polled on its website. Almost a month after prime minister Narendra Modi delivered his speech in Rajasthan's Banswara where he openly targeted Indian Muslims by calling them infiltrators and those who produce more children, the Election Commission of India has ruled that the BJP's star campaigner violated the Model Code of Conduct but did not name Modi. Meanwhile Modi has once again claimed his own divinity by asserting in an interview that until his mother was alive he thought he was born biologically but since he feels that he was "sent by God". The Calcutta High Court has cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued by the West Bengal government after 2010. The ruling directly impacts certificates issued during the tenure of the Trinamool Congress administration led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee since 2011. And after five phases of polling with only about 100-odd seats left to poll, the 2024 Lok Sabha election is on its last lap. The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by senior journalist Sanjay K Jha and Ajoy Ashirwad, political editor, The Wire.
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