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This is the second story in a special series with The Mooknayak on the election machine in reserved constituencies.

This is the first story in a special series with The Mooknayak on the election machine in reserved constituencies.

PM Narendra Modi’s government claims that India’s unemployment rate has been reducing over the years. But how accurate are the official figures? 

न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री का कारवां उत्तराखंड के चुनावी माहौल का जायजा लेने देहरादून पहुंचा था. जहां से हमने ‘एक चुनावी शो’ के जरिए युवा मतदाताओं के ‘मन की बात’ भी समझने की कोशिश की. इसी दौरान हमने उत्तराखंड के एक वरिष्ठ नेता और पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री हरीश रावत का मन भी टटोलने की…

After meeting young voters in Dehradun, Another Election Show decided to catch up with Harish Rawat, the former Uttarakhand chief minister and a Congress Working Committee member.

Gaurav Gogoi, Congress leader and deputy leader of opposition, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Jorhat. The constituency, which was a Congress stronghold for 18 years till 2009, has recorded the BJP’s win in the last two general elections.  

One of the largest votebases in the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency is the fisher community, second only to the dominant Nadar caste. Nearly 20 percent of all of Tamil Nadu’s fisherfolk reside in the region, a vast majority of whom are Catholic Christians from the Mukkuvar and Paravar castes.

As we stroll through the Vavathurai and Kovalam coasts of Kanniyakumari, speaking to the fisherfolk as they prepare to set out to the sea, an anti-BJP sentiment seems palpable. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouldn’t come to power again,” an elderly fisherman named Mariasusai tells us. “Many of us in…

गौतम बुद्ध नगर जिले के दादरी ब्लॉक के खुरशैदपुरा गांव के रहने वाले 18 साल के हिमांशु को जब हमने बताया कि उनके पास पांच एकड़ जमीन है. जिसमें खेती करके वह सालाना पांच लाख रुपये की कमाई करते हैं. वो हैरान हो गए. पास में खड़ी उनकी मां हंसते…