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Campaigners say election shows rejection of ‘hate politics’ after marginalised groups vote to deny BJP a majority

India’s general election is being touted the largest democratic vote ever held. But what has been a proud record of seven decades of free and fair elections may be ending, experts warn.

Their collective creative effort is in jeopardy and their names should be dropped from textbooks, 33 academicians have told the NCERT

India has been facing an unprecedented crisis under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre and like-minded political parties and civil society groups have to come together to defend the republic, said Yogendra Yadav, All India Coordinator of Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, here on Saturday.

Paragraphs about Hindu radicals’ attempts to kill Mahatma Gandhi and the ban placed on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after his death were among those removed by the NCERT.

“This was not a normal election, it was an election that decided the future of this country,” said academic-turned-political activist Yogendra Yadav, participating in a felicitation programme organised by Eddelu Karnataka (Wake up Karnataka), a civil society collective, on Friday to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy…

Eddelu Karnataka, a group of writers and activists, including Devanur Mahadeva, G.N. Devy, and Yogendra Yadav, have issued an appeal to the people of the State to defeat the BJP in the upcoming elections. 

As journalists, we can support or oppose a political party, like or dislike a politician. But that is an individual choice. In our capacity as journalists who report on events, we are compelled to put aside our personal prejudices when we report. At least, that is the ideal and that…

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