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This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by political analyst Suhas Palshikar, tech expert Madhav Deshpande, and professor Shruti Kapila.

On the robustness of the election voting machines, Suhas Palshikar says EVMs have “definitely lost the credibility that they initially had”. He cites Lokniti-CSDS data. Madhav says “major technological change” in 2013, with the introduction of VVPAT has made EVMs a “different beast”.

The panel then discusses the BJP’s poll promises. Shruti says the BJP manifesto is “very weird” and that “it wants to lower the temperature on Hindutva”. Anand calls it the manifesto of a party that is “very sure of a renewed mandate”, unlike the Congress manifesto, which is trying to “tick too many boxes”.

This and a whole lot more. Tune in!

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0:00 - 2:24 Power Newslaundry and The News Minute's joint election coverage
2:25 - 4:49 Meet the panel
4:50 - 13:17 Headlines
13:18 - 28:23 Have EVMs lost credibility?
28:24 - 33:26 What role does the Supreme Court play in the voting process?
33:27 - 43:18 Lack of transparency in the voting process
43:19 - 46:49 How does disinformation complicates the issue?
46:50 - 50:25 How can one address diminishing trust?
50:26 - 52:04 Madhav Deshpande’s recommendations
52:05 - 53:25 Newslaundry and The News Minute's election coverage
53:24 - 57:34 What lies in the BJP manifesto?
57:35 - 1:03:38 UCC and the question of minorities
1:03:39 - 1:07:54 BJP’s manifesto lacking in economic vision
1:07:55 - 1:11:27 How is the new BJP manifesto different from its predecessors?
1:11:28 - 1:13:39 Lack of welfarist imagination in both BJP and Congress manifestos
1:13:40 - 1:16:57 Is the UCC an instrument of liberation or a weapon to consolidate Hindu votes?
1:16:58 - 1:23:58 How relevant are manifestos during elections?
1:23:59 - 1:25:40 Suhas Palshikar’s Recommendations
1:25:41 - 1:28:36 Shruti Kapila’s Recommendations
1:28:37 - 1:40:51 Podcast Letters

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