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ECI failed to take cognisance of people's plaints on EVMs

In response to my letter dated 5/11/20, one Sadanand Raikar has replied saying my suggestions are uncalled for during these times. What I am trying to explain here is that the last two general elections were so one-sided. It makes one believe without a doubt that EVMs were tampered with. Some EVMs in rural areas of the country went missing or were hijacked by workers on the ground to felicitate certain parties' win. The Election Commission is a dummy body, it has no say. It is a mute spectator and adjusts to the whims and fancies of the ruling party. I say this because numerous complaints made to it by people on the EVMs were never looked into. All advanced nations, including the US, European countries, Japan are using paper ballots to ensure free and fair elections. 


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Install missing streetlights

PRAVIN U SARDESSAI, Adpai
Published Nov 7, 2020, 12:41 AM IST
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Streetlight fixtures serve the basic purpose of providing illumination along the road during night time. However at many locations in the state we come across such fixtures missing over the electricity poles.Hence travellers and pedestrians face inconvenience and trouble while proceeding along the concerned locations from time to time. To cite an instance, fixtures over two electricity poles along the route leading from Tisk towards the sub-district hospital in Ponda…

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