Ambarasan Etirajan

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Missä se on? Ei täältä kaapelista löydä mitään. Parasta ennen 2012. Puna ja ei, ei. Äiti, missä on hillo? DNA vei sun hillot. Miten niin DNA vei? Pitäis mun syödä näitä lettuja jolloin sinapilla? Nyt pitää, kun DNAn uusiin liittymiin kuuluu turvallinen nettiselaus. Se estää ihmisiä menemästä sun huijaussivustoille. Kirottua DNA. DNA huoleton on uuden ajan liittymä turvallisella nettiselauksella.

Elections are quite huge in India, both conducted at federal level and the state level. Now these elections are to four states, state assemblies and one federally administered territory. So what happens in the outcome of these elections is not going to have an impact on the party of elections.

Narendra Modiin.

Whether they can extend their influence in these different states like in West Bengal, in Tamil Nadu and in Kerala. Or they can retain power in the state of Assam. So that's why it becomes like a staging post for the next federal level elections. Now if you win this one, then you are in power. It becomes easier for you. You have the advantage when you go for the national elections. Okay, that explanation makes sense. But it's not just what's happening during this election. There's been controversy around who's allowed to vote.

Now, the Election Commission of India announced what they call special intensive revision. The whole idea was to remove the names of those who have migrated from the state, from one state to another, and second, those who passed away, who died, and some names are duplicated. So that intention looks very good on paper. But what the opposition parties are saying is that, for example, in the state of West Bengal, 9 million voters have been left out of the list.

Ja mitä he sanovat, he väittävät valtuuston komissiota jättämään nimiä erityisesti muslimista, monimuotoista muslimia. Nyt he sanovat, että usein muslimit tuntuvat valitsemaan ja vastaan BJPin, koska hindu-nationaalinen poliisi, ja he edustavat.

Tämä on yleensä vaikuttanut demokraattisen prosessin.

Voter ID is important. Why? Your name should be there. Because people living in border areas, for example like in West Bengal and Assam, they think if they don't have this voter ID, they won't be considered as a national, they will be treated as an illegal immigrant, and they will be deprived of many government welfare projects. Embarrassing attarajan.

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