Husband of one of Modi’s closest advisors questions election integrity
The husband of India’s finance minister, one of the most powerful positions in Narendra Modi’s gov’t, has joined mass protests, led by the cockroach movement, against voter-list revision. Parakala Prabhakar says removing millions of registered voters is threatening democracy.
The CJP said it would lend its support to any organization fighting for free and fair elections in India, including the opposition alliance. Also, India's right-wing RSS has a group of well wishers in the US.
A public intellectual raises questions about the social, political and economic issues of the day using reasoned arguments; the growing assertion of authoritarian tendencies, destruction of democratic practices and criminalisation of dissent make their role more crucial in the present times
The PM's Likud party has alleged foreign interference and said Arab-led parties "stole" the election after his coalition lost its majority.
Republicans in a Texas county have filed a lawsuit asking for ballots in the state's midterm races to be hand-counted.
The defeated presidential candidate says he will lead the opposition from the US.
The return of Maria Corina Machado, who says Trump opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela, presents a challenge for Washington as Trump has also backed interim President Delcy Rodriguez.