Tag: Democracy

The Smokescreen 2026: Voting Without Verification and the Collapse of Electoral Accountability in India

Smokescreen Report. AI-generated representational image of men and women standing outside a polling booth to vote in an Indian election. Photo: RMN News Service

The Smokescreen 2026: Voting Without Verification and the Collapse of Electoral Accountability in India Democracy does not die only through coups or emergency declarations. It can also die quietly—through procedures that look lawful, elections that look competitive, and institutions that look independent, while collectively ensuring that outcomes are never meaningfully questioned. By Rakesh Raman New Delhi | January 26, 2026 India …

Systemic Decay and Political Privilege: 5 Warnings

Starved cows eating household hazardous waste near a housing colony of Delhi. Dirty scenes like this are common in the national capital. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (Representational Image)

Systemic Decay and Political Privilege: 5 Warnings The constitutional guarantee of personal liberty, enshrined most visibly in India’s bail jurisprudence, has been transformed into a political privilege. RMN Foundation Report December 3, 2025 Introduction: A Glimpse Into the Unrest In a world saturated with information, it’s easy to miss the signals for the noise. But sometimes, a single snapshot can …

Strategic Analysis of Democratic and Economic Challenges in India

AI-generated representational image of men and women standing outside a polling booth to vote in an Indian election. Photo: RMN News Service

Strategic Analysis of Democratic and Economic Challenges in India An October 2025 Snapshot This web of interconnected issues risks creating systemic paralysis, where the state’s capacity to address any single major challenge is crippled by compounding failures in other essential domains. By Rakesh Raman New Delhi | October 19, 2025 1.0 The Crisis in Governance and Democratic Institutions Robust democratic institutions …

“Smokescreen” Report Alleges Widespread Electoral Manipulation and Democratic Backsliding in India

The Unrest: Representational Image of a Protest Created with Adobe Firefly Generative AI. By RMN News Service

“Smokescreen” Report Alleges Widespread Electoral Manipulation and Democratic Backsliding in India The report concludes that the current political landscape paints a grim picture for India, where nearly 1.4 billion people are described as suffering from “unprecedented poverty, corruption, inflation, unemployment, lawlessness, and religious animosity”. NEW DELHI – September 2025 – RMN Foundation has announced the release of a new political …

Rampant Election Frauds Damage Democratic Systems in the World

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Rampant Election Frauds Damage Democratic Systems in the World Numerous election frauds in different countries have been reported during the past 5 years or so. Some of them are listed below in alphabetical order. Bangladesh The 2018 general elections in Bangladesh were fraught with allegations of widespread irregularities. Opposition parties and international observers reported ballot stuffing, voter intimidation, and the …