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 …

“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 …

RMN Poll on Electronic Voting Machines EVMs in Elections

RMN Poll on Electronic Voting Machines EVMs in Indian Elections

RMN Poll on Electronic Voting Machines EVMs in Elections Date of Launch: January 2, 2024 Raman Media Network (RMN) Company – which is working in diversified content creation, management, and distribution businesses on a global scale for the past 12 years – has started the online public poll on the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Indian elections. There …