Tag: EVMs

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

“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
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 research report, “Unveiling the Smokescreen of Indian Democracy: Fabricated Factors Masking Electoral Manipulation”. Authored by national award-winning journalist Rakesh Raman, also the Editor of RMN News and Founder of RMN Foundation, the report asserts that India, the world’s most populated country, is grappling with an “unprecedented debate regarding the integrity of its electoral process”. read more

RMN Poll on Electronic Voting Machines EVMs in Indian Elections
Activities, Research

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 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 is a large number of complaints from the opposition political parties and citizens against the fraudulent use of EVMs — particularly during the past 5 years. Surprisingly, however, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Supreme Court of India are ignoring the complaints and are reluctant to stop the alleged EVM frauds. read more

Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service
Activities, Research

Protests Against Electronic Voting Machines EVMs Fail in India

Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service
Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Protests Against Electronic Voting Machines EVMs Fail in India

Modi’s BJP has such a confidence in EVMs that it aims to win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

By Rakesh Raman

Some very weak protests have been happening for the past couple of weeks in Delhi and other cities of India against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Indian elections.

Such sporadic protests with a handful of people will not make any impact on the Election Commission of India (ECI) which is hell-bent on using EVMs despite enormous complaints against them. read more