Tag: EVMs

Indian voters holding Voter ID cards at a polling booth to demand election integrity and transparent ballot paper processes.
Analysis, Democracy, Research, Slider

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 | March 27, 2026

India is routinely described as the world’s largest democracy. Yet, beneath the spectacle of record voter turnout, election festivals, and official slogans celebrating democratic participation, a deeper and more troubling reality has taken hold: Indian citizens are increasingly asked to vote without any credible means to verify where their vote ultimately goes. read more

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