Tag: Narendra Modi

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

Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur. Photo: RMN News Service
Human Rights

UN Human Rights, USCIRF Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur

Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur. Photo: RMN News Service
Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur. Photo: RMN News Service

UN Human Rights, USCIRF Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur

I sent a detailed petition to different authorities to seek their intervention for the protection of human rights and right to freedom of religion for people in the Manipur state of India. A part of the petition is given below.

To                                                                                                                                             July 25, 2023 read more

Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh holding a meeting on March 27, 2023 in Amritsar. Photo: SGPC
Activities, Human Rights

U.S. Lawmaker Ilhan Omar Expresses Concern Over Human Rights Violations in Punjab

Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh holding a meeting on March 27, 2023 in Amritsar. Photo: SGPC
Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh holding a meeting on March 27, 2023 in Amritsar. Photo: SGPC

U.S. Lawmaker Ilhan Omar Expresses Concern Over Human Rights Violations in Punjab

Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh said that the demand for Khalistan by Sikhs is equivalent to the call for establishing Hindu Rashtra in India. 

By Rakesh Raman

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D‑MN) has expressed deep concern over increasing human rights violations in the Indian state Punjab, which has a large number of people belonging to the Sikh minority community. 

Ms. Omar urged the U.S. administration to protect the human rights of all, particularly the rights of all religious and ethnic minorities. read more