Manisha Pande

Editor-in-Chief at @newslaundry || Doer of TV Newsance, weekly show on all the insanity that passes off as news on Indian TV

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

The ubiquitous image from West Bengal this election. People carrying documents in little bags, moving from one office to the other wanting their names back in.

What is driving people is not just the prospect of missing a vote. When the Supreme Court of India observed that those left out can vote the next time, it reduced the issue to an electoral
inconvenience. But on the ground, it is being experienced very differently.

For many, the voter list is not just about participation in an election. To find your name missing, without explanation, while others in your family remain, is to be pushed into a space of doubt. This anxiety runs through all conversations we had outside the tribunal. It’s like you’ve been negated by the state

https://t.co/ZwKkBnVxHw

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

kripiya dhyaan dein

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Yesterday, the Delhi Police issued an advisory telling journalists how to cover protests.

Now, the same instructions over loudspeakers as leaders from the INDIA bloc hold a protest march to Election Commission.

Full report on how the march goes will be up on our YouTube channel.

#gyaneshkumar #electioncommissionofindia

[Damini Nath @DaminiNath]

As 27 lakh deleted voters in Bengal await decisions on their appeals, the retired judges hearing the appeals faced their own hurdles in the Election Commission-developed portal. Reporting with @mitra_atri
https://t.co/HzzNOH5JbB

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

CEC, Gyanesh Kumar faces a detailed vigilance inquiry by Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala over the alleged corruption during his tenure as the Secretary of the state Public Works Department in 2006.

@HarithaJohn1 reports.

https://t.co/aLaP1dTbHl

[SABIR AHAMED @sabirahamedgd]

A sheer irresponsibility : https://t.co/Lr5ZKAGjGV

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

Yet again, people in charge of protecting voters’ rights say they can’t do their job because tech won’t let them

Judges of tribunals in WB complained they can't upload additional documents from voters who filed appeals, or hold virtual hearings, or restore a deleted voter!
https://t.co/7hfQafI0o6

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

As of Monday (Oct 5) morning, no FIR has been registered against ACP, Vivek Bhagat, whom an independent journalist accused of sexually harassing her while she was covering an October 3 protest in New Delhi.

@AkankhyaAk72623 reports

https://t.co/gHph9fOhVd

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

CEC, Gyanesh Kumar faces a detailed vigilance inquiry by Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala over the alleged corruption during his tenure as the Secretary of the state Public Works Department in 2006.

@HarithaJohn1 reports.

https://t.co/aLaP1dTbHl

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Narendra Modi deserves at least one thing for his birthday: credit for restraint.

He has never renamed a month after himself.

Take a look at how leaders around the world have celebrated their birthdays.

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[newslaundry @newslaundry]

The ECI said the Supreme Court had approved the new declaration added to Form 6.

The CJI says the court never approved it.

So who changed the form, and who authorised it?

https://t.co/J8doPcx4uH

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Prasar Bharati spent nearly Rs 9 crore on Aakhri Sawal.

Then the film streamed on Lionsgate Play, to viewers who will probably never open Waves, the broadcaster’s own OTT platform.

@Basantrajsonu reports.

https://t.co/GXVtiqaJDY

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

TNM is hosting Amol Palekar Presents Silhouettes - A Play in English, on 10th October at Good Shepherd Auditorium, Bengaluru.

It's a fundraiser for TNM. Will you be there?

Buy tickets at- https://t.co/WmrRq8htkt

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Why did the SIR matter reach the Supreme Court in the first place?

On this week's Hafta, @neha305 explains why the apex court was the right forum for the West Bengal petitions, and why more cases are now reaching the Supreme Court through SLPs.

https://t.co/1RANqUNN6F

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

Two key questions that the Express report raises and that remain unanswered. This week's TV Newsance — do watch if you want to understand why this isn't just about "colleagues arguing" — as some TV news anchors would like us to believe.

https://t.co/xUraMAGmEi

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

"This is cheating with us...it’s the system's mistake, but we are the ones being harassed" — One of the 97 deleted Goa voters added back now after the Express report.

Should they be seen as "new voters"?

[Ashwine kumar singh @AshwineSingh]

Newslaundry has accessed the list of 61 of the 97 voters in Goa whose names were missing from electoral rolls.

What happened next raises questions about how the ECI is treating voters.

#SIR #ECI
https://t.co/b2vfES7K7Z

[Ashwine kumar singh @AshwineSingh]

Bento S. Vas, BLO for Part 3 of Taleigao, Goa, told us/6 that on September 24- a day after The Indian Express reported the case- the ERO instructed BLOs to visit the voters on the list, give them Form 6 and register them.

The ERO had shared a list of 61 names.

[Ashwine kumar singh @AshwineSingh]

Newslaundry has accessed the list of 61 of the 97 voters in Goa whose names were missing from electoral rolls.

What happened next raises questions about how the ECI is treating voters.

#SIR #ECI
https://t.co/b2vfES7K7Z

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Goa deleted 97 voters even after election officials found all 97 eligible.

The problem? ECINET had no rollback option to restore their names. Now some of those voters are being asked to fill Form 6 and enrol again.

@AshwineSingh reports.

https://t.co/2c1XXey2lF

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

On 10th October, @thenewsminute is hosting Silhouettes - A Play in English, presented by Amol Palekar, at Good Shepherd Auditorium, Bengaluru.

It's a fundraiser for TNM. Tickets are available now, go get yours!

https://t.co/oLOAw387pC

[TheNewsMinute @thenewsminute]

30 Muslim voters v/s BJP worker in this Hyderabad constituency.

[Yes, We Exist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @YesWeExistIndia]

Mad Sandhu, a queer influencer and makeup artist was shot dead in Amritsar on Saturday. 2 months ago, Sandhu had received threats from Nihang jathedar Manpreet Singh Khalsa who objected to Sandhu's social media content, dressing and his "bad" influence on the youth.