It's disheartening to witness Muslim women drifting from Islamic principles and teaching of shariah. We should think and reflect upon what qualities we have learned from the pious women of Islam from the past? When will we step out of the traps of liberalism and feminism?
I have watched and studied Indian elections for 35 years now. While a difference of 3 to 5 % points between initial (polling day evening) and final turnout figures was not abnormal, we used to get the final data within 24 hours.
What is unusual and worrying this time is
a) delay of 11 days (for phase 1 and 4 days for phase 2) in publishing the final figures, and
b) non-disclosure of the actual number of electorate and votes polled for each constituency and its segments. Percentages do not help in electoral audit.
Yes, this information is recorded in Form 17 for each booth and is available with the candidates agent, but ECI alone can and must give the aggregate data to eliminate any possibility of fudging or discrepancy between voted polled and votes counted.
The @ECISVEEP owes an explanation for this inordinate delay and the sudden change in reporting format.