Simply Put: The real issues

No basic facilities, no vote, say residents of 160 villages

Lack of facilities like electricity, water and roads makes villagers in 14 states boycott the Lok Sabha elections

India Elects: Will water issues impact results?

Within a week, we will know whether the "No Water No Votes" campaign influenced results

Democratic choice held hostage to cash: A tale of Odisha's urban poor

Though political parties deny such claims and these “incidents” often go unnoticed, the truth is that the poor consider elections to …

Environment in elections: Natural disasters overlooked in Himachal Pradesh poll campaigns

Environmental issues at bottom of both major political parties’ manifestos for June 1 elections, but not discussed in speeches

Bachelors' villages in Bihar announce poll boycott

Residents of twin villages in Kaimur district say government move to shift polling station 8 km away will dent their chances of finding brides

Non-tribal people boycott polling in tribal district of Maharashtra

Low voter turnout in Gadchiroli was result of misinformation spread about Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, say activist

Residents of closed tea estate decide to boycott elections

Bundapani is one of the seven closed plantations in northern West Bengal where starvation deaths have been reported in recent past

BJP attempts to garner anti-dam votes in Assam

Manifesto promises fail to impress. Steps proposed by BJP to address concerns arising from large dams will not solve anything, say activists