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Being Indian, I am clued in well enough. I understand by "Indian friends" you mean upper caste Hindu Indian friends who are Modi acolytes and his primary votin

Being Indian, I am clued in well enough. I understand by "Indian friends" you mean upper caste Hindu Indian friends who are Modi acolytes and his primary voting demographic. Not Indian Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits or Shudras who form greater than 50% of the Indian population.

throwaway_9120 3y ago
No, I mean people with loads of common sense who can tell you both side of the story. >> Not Indian Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits or Shudras who form greater than 50% of the Indian population. Acc to you, if they are more than 50% AND not happy with Modi, why is Modi winning back to back elections and almost certain to come to power again in 2024?
- random314 3y ago
  You only need 35% to win in Indias multiparty elections. Additionally, Muslims in Gujarat and UP have been coerced into voting for BJP candidate by threatening them with shut down of municipal services when BJP wins. This is enabled because EVMs report summary statistics from each location which the government employees have access to.
  - throwaway_9120 3y ago
    >> You only need 35% to win in Indias multiparty elections.<< That reinforces my point. >>This is enabled because EVMs<< This EVM story has been peddled by your ilk ad-infinitum but with no substance. If that were the case, BJP should be winning all state elections right? Delhi, WestBengal, Rajasthan… So as and when party of your choice win, EVMs are good when opposition party wins , oh they are manipulated.
    - random314 3y ago
      Did you even read what I said? EVMs are not being tampered. But they make per polling booth data available to candidates. The BJP candidates use that summary data to withhold municipal services from constituents who didn't vote for them. They are able to make this threat because of summary data made available by EVMs https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maneka-gandhi-s-vote-call-to-muslims-sparks-row/story-w6LaaH7PrpvQGpEwh6n29K.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maneka-gandhi-s-vo...
      - AverageDude 3y ago
        He doesn’t want to read. It’s always hit and run with the fanboys of these authoritarian regimes.
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        web108 3y ago
        No more interested in further discussion because of HN Guidelines, as suggested by Dan. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        dang 3y ago
        You also posted several flamewar comments to this thread. This is not ok and we ban accounts that do it. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

throwaway_9120 3y ago

No, I mean people with loads of common sense who can tell you both side of the story. >> Not Indian Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits or Shudras who form greater than 50% of the Indian population. Acc to you, if they are more than 50% AND not happy with Modi, why is Modi winning back to back elections and almost certain to come to power again in 2024?

random314 3y ago
You only need 35% to win in Indias multiparty elections. Additionally, Muslims in Gujarat and UP have been coerced into voting for BJP candidate by threatening them with shut down of municipal services when BJP wins. This is enabled because EVMs report summary statistics from each location which the government employees have access to.
- throwaway_9120 3y ago
  >> You only need 35% to win in Indias multiparty elections.<< That reinforces my point. >>This is enabled because EVMs<< This EVM story has been peddled by your ilk ad-infinitum but with no substance. If that were the case, BJP should be winning all state elections right? Delhi, WestBengal, Rajasthan… So as and when party of your choice win, EVMs are good when opposition party wins , oh they are manipulated.
  - random314 3y ago
    Did you even read what I said? EVMs are not being tampered. But they make per polling booth data available to candidates. The BJP candidates use that summary data to withhold municipal services from constituents who didn't vote for them. They are able to make this threat because of summary data made available by EVMs https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maneka-gandhi-s-vote-call-to-muslims-sparks-row/story-w6LaaH7PrpvQGpEwh6n29K.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maneka-gandhi-s-vo...
    - AverageDude 3y ago
      He doesn’t want to read. It’s always hit and run with the fanboys of these authoritarian regimes.
      - deleted 3y ago
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      - web108 3y ago
        No more interested in further discussion because of HN Guidelines, as suggested by Dan. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - dang 3y ago
        You also posted several flamewar comments to this thread. This is not ok and we ban accounts that do it. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.