Tag: Election
Democracy on Trial: What One Election Petition Reveals About Courts, EVMs and Public Trust
On paper, India remains the world’s largest democracy. In practice, the experience of one citizen, Dr Rahul Vasudevbhai Vyas, raises hard questions about whether our institutions still embody the constitutional values they proclaim. Dr Vyas, an independent candidate from Vadodara (Lok Sabha Constituency No. 20), has spent the last two years not merely contesting an election, but contesting the very “fairness” of the electoral and judicial process. His journey — from the Gujarat High Court to the Supreme Court of India, and finally into the maze of registry procedures and unanswered
DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE: A Citizen's Nine-Month Battle Against Registry Walls and Judicial Silence Raises Fundamental Questions About Electoral Justice in India
When the Temple of Justice Becomes a Labyrinth: The Troubling Saga of Review Petition (C) No. 003035/2025 Date: 07 February 2026 PROLOGUE: THE WEIGHT OF A QUESTION UNANSWERED "All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary." These words, etched in the annals of constitutional jurisprudence, resonate with haunting prescience as we examine a case that has traversed the corridors of justice for over twenty months—only to find doors closed, communications unanswere
Election Fairness Under Scrutiny: Vadodara Polls See Allegations of Election Commissions Acting as Ruling Party’s ‘B-Team’, Fueling Calls for Reform
In a detailed and impassioned representation, Dr. Rahul Vasudevbhai Vyas, an independent candidate from Akota (143) Vidhan Sabha constituency, has called for sweeping reforms to Gujarat’s election process, citing systemic biases that favor ruling parties and undermine the democratic playing field for independent and lesser-known candidates. His concerns span from procedural fairness to transparency in vote-counting and voter accessibility. Call for Structural Election Reforms: Dr. Vyas has proposed a series of structural changes aimed at ensuring a level playing field for all candidates:
Is India's Democracy on Autopilot? Unanswered Truths from Vadodara’s Lok Sabha Elections for truth, for justice, and for the republic.
In a nation priding itself as the world's largest democracy, a disturbing pattern has emerged in the Vadodara-20 Parliamentary seat, raising fundamental questions about the integrity of its electoral process. For the last four Lok Sabha elections, this constituency has presented an electoral anomaly that defies statistical probability and demands national introspection. A Pattern That Defies Probability For four consecutive general elections, the Vadodara seat has yielded results so mathematically uniform that they defy the very premise of free and fair elections. The Bharatiya Janat
The Congress party filed a complaint with the ECI team in Vadodara about the BJP candidate breaking the Model Code of Conduct. The ECI team in Vadodara has yet to take any action. What's going on?
An application was presented by Rutvij Joshi, who serves as President of the Vadodara Congress unit, to the returning officer of the Vadodara Lok Sabha. In order to address the issue of violating the Model Code of Conduct and taking legal action, He questioned the educational qualification of the BJP candidate in the Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency. According to deshgujarat.com as on 04th May 2024 (Who is Dr. Hemang Joshi, BJP candidate for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat | DeshGujarat); Joshi is a graduate in physiotherapy and post graduate in human resource management. He has obtained a PhD in le
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's grand roadshow in Sanskari Nagari raises questions about whether the ECI guidelines can be applied to the ruling party?
At 7.10 pm, Amit Shah reached the venue of the roadshow, and the roadshow was started. The roadshow started from Ranmukteshwar temple in the Pratapnagar area of the city and proceed towards Gendigate and Mandvi in the old city areas of Vadodara. Mr. Shah head towards the Nyay Mandir before the culmination of the roadshow at Khanderao Market crossroads. The Vadodara city unit of the BJP geared up for the event with hoardings and stage to welcome Mr. Shah with performances as well as Rangoli and other decoration on the route of the roadshow. A team of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) clea
Knowing your candidate is necessary to make the right choice in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
The government which delivers the services must have a strong sense of duty and work in a transparent, corruption-free, time-bound and accountable manner. Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, disease and illiteracy for Sustainable Development. I am Dr. Rahul Vasudevbhai Vyas, a young social entrepreneur who is confident, committed, and competent to serve society. My zeal to serve has motivated me to contest as an Independent Candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections-2024 from Vadodara -20 Constituency. Since my younger days, I have been actively engaged in socia
All candidates will receive equal treatment from the Election commission of India?
An Independent candidate had a discussion with ECI representative appointed by the ECI team for 20- Vadodara Parliament Constituency on 19th April 2024 at around 11.15am (please check the CCTV for verification purpose). I communicated my concerns to him and sent an email on April 20th, 2024, but I haven't received any acknowledgement or response yet. The major issue is when discussion happened in the Collector office, Vadodara and only ECI Vadodara staff was present, how come the information shared with the ECI observer disclosed to the national political parties? Is it possible to get
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