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Hafta 472: Electoral bonds verdict, farmers’ protest, Haldwani violence
The podcast where we discuss the news of the week.
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Association of Democratic Reforms chief Anil Verma, The Hindu’s deputy editor AM Jigeesh and Newslaundry reporter Sumedha Mittal.
Anil, one of the litigants who moved the Supreme Court against the electoral bonds scheme, delves into the significance of the top court’s verdict declaring it “unconstitutional”, and the political parties’ take on it. He says the bonds were a “win-win situation” for all political parties, but the Supreme Court has “upheld the right to information.”
“There is a connection between electoral bonds and farmers’ protests,” says Jigeesh, adding that a “deep structural crisis” is plaguing India. On the farmers’ protest, Manisha says agrarian distress is written all over it.
The panel also discusses the violence in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani as Sumedha recounts how the media was “cut off” from the site of demolition of the mosque and madrasa. “No story you see is coming from inside the curfew area… cops are also stationed outside the houses of the deceased.”
This and a lot more. Tune in!
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Timecodes
00:02:58 - Headlines
00:15:46 - Electoral bonds verdict
00:35:55 - Farmers’ protests
01:10:29 - Jigeesh AM’s recommendations
01:13:31 - Haldwani violence
01:29:11 - Letters
01:44:39 - Recommendations
References
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Association For Democratic Reforms
DDA action in Mehrauli: 600-year-old mosque demolished, orphans displaced
In ‘crackdown’ after Haldwani violence, 18-year-old with fractured skull
In Haldwani clash, photojournalist ‘nearly killed’, mob asks reporters to ‘show video footage’
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