Voters queue up outside a polling booth in UP's Dadri in the 2nd phase of Lok Sabha elections, 26 April 2024. (Photo: Vipin/ National Herald)

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India: from modern democratic nation to banana republic? (photo: PTI)

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A Ram Navami procession in Murshidabad, West Bengal (photo: PTI)

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Iranians celebrate the missile attack on Israel with a model of the Fattah missile in Tehran

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A Youth Congress protest against electoral bonds, Kolkata (file photo)

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More than the people, elections in India are often about parties and leaders (photo: PTI)

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Elections: Have the people had enough yet?

It is a cliché that opposites happily co-exist in this country (photo: PTI)

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Covid-19: Pandemic measures in India repeatedly came too late and proved inadequate to control fresh peaks. Who was making decisions, on what basis? (photo: National Herald archives)

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Rahul Gandhi at the release of the Congress party manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: Getty Images)

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The cave in Kedarnath he likes so much (photo: National Herald archives)

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Arvind Kejriwal at Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court (photo: PTI)

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Democracy on a ventilator

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Jairam Ramesh during a door-to-door campaign in Delhi (photo: Vipin/National Herald)

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Why Elections 2024 will be a nail-biter

Rahul Gandhi (foreground) in Telangana (photo: @RahulGandhi/X)

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Why Rahul Gandhi says India will 'burn' if BJP returns to power