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Glossary of terms for politics/elections

Once upon Dear reader, Lok Sabha 2019 beckons, and the media is full of phrases, terms and expressions, which are going bumper over your head, right? Rahul Da Cunha simplifies some of them for you

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 GuideOnce upon Dear reader, Lok Sabha 2019 beckons, and the media is full of phrases, terms and expressions, which are going bumper over your head, right? Let me simplify some of them for you.

1. EVM: At one level this is simply a machine, an Electronic Voting Machine, right? Wrong. Arundhati Roy and Arnab define it as Every Vote Matters. Some other definitions, Eerie Vicious Mantris, Eloquently Vocal Misogynists, or Everything Vs Modi: Modi bashers blame the PM for everything. "It's raining in Jan. Global warming? No, Modi's fault." "My car broke down. Faulty carburettor? No, Modi's fault."

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