Meet India's most unsuccessful candidate

Monday, April 22, 2019 10:25:44 AM View in Browser > Everything on Elections 2019 in your inbox, every day To unsubscribe this newsletter, please click here What's happening today PM Modi's rallies in Rajasthan & Maharashtra Hearing on PM Modi's biopic Rahul Gandhi rally in Amethi Filing of nomination papers for Himachal The road to 2019 goes through Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya's nomination may caused some justifiable outrage in certain quarters, the fact is that's precisely what the move seeks to do: pose the awkward question on who is more 'acceptable' now. Read this view Fact of the day: The count of goods and cash that were meant to buy votes is currently at $448 million (updated on April 21). That's close to half the GDP of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Here's the list: Drugs: $169 million. That's 87,310 votes. 76% of the total seizure value in Punjab was in the form of drugs; there was also a massive drug seizure in Delhi a day before the first phase of polling. Precious metals: $135 million. That's 69,602 votes. Precious metals worth $103 million were seized in Tamil Nadu (the worst-offending Indian state). Cash: $105 million. 54,135 votes. Cash worth $10 million has been seized in Telangana; seizures in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra were mostly split between alcohol, gold/silver and cash. Alcohol: $34 million. 17,529 votes. Alcohol dominates the seizures in Karnataka. Are Muslims really scared of saffron? In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP made more gains of Muslim votes than the Congress which has traditionally relied on the votes from the community. Politics Did Digvijaya Singh really coin the term Hindu terror? BJP leads but race still seems tighter in Gujarat 8 ex-DGPs come out strongly against Sadhvi Why democracy's future is in India's hands FOLLOW US ON ET: About us|Advertise with us|Feedback|Sitemap|Code of Ethics © 2019 Times Internet Limited. To ensure delivery directly to your inbox, please add etnotifications@indiatimes.com to your address book today. If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please click here To unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions please click here