The curious link between private jets & Indian elections

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:38:29 AM View in Browser > Everything on Elections 2019 in your inbox, every day To unsubscribe this newsletter, please click here What's happening today Supreme Court to hear PIL on hate speech PM Modi's roadshow in Bhubaneswar Ishrat Jahan encounter case in CBI court Rajnath Singh files nomination from Lucknow Want to know where this election is headed? Look up For BJP and Congress, getting senior figures out to as many of the nation's 900 million voters as possible is key to swaying the electorate. This explains the surge in private jet bookings. Modi's cash-rich BJP booked most of the nation's available private air fleet as early as three months back. Is that really true? Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claims some EVMs will only record a vote for BJP no matter what a voter chooses.How real is that claim? Graph of the day How good is a hate crime case in court? The politics of the cases filed under this is borne out by the low conviction rates — only one in every 30 people charged are convicted of the crime. Clearly hate is no problem for our netas. Say thank you to your boss From voter camps to day offs, India Inc is pulling out all the stops to get its employees to vote in the world's biggest election. Here's who is doing what. Point to ponder The Congress has more graduate professionals such as lawyers, chartered accountants and doctors than the BJP — 25 per cent against 19 per cent. Politics Life after Amma: Tamil Nadu prepares for the big shakeup EC is turning its radar on Modi's Balakot speech NRIs join the great Indian election festival Urmila Matondkar wants police protection 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