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Cash for votes

  • Your Morning Fix: Cash for votes in Tamil Nadu, is your ballot really secret and Notre Dame inferno

    Your Morning Fix: Cash for votes in Tamil Nadu, is your ballot really secret and Notre Dame inferno

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 17, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • The Daily Fix: Money power could hijack the Karnataka elections. Election Commission must take note

    The Daily Fix: Money power could hijack the Karnataka elections. Election Commission must take note

    Sruthisagar Yamunan
    · May 01, 2018 · 09:55 am
  • Court convicts Gujarat pro tem Speaker, former BJP MLA and Patidar leader for trying to bribe voters

    Court convicts Gujarat pro tem Speaker, former BJP MLA and Patidar leader for trying to bribe voters

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 13, 2018 · 11:05 am
  • Election Commission on alert to prevent cash-for-votes as campaigning for RK Nagar bye-poll ends

    Election Commission on alert to prevent cash-for-votes as campaigning for RK Nagar bye-poll ends

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 19, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • Cash-for-votes scams are here to stay – and the Election Commission seems unable to deal with them

    Cash-for-votes scams are here to stay – and the Election Commission seems unable to deal with them

    GS Radhakrishna
    · Jun 12, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • It was the Karnataka Congress' defiance that led to the cash for votes controversy

    It was the Karnataka Congress' defiance that led to the cash for votes controversy

    MB Maramkal
    · Jun 08, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • A truck chase and postponed poll show how cash-for-votes has permeated Tamil Nadu politics

    A truck chase and postponed poll show how cash-for-votes has permeated Tamil Nadu politics

    Sandhya Ravishankar
    · May 15, 2016 · 02:02 pm
  • It's the final countdown in Tamil Nadu and voters are cashing in on desperate parties

    It's the final countdown in Tamil Nadu and voters are cashing in on desperate parties

    Sandhya Ravishankar
    · May 14, 2016 · 04:30 pm