Modi's Triumph in West Bengal Elections Puts Him Closer to an Opposition-Free India

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/world/asia/india-modi-congress-west-bengal-elections.html

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Modi’s Triumph in West Bengal Elections Puts Him Closer to an Opposition-Free India

With his triumph in West Bengal state elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved closer to his dream of an opposition-free India.

The New York Times

The lead plaintiff🚨in the case that destroyed the #VRA has a history of promoting false election conspiracies & anti-voting policies, & was🚨at the #Jan6 Stop the Steal protest.

SM posts:🚨harbors a deep distrust of the election sys *called “rigged,” &: steeped in false conspiracy theories about voting. In the days after the #SCOTUS' ruling, a nationally prominent election denier posted a photo of himself shaking hands with #Callais, calling him a “hero.”
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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/bert-callais-plaintiff-case-gutted-voting-rights-act-election-conspiracist-jan-6/

Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protest

Social media posts exclusively reviewed by Democracy Docket paint a far more troubling picture of Callais — suggesting a man who harbors a deep distrust of the election system, which he has called “rigged,” and who is steeped in false conspiracy theories about voting.

Democracy Docket

Modi's Triumph in West Bengal Elections Puts Him Closer to an Opposition-Free India

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/world/asia/india-modi-congress-west-bengal-elections.html

#Politics #Elections #India

Modi’s Triumph in West Bengal Elections Puts Him Closer to an Opposition-Free India

With his triumph in West Bengal state elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved closer to his dream of an opposition-free India.

The New York Times
CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.

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We elect a rat and then we hate it??? Then why the f#ck we elect a rat in the first place! #wethestupid #elections #polls #politics

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