If the moderators of this community like, l can share more news from the group regarding this sham election in Bengal.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Oh no..... These are actually hot news, and exposes the geopolitics in lndia.
Kerala has the highest human development index in India. They have the highest literacy rate and free housing in the country. But let's face it, you still need money. There aren't really much jobs in Kerala and families are leaving to go abroad (I don't know about you guys but that explains why so many Indian immigrants I met are from Kerala). There are free houses but they are left empty, and older people are becoming the biggest demographic in the state.
I haven't paid much attention to Indian politics but I've always wondered if the socialist government in Kerala would last long. I also never heard anyone from Kerala express what they think of their socialist government. Now this news answers my questions.
Where are you from ??
Consequences of the Modi Dictatorship. What an absolute nightmare for the country.
Is it? The article seems to say something completely different.
Before the election the Indian government under Modi deleted the voter registrations for 12% of the state's population, specifically targeting the ethnic minorities who supported the existing state government.
No exaggeration, Modi deleted millions of registered voters in the state before the selection.
This was a stolen election.
Doing a quick Google, it seems like the culling of the electoral roll happened and targeted non-Hindu people more than Hindu people.
Given the numbers reported in the West Bengal rolls, I would expect that election to be highly impacted by the change in rolls. However, it looks like while the draft SIR got rid of 2,400,000 voters per this article, the final number in Kerala removed was only 53,229 per this article.
Modi definitely tried to steal the election and I wouldn't be surprised if it significantly affected some state elections, but it appears like SIR was muted in this state unless you have information I don't have.
Also, for others, I converted the commas to a western format since I have issues seeing lakh and crore in the same way that I see thousands and millions.
My name is not there in the latest electoral rolls. I'm not a Muslim by the way.
I have a pitched up battle with the Election commission in the days coming up ahead !!
Ali, 65, and his children are among nine million voters - about 12% of West Bengal's 76 million electorate - who have been removed from the 2026 rolls as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Millions.
And I agreed that West Bengal had higher figures in my response, but I was talking about Kerala because that is what the post's article is about.
Qatar's premier international news source isn't a huge fan of Indian Communists.
The article seemed pretty sympathetic to them. I think they know that their main western audience is lefties so the English al Jazeera doesn't tend to go after the socialists as much.
This isn't to say that inside Qatar it's safe to be a communist.
What's a news source that puts the blame on Modi's national government?
Fuck, I was really hoping to visit Kerala before the rest of India consumed its unique nature
I just don't get why this is a huge news, I am from Kerala. Usually the elected government in kerala switches between the left and right (not BJP, I mean the congress which is like centre) every 5 year, this past decade was unique because it was the first time any party managed to stay in power for more than 5 years and the LDF (Left Democratic friend, a left wing coalition) was in power for 10 years straight and the UDF managed to unseat them.. I guess this is why it's a news, still don't see why it should be on world news. Anyway nothing really changes in Kerala, we have governments alternating and we still preserve our nature. So if you still want to visit Kerala, it's still not a bad time and I have faith in my fellow keraliltes that BJP will never be in power in Kerala.
It is news because Kerala was the last leftist state government in India. That every state government is now center or right likely has major implications for the next national elections.
That's good to hear. I wasn't familiar with the political history of Kerala. It has been the way it currently is for as long as I've been aware of it. Hopefully I get to visit India soonish, next 5 years ideally. There's so much cultural history I want to see.