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Nov 2023

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Elections & Extremism: Ground report on ...

THE ECONOMIC TIMES

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The Tribals protesting road development, miles through the jungle to reach a polling station and Election Workers being air-dropped and picked for security! Get the ground report tales for what it takes to do polls in Naxal-infested Bastar with host Nidhi Sharma along with Anubhuti Vishnoi and Rahul Tripathi from ET’s political bureau. Tune in!

Check out the other interesting episodes like Caste Census: Data for Development or a Political Ploy?, State Elections 2023: The Political Playbook You Need to Know, The Young Chanakyas of Elections 2024, and more!

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