With an indifferent regime and media blacking out protests, farmers need to recalibrate their strategy to bring together a diverse set of groups across various sectors and regions to challenge the BJP.

Neither the Election Commission nor the BJP should be blamed; and certainly not the EVM. The poor machines have feelings and they like to be wooed, taken on a long drive and pampered in hotels.

Hidden commissions, dubious middlemen, anti-corruption clauses removed from contracts and a million Euros paid for ‘gifts’ are some of the irregularities by Dassault detected by auditors.

The Congress demanded a full and independent investigation into the deal to find out as to how much bribery and commission in reality, if any, was paid and to whom in the Indian government.