Trying to predict what the Indian voter will choose: A weathervane job?
Live MintThe recent Lokniti pre-poll voter survey was played up in press reports for the wrong reasons. Voters’ party preferences got headlines, but pre-poll findings on party shares are always suspect because voters may not have finally chosen, or might not reveal their true choice even if they have. Small enterprises have been the traditional route through which labour-force entrants have found livelihood and life, and this has been closed off by restricting permission to use the Reverse Charge Mechanism in GST, even though it was generally permissible under the GST law. The Election Commission reports “over 2 crore" newly registered voters in the larger age group of 18-29, out of a total electorate size of 969 million. The Anti-Defection Law, mandated that a member of Parliament or a state legislature can be disqualified from membership if he or she “votes or abstains from any crucial voting contrary to the directive circulated by his/her respective political party."
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