The Political battle with rallies and war of rhetoric have already set the stage for the democratic festive since the polls tend to reveal the flow for the general assembly elections which are due in 2024. The Election Commission chief, Rajiv Kumar, with the announcement of election schedule has also revealed the data revolving around the constituencies, sex ratio, first time voters, polling personnel and various other crucial steps in making the process as transparent as possible. The conference did not ended in the form of monologue since various journalists from different media houses were provided with the opportunity to put up the questions related to the polls, action against the defaulters and previous data on handling with such issues and the scope of improvement so far. As per the EC approximately 1/6^th of the population will be going through the election process which is not only crucial for the residents of the state but also for the entire nation. In the span of forty days the team visited all the five states and conducted survey and held discussion with various Political parties and enforcement agencies of both central and state level, including, Income tax, Narcotics, RBI, Banks, Coastal guards, civil aviation, RPF, GRP, state police etc and trued to include the suggestions and feedbacks from them.

The date of poll for Mizoram will be on 7^th of November followed by the counting day on 3^rd December. In Chhattisgarh where the polls will be held in two phases, date is decided for 7^th and 17^th November followed by the 3^rd November the day of counting. Rajasthan has settled for 23^rd of November whereas Telangana for 30^th November.

In order to advance better participation in all the states the EC has tried to include every group that suffers negligence or has the history of poor participation as compared to the mainstream population, including the Youth, Transgender, Women, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, Person with disabilities and senior citizens. The EC briefed the journey of bringing them from roll to poll and ensured various other facilities for such groups like washrooms, safety, assisting personals, ramps, proper illumination etc. From going to the last mile in the remotest areas to adding around 60.2 lakh first time voters in the enrolment list, the EC highlight the contributions of the personals and team.

With the elections lined up, EC has become more alert on the issues pertaining to freebies and has come up the provision of tighter security especially at the borders where EC has ordered for the coordinated efforts from the officials at 490+ chekposts coming under the inter-state borders. In addition to this the EC has also come with the other safety and vigil methods where they have tried to digitalize the entire process of complaining against the abusers and defaulters. By bringing up the cVigil App to report any such incidents or by enhancing the election seizure management system, the body has tried to include the citizens at every level. The body has ensure action in 100minutuews for every reporting. New changes are also going to be witnessed in the standard practice of postal ballot where the postal ballot will be available only at the facilitation centers.

The Assembly elections of these five states prior to the national elections will serve as the testing pitch for the Election Commission of India for all the new changes that they have come forward with.            With increased level of accountability and transparency through the digital initiatives and other inclusive methods, the EC is not only hopeful in successfully achieving the goal of creating the procedure voter friendly but also a high voter turnout with increased participation from the least privileged and marginalized section of the society.

The case is from Nagaur in Rajasthan, where the citizens of the local stations have to agitate for the facilities, they have to protest, this did not work, so a social worker of Nagaur had to sit on a hunger strike.

The situation there is such that there is no difference between the platform and the land of the station, waiting hall, foot overbridge is a very distant thing. People sitting on hunger strike said that apart from facilities in Nagaur, stoppage of trains I am also being discriminated against. During the Corona period, stoppage of two trains at Nagaur was stopped citing Corona, but even after so many days of normalcy, their operations have not been started from Nagaur.

The government is still proving to be a failure at many places in providing proper facilities to the people even during the golden age of independence. To cover up the Nagaur case, State Vice President cum former Union Minister C R Chaudhary reaches there and goes on a hunger strike. He goes back after giving assurance to the sitting people. Talking to the media, Mr. Chaudhary said that his demands will be fulfilled very soon, for which he will talk to the Railway Minister and top officials.

The question arises whether Mr. Chowdhary is the authority of the Railways or the representative of the Railway Minister, how will he get all these things completed quickly. Well, the trains which could not stop after Corona, should they start with the assurance of Mr. Chowdhary Will go. And in how many days it will start, it will be seen. Or this will also turn out to be just a jumla.

Brajesh Kumar

The Ashok Gehlot government of Rajasthan is going to start the Indira Gandhi smart phone scheme from this 10th August 2023. Under this scheme, the women of Chiranjeevi family will be provided free internet with smartphones. The Jaipur’s collector has made complete preparations for this scheme. The District Collector of Jaipur Mr. Prakash Rajpurohit told that under this scheme, camps will be organized at total 28 places in Jaipur district.

What will women get with the Indira Gandhi smartphone scheme:

• Indira Gandhi smartphone scheme will provide free smartphone to the women.
• The scheme will provide touch screen smartphone.
• Government won’t take any money for providing smartphone.
• Government will provide 3 years of internet service for free.
• It’s mandatory for women to approve their KYC. For the approval of KYC it is mandatory to have their Adhaar card. Without it they’ll not be eligible to take the smartphone for free.

Eligibility for Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme:

• The beneficiary has to be the original resident of Rajasthan.
• It is necessary for the beneficiary women to have an Aadhaar card.
• The government has given free mobile phone access to families who have come from Chiranjivi Yojna.
• If the wealth of the family is less than 2 lakhs, only then the mobile phone will be given.

Important Documents needed for Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme:

• To get the benefits, you need to have an Aadhaar card.
• It is necessary to have a ration card to avail the benefits.
• To get the benefits, you need to have SSO

• To get the benefits, you need to have a mobile number.
• To get the benefits you need to have a passport size photograph and an Email- ID.

Know about the application process :

>First of all open the official website of the scheme on your computer.

> The home page of the website will open in front of you.

> Here click on the option for the status of registration.

> A new page will open in front of you where aadhaar number has to be entered

> After that, click on the search option.

> Your father’s name, your name and eligibility status will appear in front of you.

The diary was allegedly recovered during an IT raid in the past on Ashok Gehlot’s associate, Dharmendra Singh Rathore, by Gudha.