The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 19th December 2024

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Electronic distraction: On politics and the ‘EVM issue’

The Election Commission has a lot to answer for, but EVMs are not the issue

After consecutive electoral losses, in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Congress has raised the tempo (speed or pace) with regard to its concerns about electronic voting machines (EVM). While there are numerous issues related to the integrity of elections that the Election Commission of India (ECI) needs to come clean on, the risk of electronic tampering with EVMs is not among them. The Congress is barking up the wrong tree — that too selectively and only when it loses. Some of its party leaders have publicly expressed the view that there is no evidence that suggests the risk of manipulation, remotely or through preprogramming. At least two Opposition leaders, NC leader and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, have distanced themselves from the allegations. To assume that EVMs are so elaborately and precisely manipulated that the BJP wins in some States and loses in some others in a detailed conspiracy, defies (goes against or contradicts) logic. After all, the BJP ended up short of a majority in the 2024 general election. Moreover, all these results, particularly those of Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand are well explained by the social and political dynamics at play.

By repeatedly raising the spectre (ghost or fear) of EVM manipulation, the real and serious questions of election integrity are being overlooked. Among them, the possibility of old style, manual capture of EVMs in booths dominated by one party and where polling agents of opponents are absent. This is pertinent (relevant or related) against the backdrop of questions about a massive turnout recorded in many places in the closing hours of polling. This trend has not yet been satisfactorily explained by the ECI. Large-scale additions and deletions of voter names are now a pattern (regular occurrence or trend), and the ECI seems to be brazening (acting in a bold and shameless manner) it out. In Delhi, where elections are now due, allegations of the selective removal of Muslim voters have surfaced. In the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, partisan police actions that restrained voters expected to vote against the BJP have been controversial. The scheduling of elections is another serious question that the ECI has been less than transparent about. For a country that is preparing to conduct all elections in one go, it scheduled the three recent Assembly elections in two batches, and the BJP is the one party that gained the benefits. As is evident, some of these issues are local, some related to the vast capacity (ability or power) gap between the BJP and the Opposition while some others are squarely in the court of the ECI. The Opposition needs to focus on the real questions of election integrity, and an EVM scare should not act as a distraction.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 19th December 2024

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1. Tempo: (noun) The speed at which an event or activity happens.
2. Defies: (verb) To refuse to obey or show respect for a law, rule, or person in authority.
3. Spectre: (noun) A ghost, or something that causes fear or worry.
4. Pertinent: (adjective) Relating directly to the subject being considered.
5. Pattern: (noun) The repeated or regular way in which something happens or is done.
6. Brazening: (verb) To behave in a way that is shameless or bold, despite disapproval or consequences.
7. Capacity: (noun) The ability or power to do, experience, or understand something.
8. Integrity: (noun) The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
9. Electoral: (adjective) Relating to elections or the process of voting.
10. Preprogramming: (noun) The act of programming something in advance, particularly software

Hindu Vocab Master 19th December 2024 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 19th December 2024:

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Tempo	pace, speed, rate, rhythm	slowness, lag, delay, hesitation
Defies	resists, opposes, challenges, disregards	obeys, complies, submits, conforms
Spectre	ghost, apparition, shadow, menace	reality, presence, certainty, safety
Pertinent	relevant, applicable, appropriate, related	irrelevant, unrelated, extraneous, inappropriate
Pattern	design, arrangement, structure, configuration	randomness, disorder, chaos, irregularity
Brazening	defying, daring, shameless, bold	timid, shy, reserved, modest
Capacity	ability, power, capability, potential	incapacity, inability, weakness, limitation
Integrity	honesty, fairness, righteousness, probity	dishonesty, corruption, fraud, deceit
Electoral	voting, election-related, political, democratic	apolitical, non-voting, non-electoral, partisan
Preprogramming	prearranging, presetting, pre-configuring, planning	spontaneity, unplanned, impromptu, random