In order to make the fight inclusive and a united one, Stalin said the DMK had convened an all-party meeting on November two to decide on the next course of action to stall the SIR.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday criticised the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, cautioning that under the pretext of strengthening the system, the rights of the poor could be undermined.
He said the city was going to celebrate the festival of democracy on Saturday, and mentioned that festivals like Diwali, Dussehra, Eid, Holi, Christmas, and others come every year, but this festival of election comes only once in five years.
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson lent his support for a federal womens suffrage amendment and addressed the Senate about granting women suffrage at the end of World War I. In 1919, the Senate passed the 19th Amendment setting in motion the ratification process and finally on 26 August 1920 ~100 years ago ~with three quarters of state legislatures ratifying the amendment, American women secured full voting rights
Thousands of people, adorning the colours of the women’s suffrage movement ~ green, purple and white ~ marched in England,…
