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Absolute numbers: On the ECI and faith in the process

The ECI should do everything to reinforce (सुदृढ़ करना, मजबूत करना) people’s faith in the democratic process

A total of 58 Lok Sabha seats in eight States and Union Territories voted on Saturday in the sixth and penultimate (second last; something that is right before the last item in a series) phase of the general election 2024. With this, polling has been completed in 28 States and Union Territories, in 486 constituencies. Voting is also over for 105 Assembly constituencies of Odisha. The last phase of polling will be on June 1 for the remaining 57 seats and counting of votes will take place on June 4. Sporadic (occasional, irregular, infrequent, periodical, periodic, scattered, intermittent) incidents of violence were reported from West Bengal which also reported the highest polling percentage at 79.47. In Jammu and Kashmir, the Anantnag-Rajouri seat recorded a turnout (उपस्थिति, भागीदारी) of 54.30%, an impressive high. Urban apathy (उदासीनता) continued in the seven seats of Delhi which went to the polls with just 57.67% of the electorate (मतदाताओं, निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) turning out to vote. The searing (extremely hot; scorching, blistering, flaming, blazing, burning) heat wave prevailing (प्रचलित होना) in north India did not help matters (to make a situation/condition better). The Election Commission of India (ECI) released, for the first time in this general election, the absolute (संपूर्ण) number of votes cast (vote, register a vote) in each constituency for the first five phases. The ECI came out with (say, utter, let out suddenly/unexpectedly) the data a day after the Supreme Court of India refused to direct the commission to disclose (उजागर करना, खुलासा) details of Form 17C (it contains the account of votes recorded at each polling station), which contains this data at the booth level and is handed out (distribute, give out, issue, circulate, disperse) to all the polling agents of the candidates.

The ECI has alleged (आरोप लगाना, दावा करना), inappropriately, there to be a “pattern of false narratives (कहानी, वर्णन) and mischievous (शरारती, चंचल) design (plan, plot, intention, purpose, target) to vitiate (दूषित करना, अमान्य करना) electoral process”. It is true that concerns have been raised by several actors (अभिनेता) about the electoral process, and it is possible that a part of it could be due to ignorance (अज्ञानता) or even out of (from) mischief (playful misbehaviour, misconduct, funny business, tricks). A mature and appropriate response expected of the body that is tasked with (कार्य सौंपना) overseeing (देखरेख करना, निरीक्षण करना) the largest democratic exercise on the planet is to provide information to the public that removes such concerns. The commission opposed the disclosure (revelation, communication, declaration, release, publishing, unveiling) of Form 17C in the Supreme Court — all the while (during the entire time, at the same time as, at the time, for the time being, in the course of) insinuating (imply, suggest, hint) at a conspiracy (unlawful plan, intrigue, collaboration/deception) to vitiate the electoral process. Complaints brought to its attention by anyone should be addressed (tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out) in a manner that behoves (be appropriate for, be expected of, be required of, be advisable for, be sensible for, be wise for, be fitting to, be suitable for, be proper for, be obligatory for, be incumbent on) a robust (strong, powerful) democracy (a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through fairly & freely elected representatives). It is indeed (in fact, actually) the duty of the ECI to ensure that the electoral process is not vitiated, and the best way to achieve it is to ensure the maximum transparency (clarity, straightforwardness, openness, honesty, unambiguity) that is administratively possible. The ECI has done well by publishing the data on the absolute number of voters, and it could proactively look for more measures (action, step, procedure) that could reinforce public faith (trust, belief, confidence, confidence, reliance) in the process and in its own integrity (righteousness, uprightness, morality, probity, honesty, fairness).

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.absolute (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - संपूर्ण
English Meaning - complete, total, entire, perfect.

2.reinforce (verb)

Hindi Meaning - सुदृढ़ करना, मजबूत करना
English Meaning - strengthen, fortify, support, bolster, underpin.

3.oversee (verb)

Hindi Meaning - देखरेख करना, निरीक्षण करना
English Meaning - be responsible for, be in charge of, look after, administer, organize, supervise.

4.turnout (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उपस्थिति, भागीदारी
English Meaning - participation, attendance. (Voter turnout refers to the number or percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballots).

5.apathy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उदासीनता
English Meaning - lethargy, indifference, lack of interest, inactivity, passivity, detachment, negligence, disregard.

6.electorate (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मतदाताओं, निर्वाचन क्षेत्र
English Meaning - all the people who entitled to vote in an election.

7.prevail (verb)

Hindi Meaning - प्रचलित होना
English Meaning - exist, be in existence, be present, be prevalent.

8.disclose (verb)

Hindi Meaning - उजागर करना, खुलासा
English Meaning - reveal, release, unveil, communicate, publish, make public.

9.allege (verb)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप लगाना, दावा करना
English Meaning - claim, state, contend, charge, accuse.

10.narrative (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कहानी, वर्णन
English Meaning - a representation of a particular situation; portrayal, account, description, statement.

11.mischievous (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - शरारती, चंचल
English Meaning - bad, wicked; hurtful, evil-intentioned.

12.vitiate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - दूषित करना, अमान्य करना
English Meaning - destroy, impair, spoil, ruin.

13.actor (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभिनेता
English Meaning - participants (in an action).

14.ignorance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अज्ञानता
English Meaning - incomprehension, unawareness, mindlessness, stupidity, lack of knowledge.

15.task with (verb)

Hindi Meaning - कार्य सौंपना
English Meaning - assign a task to.

16.penultimate (adjective)

English Meaning - second last; something that is right before the last item in a series.

17.turn out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - go/come, appear, turn up, attend, be present.

18.searing (adjective)

English Meaning - extremely hot; scorching, blistering, flaming, blazing, burning.

19.heatwave (noun)

English Meaning - (a long period of) hot weather, hotness, humidity.

20.help matters (phrase)

English Meaning - to make a situation/condition better.

21.cast (verb)

English Meaning - vote, register a vote.

22.came out with (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - say, utter, let out suddenly/unexpectedly.

23.Form 17C (noun)

English Meaning - it contains the account of votes recorded at each polling station.

24.hand out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - distribute, give out, issue, circulate, disperse.

25.design (noun)

English Meaning - plan, plot, intention, purpose, target.

26.out of (phrase)

English Meaning - from.

27.mischief (noun)

English Meaning - playful misbehaviour, misconduct, funny business, tricks.

28.sporadic (adjective)

English Meaning - occasional, irregular, infrequent, periodical, periodic, scattered, intermittent.

29.disclosure (noun)

English Meaning - revelation, communication, declaration, release, publishing, unveiling.

30.all the while (phrase)

English Meaning - during the entire time, at the same time as, at the time, for the time being, in the course of.

31.insinuate (verb)

English Meaning - imply, suggest, hint.

32.conspiracy (noun)

English Meaning - unlawful plan, intrigue, collaboration/deception.

33.bring to one’s attention (phrase)

English Meaning - to make someone aware of something; accentuate, emphasize, highlight, stress, underline, underscore.

34.address (verb)

English Meaning - tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.

35.behove (verb)

English Meaning - be appropriate for, be expected of, be required of, be advisable for, be sensible for, be wise for, be fitting to, be suitable for, be proper for, be obligatory for, be incumbent on.

36.robust (adjective)

English Meaning - strong, powerful.

37.democracy (noun)

English Meaning - a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through fairly & freely elected representatives.

38.indeed (adverb)

English Meaning - in fact, actually.

39.transparency (noun)

English Meaning - clarity, straightforwardness, openness, honesty, unambiguity.

40.measure (noun)

English Meaning - action, step, procedure.

41.faith (noun)

English Meaning - trust, belief, confidence, confidence, reliance.

42.integrity (noun)

English Meaning - righteousness, uprightness, morality, probity, honesty, fairness.