of the electoral machines have been rigged. i don t think we ve ever been able to produce any convincing proof of that. but i m thinking of the information and media landscape, as well. so the challenge is the election will be free and fair, but it won t necessarily have a level playing field because, as you rightly say, information, the ecosystem of the free press has been somewhat eroded through a combination of the media being cajoled and cudgelled into seeing things the way the ruling party wants. the other challenge is, as i said, what happens between elections, where we are seeing the autonomy of a number of institutions severely diluted, and we are also seeing an atmosphere of, to put it mildly, intimidation with the tax authorities, for example, running rampant against dissenting organisations or even dissenting newspapers. over the course of the last few years, i ve spoken to several indian journalists, brave journalists who are committed to independent investigative journalis
in a free and fair election? well, there are some, certainly, in the opposition who believe that some of the electoral machines have been rigged. i don t think we ve ever been able to produce any convincing proof of that. but i m thinking of the information and media landscape, as well. so the challenge is the election will be free and fair, but it won t necessarily have a level playing field because, as you rightly say, information, the ecosystem of the free press has been somewhat eroded through a combination of the media being cajoled and cudgelled into seeing things the way the ruling party wants. the other challenge is, as i said, what happens between elections, where we are seeing the autonomy of a number of institutions severely diluted, and we are also seeing an atmosphere of, to put it mildly, intimidation with the tax authorities, for example, running rampant against dissenting organisations or even dissenting newspapers. over the course of the last few years, i ve spoken to
as a candidate, all of your fellows in the opposition, are going to be able to fight in a free and fair election? well, there are some, certainly, in the opposition who believe that some of the electoral machines have been rigged. i don t think we ve ever been able to produce any convincing proof of that. but i m thinking of the information and media landscape as well. so the challenge is the election will be free and fair, but it won t necessarily have a level playing field because, as you rightly say, information, the ecosystem of the free press has been somewhat eroded through a combination of the media being cajoled and cudgelled into seeing things the way the ruling party wants. the other challenge is, as i said, what happens between elections, where we are seeing the autonomy of a number of institutions severely diluted, and we are also seeing an atmosphere of, to put it mildly, intimidation with the tax authorities, for example, running rampant against dissenting organisations o
you, as a candidate, all of your fellows in the opposition, are going to be able to fight in a free and fair election? well, there are some, certainly, in the opposition who believe that some of the electoral machines have been rigged. i don t think we ve ever been able to produce any convincing proof of that. but i m thinking of the information and media landscape, as well. so the challenge is the election will be free and fair, but it won t necessarily have a level playing field because, as you rightly say, information, the ecosystem of the free press has been somewhat eroded through a combination of the media being cajoled and cudgelled into seeing things the way the ruling party wants. the other challenge is, as i said, what happens between elections, where we are seeing the autonomy of a number of institutions severely diluted, and we are also seeing an atmosphere of, to put it mildly, intimidation with the tax authorities, for example, running rampant against dissenting organisat
instincts to pit us against one another for their oweir own political gain. they are happy to tear apart our car pool and exchange for your support at the voting gooth, telling lies, creatin willymen, reinforcing tribes. joe biden will divide us . he ll tear us down. he ll fill us with hate for his own gain. s own gafor power.person one person who is running to stop that from happening is nikki haley. she s the former ambassadorr am to the un and the governor of south carolina. nikki, great to have you withwh us this evening. great to be with .politici why is this happening?n divi why dodi politicians insisngt on dividing us and seemingly pushing us toward a race war?> you know, you look, inflation s running rampant. you ve got wokingham in schools. you ve got crime at all timeou highs. you ve got, you know, got illegal immigrants totally openh border. you ve got china on the march and that has nothing to do with race. and the idea that he brought upp white supremacist goesd with b