False information is not an online-only phenomenon in India and it is not clear if that is the only driver of some behaviour, says scholar Sumitra Badrinathan.
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There is room for a lot more discussion of ideology in Indian politics and all voters cannot be mobilised the same way, says scholar Francesca R Jensenius.
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