264: Why Did the Election Commission Allow A Non-Approved Private Company Handle EVMs?

What would you say if I told you that contrary to what the Election Commission claimed, they engaged a private company to provide engineers in handling the very sensitive EVMs?  And what if I told you this private company outsourced this important job of protecting the country’s very fundamentals of democracy to private consultants? Would you feel like elections in India were safe? Well….that’s what we’re discussing on this episode of the Big Story. I’m joined today by Poonam Agarwal, who led this investigation for The Quint, and together we’re going to show you how a private company was involved in India’s democracy and why this is so problematic. ------- 6 September marks one year since India scrapped an archaic law under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and decriminalised homosexuality. How has life been for the LGBTQ community in the year since? Listen to our special podcast on this here (https://audioboom.com/posts/7360545-what-it-felt-like-to-be-queer-the-day-section-377-was-read-down) .