A waste of time.

"The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has crossed the majority mark in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Economic Times in an interview." ET. Mr Shah has no need for the NDA. "Exuding confidence that BJP's Lok Sabha count has surpassed 310 after five phases of elections, Union home minister Amit Shah...his party is headed for victory in more than 400 seats." ET. At present, the Lok Sabha has a total of 543 seats so any party, or an alliance of parties, with 272 seats and over will have a simple majority. wikipedia. A victory with over 362 seats will give the BJP two-thirds, and 408 seats will give it three-quarters of all seats. A two-thirds majority will allow the BJP to change the Constitution. byjus.com. Mr Modi is very keen on the idea of 'One Nation, One Election' which means that all states will hold elections to their assemblies along with the parliamentary elections. This will apparently improve voter turnout and reduce the cost of holding elections. NDTV. When assembly elections are held separately voters focus on local issues, like roads, electricity and water supply, but if combined with national elections Mr Modi can use his popularity rating of 78% (TOI) to make it a referendum on himself and confuse voters with completely fictitious claims of the Congress insulting Lord Ram and intending to shut down the temple in the city of Ayodhya (ET). This will, Mr Modi hopes, enable the BJP to win in over 50% of states because to change the federal structure he needs two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha + support of more than 50% of states (byjus.com). And so, India will become a one-party state with the BJP in power forever. In a public meeting in the Milkipur Assemby constituency, the BJP MP from Ayodhya said the government needs two-thirds majority to change the Constitution.  The Print. With Messrs Modi and Shah claiming victory already what is it they know that we don't? "The Supreme Court on May 24 refused to direct the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disclose booth-wise voter turnout under form 17C. BT. This was in response to "the petition filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) flagging 5-6% increase in final voter turnout data as compared to the initial percentages announce on the day of polling by the ECI." This gives rise to the suspicion that the electronic voting machines (EVM), used by the voters, are being replaced by doctored ones. ABP. "Considering that all of India's voting is electronic, this information is readily available. Indeed, it is required to be handed over to the agents of all candidates in each of the country's 1.2 million polling booths after the last ballots are cast," wrote Andy Mkherjee. In November 2023, the Attorney General arguing for the government in the Supreme Court claimed that "the voter does not have any right to know how his vote has been recorded and counted". "The judiciary has never been an obstacle to the ruling party's rampaging depredations of our social, constitutional, legal and institutional landscape." "The Supreme Court never fails to disappoint," wrote Avay Shukla. Why waste time voting? If they are going to change the machines.