The road to 2019 goes through Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya's nomination may caused some justifiable outrage in certain quarters, the fact is that's precisely what the move seeks to do: pose the awkward question on who is more 'acceptable' now. Read this view Fact of the day: The count of goods and cash that were meant to buy votes is currently at $448 million (updated on April 21). That's close to half the GDP of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Here's the list: Drugs: $169 million. That's 87,310 votes. 76% of the total seizure value in Punjab was in the form of drugs; there was also a massive drug seizure in Delhi a day before the first phase of polling. Precious metals: $135 million. That's 69,602 votes. Precious metals worth $103 million were seized in Tamil Nadu (the worst-offending Indian state). Cash: $105 million. 54,135 votes. Cash worth $10 million has been seized in Telangana; seizures in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra were mostly split between alcohol, gold/silver and cash. Alcohol: $34 million. 17,529 votes. Alcohol dominates the seizures in Karnataka.
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