Claiming that there were 100% chances for hacking Electronic Voting Machines, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu warned that democracy could not be sacrificed to hackers. He demanded that Election Commission of India either ensure VVPAT receipts were issued 100% or revert to old ballot paper system. "It's easy to misuse technology. It is particularly easy for the one who writes the (software) programme.

Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal said he had quit the coveted service to protest against unabated killings in J&K and against the marginalization of Indian Muslims by Hindutva forces, "reducing them to second class citizens". "To protest unabated killings in Kashmir and the absence of any credible political initiative from Union government, I have decided to resign from IAS. Kashmiri lives matter," he said.

Discontent without end looms over Britain. Leavers and Remainers are equally despondent. Her Majesty's government and Labour opposition are equally divided. The UK is deeply divided between Europhile Scotland and Eurosceptic England, between pro-EU English cities and anti-EU coastal and northern towns. Neither the working nor the ruling class can unite behind any of the Brexit options making the rounds in House of Commons.