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Hundreds of names went missing from the Talangana voters' list, earning the EC flak. So did the decision to announce poll dates in October and the delay in updating its website on the Assembly elections result day in December. Ram Mandir in ayodhya Temple Tantrum The building of a Ram temple on the disputed site of the Babri Masjid, torn down by karsevaks in 1992, will be a crucial part of the narrative of next year's General Elections. BJP leaders, RSS and other religious leaders have been demanding a law to allow the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Will acche din come for Lord Ram? Only time will tell. Citizens' list in Assam Counting Heads Assam is the only state in the country that has a National Register of Citizens (NRC) and earlier this year a draft was submitted to the Supreme Court with a list of Indian citizens. However, the question of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh has been an emotive and political issue in Assam right from Partition. While the first NRC was prepared in 1950, this year's draft rejected the citizenship claim of 40 lakh applicants causing a political furore. BHIMA-KOREGAON VIOLENCE A Phrase is Born When social activists Sudha Bharadwaj, P Varavara Rao, Arun Ferriera, Vernon Gonsalves and Gautam Navlakha were arrested in August over Bhima-Koregaon violence, they were promptly labelled as Urban Naxals. The police claimed that they were part of the banned outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) and planned to overthrow the government. Director Vivek Agnihotri called for a list of alleged 'Urban Naxals' on Twitter and what followed was a backlash with many pointing out that the term was simply coined to categorise activists and critics of the government in bad light. Dailyhunthttp://www.revellers.com.au/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/20840/Default.aspx