"The Election Commission has halved the number of polling centres in rural districts to save costs, making it much harder for villagers to vote."

This claim is misleading. Election Commission officials have repeatedly said that they aim to maintain the practice of roughly one polling centre for every 1,000 voters, similar to previous general elections. Available reporting does not show a blanket decision to halve polling centres in rural districts. It is possible that some centres have been consolidated or relocated due to population shifts, security considerations or school availability, which can increase travel distances for some communities. However, that is different from a nationwide 50 percent cut driven purely by cost-saving. Without detailed, constituency-level data, broad statements about polling centres being ‘halved everywhere’ oversimplify a more complex picture.