Harshit's view on the SMS Saga in reality shows

The SMS Saga

With the final results being linked to the SMSes, the ground is left open for all sorts of manoeuvres. In another recently concluded television reality show, Voice of India, finalist Harshit Saxena, who was leading in the vote count from all over India except in Northern zone, lost out to Ishmit, a Punjabi lad, who was said to have received a huge amount of votes from Punjab alone. Says Harshit, “Everybody tells me that this is just not possible, but I’m okay with it. I am grateful to the channel for providing this platform to me. But it would be better if there was some level of transparency in counting of votes.”

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