The Telangana government is playing to the gallery by reopening the probe into Rohith Vemula’s suicide. The police’s closure report is an embarrassment for the Congress that promised a law named after him. Lesson for politicians: Don’t jump the gun for political expediency and desist from playing politics over tragedies.
Third phase of polling an opportunity for EC to redeem itself after delay in publishing voter turnout
Third phase of polling is an opportunity for Election Commission to redeem itself. Unedifying spectacle of EC revising voter turnout percentages 11 days after first phase did no good to its image. Delay in publishing constituency-wise absolute numbers also raises uncomfortable questions. Poll watchdog must address apprehensions with full disclosures.