The 21 May meeting is being viewed as a damage-control exercise after some political parties questioned the credibility and independence of the Election Commission.
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New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
The first phase of voting, in 91 constituencies, has gone off well. That is the core function of the ECI. The sheer logistics of enabling 900 million Indians to choose their next government. On being seen as a neutral umpire, the record is a little uneven. The point to be noted is that the game it is meant to referee is not being played by truant teenagers. On both – actually three – sides of the political divide, the participants are senior figures from our public life, many holding high constitutional office. They should be regulating themselves most of the time, not waiting to be called out by an outraged ECI. Would Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru really require the ECI to tell him what was permissible, what was not. 2. Second, all institutions should pick up their share of the weight. The apolitical nature of the armed forces is known to all. Truly one of our sacred cows. So why should Nirvachan Sadan alone show the card. The letter sent by 150 retired officers will stop this now in its tracks. Three serving chiefs could have been equally effective.
The first phase of voting, in 91 constituencies, has gone off well. That is the core function of the ECI. The sheer logistics of enabling 900 million Indians to choose their next government. On being seen as a neutral umpire, the record is a little uneven. The point to be noted is that the game it is meant to referee is not being played by truant teenagers. On both – actually three – sides of the political divide, the participants are senior figures from our public life, many holding high constitutional office. They should be regulating themselves most of the time, not waiting to be called out by an outraged ECI. Would Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru really require the ECI to tell him what was permissible, what was not. 2. Second, all institutions should pick up their share of the weight. The apolitical nature of the armed forces is known to all. Truly one of our sacred cows. So why should Nirvachan Sadan alone show the card. The letter sent by 150 retired officers will stop this now in its tracks. Three serving chiefs could have been equally effective.