Sunil Arora, who will take charge as chief election commissioner in December, will have overseen just 10 assembly polls by the time the general elections roll in. That's less than half the experience his predecessors had in 2009 and 2014.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
One of the longer term issues the ECI could consider is the use of government resources, especially money spent on advertising, to advance the interests of the ruling party. Anonymous electoral bonds appear to be another anomaly in a time of transparency.
One of the longer term issues the ECI could consider is the use of government resources, especially money spent on advertising, to advance the interests of the ruling party. Anonymous electoral bonds appear to be another anomaly in a time of transparency.