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BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India
It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
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Editor’s Note: The fall of the Election Commission
The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”.
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