The next general election will have to be free, fair and at the same time participatory and competitive so that people in the country and elsewhere find it credible, eminent citizens told a discussion yesterday.
The next general election will have to be free, fair and at the same time participatory and competitive so that people in the country and elsewhere find it credible, eminent citizens told a discussion yesterday.
Terming weavers and manufacturers of clothes as rural geniuses of Bengal, renowned journalist and former state minister for external affairs of India MJ Akbar said the wealth they had brought was taken away by the British.
Eminent citizens yesterday suggested the search committee disclose the names of its picks for the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners before sending the nominations to the president.
The cabinet division yesterday invited civil society members, election experts, media personalities and a cross-section of people for talks with the search committee constituted to make recommendations for the formation of the next Election Commission.