Stop blame game: A bipartisan committee to select election commissioners has been mooted repeatedly, and this could be one way of keeping the EC neutral
Opposition has questioned the EC’s recent actions but is it a case of blame the referee or has the institution’s independence been diluted?
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Faced with dominant governments, EC struggles to be a free and fair arbiter
The Election Commission, one of India’s gold standard institutions, has come under fire. The complaints centre around ruling party capture and bias, not election fraud.
In the lead-up to the 2019 general elections, the opposition accused the BJP of contravening EC rules by appropriating credit for the heroic actions of the armed forces in its campaign and using the PM’s TV broadcast on an anti-satellite missile test for political gain. In response, the EC did little. Serious questions were also asked about the scheduling of elections to favour the ruling party. Now, in th
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• 6 p.m. Monday, virtual discussion,
”Scientific Collaboration in a Post-Pandemic World,” part of The State of Science: Conversations with Holden Thorp series. Streamed live at provost.nd.edu/state-of-science. No registration or Zoom link required. University of Notre Dame.
• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, virtual lecture,
”This is America: Teaching An Accurate Reflection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” Maqubè Reese, assistant director of diversity initiatives, IU Kelley School of Business and Rosalyn Davis, clinical associate professor, Department of Psychology. Register at: https://events.iu.edu/southbend/event/177090-this-is-america-teaching-an-accurate-reflection-of. Indiana University South Bend.
• 5 p.m. Wednesday, virtual lecture, Second Annual Liss Lecture in Judaica: