The opposition parties have staged a walkout in protest against what they described as executive overreach and a chipping away of the independence of the election commission.
The ED’s attempts to book the party in the alleged liquor policy scam may come to naught as there is no separate law for financial misdemeanours of political parties
At the last moment, the Narendra Modi government drops the Bill to modify service conditions of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners in the face of protests. Here’s how it can impact democracy in India
A recent bill placed before Parliament seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India from the panel that selects the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners with a cabinet minister. This destroys the balance needed for impartiality
The Association for Democratic Reforms has taken the matter of wilful failure of political parties to publish details of criminal antecedents of candidates to the Election Commission. In a strong complaint to the Commission, ADR has termed it as a “deliberate act of contempt”