Friday, 03 May 2024
Friday, 03 May 2024
The issue of electoral bonds in India — they have been declared illegal by the Supreme Court — has some parallels with the Super Political Action Committees in the United States
Luv Puri
Telling the poor to settle for five kilos of ration and allowing cronies to grab five airports make every other form of inequality worse. It will turn India into an insufferably unjust society
Parakala Prabhakar
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's decision to not talk to the ruling parties is due to two reasons: first, the ‘mandate’ being given away to these parties and, second, the real power lying elsewhere
Mehmal Sarfraz
An election sans competition is an anomaly. This is because democracy’s flowering and, indeed, sustenance are contingent upon the unrestrained exercise of choice by each member of the electorate
The Editorial Board
Option for Nota was granted in 2013, but its effect has remained symbolic since then. Nota votes register people’s dissatisfaction with all candidates, yet nothing is done about it
The Editorial Board
