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Don't damn Democracy

  Simply speaking , power as well as roll of Democracy is not confined to voters exercising their electoral right to vote .In Democracy the idea of election is to choose a government that allows the citizens to express their dissent, demand accountability and influence public policy. The  recent detailed  investigating  report published in "The Indian Express"  established that two out of three  "Election Commissioners" had complained that they were kept in the dark on most of the crucial decisions taken at the "Election Commission"  They also revealed unprecedented internal fractures and serious administrative disputes within the "Election Commission". They  claimed that they had formally lodged written objections  at least "14" times over "10" months  against unilaterally made decisions by the "Chief Election Commissioner"  Gyanesh Kumar and the ECI's  "IT Division".  Further they revealed that critic...