Democracy’s topsoil is blowing away |
Since these are tricky times, let us begin this week with a trick question: what do the following events have in common with each other?
The huge, and sometimes violent, protests in Noida last month by factory workers and domestic help over increase in minimum wages
The huge, and sometimes violent, protests in Noida last month by factory workers and domestic help over increase in minimum wages
The refusal of a high court judge to recuse herself from a case in which her children are employed by one of the parties, and she herself is reported to have attended functions organised by that party's affiliates
The refusal of a high court judge to recuse herself from a case in which her children are employed by one of the parties, and she herself is reported to have attended functions organised by that party's affiliates
A gherao of judicial officers (appointed as adjudicators in appeals by deleted voters) by thousands of such disenfranchised voters in a district of West Bengal
A gherao of judicial officers (appointed as adjudicators in appeals by deleted voters) by thousands of such disenfranchised voters in a district of West Bengal
The deletion of names of almost 30 lakh voters in West Bengal, who had voted in previous elections and possessed all the required documents, because of an opaque, algorithm-driven 'logical discrepancy' feature not provided in any law or used in any other state
The deletion of names of almost 30 lakh voters in West Bengal, who had voted in previous elections and possessed all the required documents, because of an opaque, algorithm-driven 'logical discrepancy' feature not provided in any law or used in any other state
The holding of polls without deciding the pending appeals of these 30 lakh unfortunates, and the callous indifference of the Supreme Court to their constitutional right to vote, saying that they could vote in the next election!
The holding of polls without deciding the pending appeals of these 30 lakh unfortunates, and the callous indifference of........