Indian Politics
4 articles
Congress Has a Case on Election Procedures—and Is Still Overplaying It
Reported disagreements inside the Election Commission deserve a documented answer. Congress weakens that legitimate demand when it leaps from procedural questions to a ready-made conspiracy in which every institution is presumed guilty.
India’s Electronics Push Deserves Credit, but Assembly Is No Longer Enough
The government was right to use incentives to pull electronics factories into India. The next reform must reward Indian components, engineering and supplier depth—not another decade of imported innards inside locally tightened screws.
The Opposition’s SIR Panic Is Not a Substitute for an Argument About Clean Voter Rolls
The Election Commission’s roll revision deserves scrutiny and humane implementation, but the INDIA alliance’s reflexive cry of disenfranchisement treats every verification exercise as a conspiracy. I think the government’s side should defend cleaner rolls while insisting that no genuine voter be defeated by paperwork.
The Election Commission Owes India Answers, Not Rahul Gandhi a Resignation
Questions about electoral-roll revision deserve documentary answers, but the INDIA alliance has skipped straight from disputed procedure to institutional guilt. I want the Election Commission to disclose more—and the opposition to prove much more.