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The Opposition’s Strategic Failures and India’s Democratic Crisis

The Opposition’s Strategic Failures and India’s Democratic Crisis

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5 min readMay 20, 2026 01:25 PM IST First published on: May 20, 2026 at 01:25 PM IST For nearly 12 years, the BJP has been the dominant political force in India. Despite repeated allegations by opposition parties regarding the misuse of institutions, unfair electoral practices, and abuse of state machinery, the BJP continues to expand its political influence. It does not hesitate to use every available political tool, including influencing investigative agencies and benefiting from a favourable Election Commission. Why, then, have opposition parties failed to develop a united and long-term strategy to confront such a challenge? They often fail to undertake serious introspection, strategic planning, or coordinated political action. One of the most significant political developments in recent years was the passage of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill on December 21, 2023, amid a walkout by opposition parties, and the Rajya Sabha passed it the following day. The opposition failed to mount any effective …

Rekha Gupta confident of BJP win in West Bengal; slams TMC over law and order, corruption

Rekha Gupta confident of BJP win in West Bengal; slams TMC over law and order, corruption

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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed confidence that the BJP will come to power in West Bengal, alleging deteriorating law and order, corruption, and lack of women’s safety under the TMC government. The state heads into a two-phase Assembly election on April 23 and 29, with results due on May 4 Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cong’s Adhir Ranjan| India News

Cong’s Adhir Ranjan| India News

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Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the West Bengal government, alleging that their ‘abundant’ and ‘miserable’ failure in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has made the common voter the ‘worst casualty’. Congress leader and Berhampore assembly constituency candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury campaigning. (PTI) Chowdhury is contesting from the Berhampore Assembly constituency for the West Bengal Assembly polls under a Congress ticket. The Congress leader said that free and fair elections are not possible without accurate and transparent electoral rolls, citing constitutional provisions guaranteeing universal adult franchise. “The issue is that a free and fair election is contingent upon the free and fair electoral rolls. Under Article 326, each and every Indian citizen is entitled to exercise their adult franchise without committing any wrong by those electorates. It is due to the abundant failure, miserable failure, of the Election Commission as well as the state government of West Bengal that those common voters have turned into the worst casualty of this kind of exercise, …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin calls election rules amendment ‘gravest’ threat to fair polls | Latest News India

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin calls election rules amendment ‘gravest’ threat to fair polls | Latest News India

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Dec 23, 2024 03:56 PM IST MK Stalin slammed the BJP-led Centre for a reckless amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules, accusing it of aiming to “kill transparency”. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday alleged that democracy was facing its gravest threat under the BJP-led Centre as it has made a reckless amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules, to “kill transparency” and appealed to all political parties, to counter the “assault on free and fair” elections. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin(HT_PRINT) Stalin, also the president of ruling DMK said that consequent to the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to furnish the CCTV footage of an election booth, the union government brought this amendment to prevent public inspection of election documents, including CCTV footage and thus “destroyed one of the basic features of the Constitution.” In a post on ‘X,’ he said: “Democracy is facing its gravest threat under the BJP-led Union Government with the reckless amendment of Section 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, to …

‘Arrest illegal… unprecedented assault on tenets of democracy’: Delhi CM Kejriwal to SC | Delhi News

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday termed his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a “classic case of how the ruling party-led central government has misused the central agency… and its wide powers… to crush its biggest political opponent — the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders”. The CM, who was arrested on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy case and is currently in judicial custody at Tihar Jail, said this in his rejoinder filed in response to the ED’s affidavit before the top court. Opposing Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest, the ED’s affidavit had said the arrest of a person, “however high he may be”, for commission of offence based on material can never violate the concept of free and fair elections. The ED said if it is accepted that such an arrest will violate the concept of free and fair polls, “politicians who are criminals would be granted immunity from arrest on the ground that he is required to canvass in the election”. …

S Jaishankar On Free And Fair Elections Remark

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The minister said the UN official was asked a very loaded question. Thiruvananthapuram: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed a senior United Nations official’s recent remark on elections in India, saying that he does not need the global body to tell that the elections in the country should be “free and fair”. His comments came in response to a query regarding a statement by a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General that they “hope” that in India, people’s “political and civil rights” are protected and everyone is able to vote in a “free & fair” atmosphere. Mr Jaishankar, who was here to campaign for his ministerial colleague and BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the Lok Sabha polls, also said that the UN official made the comment on the Indian elections last week in response to a “very loaded question” during a press briefing at the UN. “I don’t need the United Nations to tell me our elections should be free and fair. I have the people of India. The people of India will ensure …