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Shikha Mukerjee | Why ECs Too Are To Blame for India’s Worst Electoral Crisis

Shikha Mukerjee | Why ECs Too Are To Blame for India’s Worst Electoral...

Large-scale deletions and appeals have intensified scrutiny of the Election Commission’s process

30 Sept 2026 8:49 PM IST

AA Edit | CEC-SIR Issues Could Be A Rallying Point For Opposition

AA Edit | CEC-SIR Issues Could Be A Rallying Point For Opposition

Attempts are also on to rope in the AAP, the estranged partner of the INDIA bloc, into the platform. It may be true that...

28 Sept 2026 10:20 PM IST

Aakar Patel | If It Ain’t Broke, Break It: How We Ruined India We Built Over Decades

Aakar Patel | If It Ain’t Broke, Break It: How We Ruined India We...

In 2016, crony capitalism accounted for three per cent of India’s GDP. In 2023, the last year in which this was...

28 Sept 2026 10:01 PM IST

AA Edit | Righting Wrongs Welcome But SIR Was Abominable

AA Edit | Righting Wrongs Welcome But SIR Was Abominable

The only relief is the decision that booth level officers will now visit the homes of persons “to whom notice has been...

27 Sept 2026 10:35 PM IST

AA Edit | Trust Eroded, EC Needs A Complete Overhaul

AA Edit | Trust Eroded, EC Needs A Complete Overhaul

Reports have said the two other commissioners in the panel questioned the decision of the CEC 14 times in 10 months; and...

25 Sept 2026 7:13 AM IST

AA Edit | Voters Cannot Be Termed Discrepancies, EC Must Act

AA Edit | Voters Cannot Be Termed Discrepancies, EC Must Act

The EC has invented a new tool called ‘discrepancies’ (it was ‘logical discrepancies’ in West Bengal) to deny people...

22 Sept 2026 12:08 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Papers Missing, But Not Overly Worried About Passing SIR Test

Aakar Patel | Papers Missing, But Not Overly Worried About Passing SIR...

My parents spent four days on their terrace, alone and without assistance, losing most of what they had. What else is...

18 Sept 2026 12:50 AM IST

AA Edit | EC’s Six-crore Purge A Self-goal On SIR?

AA Edit | EC’s Six-crore Purge A Self-goal On SIR?

It is estimated that six crores of the 36 crore names in the electoral rolls in 16 states and three Union territories...

2 Sept 2026 12:03 AM IST

Anita Katyal | BJP Sends Men To Monitor The SIR; Cong Beaten, First By CJP, Then AAP

Anita Katyal | BJP Sends Men To Monitor The SIR; Cong Beaten, First By...

Take the case of the Neet exam paper leak which placed education minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the firing line. The...

18 July 2026 11:37 PM IST

AA Edit | Top Court’s Intervention On Citizenship Issue Welcome

AA Edit | Top Court’s Intervention On Citizenship Issue Welcome

The apex court made it very clear it recognised the legitimate right of the state in ensuring that no person who is...

15 July 2026 2:19 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid UN Query, Can Govt Uphold Credibility Of SIR?

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid UN Query, Can Govt Uphold Credibility Of SIR?

Why would clients come to the EC in future, from 141 countries for training of election officials, if it feels it is not...

15 July 2026 1:34 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Of NRC & SIR: How Governments Use Of Arbitrary Powers Put Citizens In A Fix

Aakar Patel | Of NRC & SIR: How Governments' Use Of Arbitrary Powers...

In 1998, the governor of Assam, a retired military man named Lt. Gen. S.K. Sinha (Retd) sent a note to then President...

13 July 2026 11:18 PM IST