News

Political

Wrongful SIR deletions suppressed real participation

There is a tendency in India to reduce democracy to the mere conduct of elections, and to confine political life to “political society” — that subset of the population actively…...

DEFECTIONS WITHOUT DISQUALIFICATION: AN OPEN AUCTION OF CHEAP POLITICAL CONSCIENCE

On April 24, seven of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s 10 Rajya Sabha members announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Rajya Sabha Chairman has accepted their…...

ECI’s Inaction against Modi’s Invidious Speech Worrisome

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on April 18 differed from a speech he made at a similar election-eve juncture in 2019, it was nonetheless problematic. In…...

Women’s Reservation was used as a Cover for Delimitation

In what was a foregone conclusion, the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 failed to secure the two-thirds majority required for a constitutional amendment. While 298 members voted in its...