Over 145 retired civil service officers, military veterans and renowned academics have come together to question the “procrastination, silence and inaction” that characterised the Election Commission’s response to issues thrown up during the recent general election. The concerns raised are too central to the well-being of our democracy for the ECI (Election Commission of India) to leave unexplained. Its partisanship confirmed, the approach of the ECI further emboldened the Prime Minister, (BJP president) Amit Shah and other party representatives. This was done so that the information could be used in the Prime Minister’s election campaigns. The result of this exercise is not quite clear from the media reports.

Source: The Telegraph July 03, 2019 00:45 UTC