ECI’s alacrity on Himachal bypolls to ‘favour’ BJP erodes its credibility, hurts democracy

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A tough question for Election Commission: Hasn’t it done BJP a favour by scheduling bypolls in Himachal Pradesh within a fortnight of Congress rebel MLAs’ disqualification? This unusual alacrity flies in the face of its refusal to hold bypolls in four parliamentary seats for a year and erodes ECI’s credibility. Leaders like Putin, Erdogan, and Xi hold farce polls to look legitimate. World knows the truth Russian President Vladimir Putin has won the elections again by a huge vote. Strongmen leaders like Putin, Turkish President Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold farce polls to look and sound legitimate. The...