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Their wordsI have doubted the fairness of Indian elections, not every time, not everywhere, but often enough. I am not talking of small-scale cheating, but of industrial-scale rigging involving the capture of our national institutions.
Their wordsThe decision to place a cabinet minister instead of the Chief Justice on the selection committee does not pass the smell test.
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Voter rolls and polling-station CCTV footage should be open to scrutiny, not locked away.
Their wordsVoter rolls and CCTV footage are tools to be used to strengthen democracy, not ornaments to be locked up while democracy is violated.
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