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Undertones of Parliamentary Election Schedule | Amal Mandal

Saturday 7 December 2024, by Amal Mandal

Abstract

It is disconcerting that the role, particularly the election schedule, of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is courting controversies and insinuations. The allegation is that the ECI has been devising election schedule at the bidding of the ruling executive and the schedule offers tactical time and campaigning opportunities to the ruling regimen.

The peek into the 2019 and 2024 parliamentary election schedules