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Parliamentary proceedings
Reams person been written astir the proceedings successful Parliament. Yet, the ‘temple of democracy’ often resembles a marketplace. Questions are captious to governance arsenic they exposure flaws, but voices are often muted erstwhile they are raised. Listening appears to beryllium connected the wane, portion the ruling enactment and the Opposition behave similar bitter adversaries. Disagreements request not beryllium uncivil. By watching their representatives quarrel alternatively of seeking solutions, citizens tin lone bespeak connected the irony of specified behaviour successful Parliament.
Balasubramaniam Pavani,
Secunderabad
Election conduct
It was ironic to perceive the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India talk astir ideology up of the Assembly elections. The CEC was close successful saying that axenic electoral rolls are the bedrock of immoderate ideology (Inside pages, March 16). But the behaviour of elections indispensable besides beryllium free, fair, and impartial, with implicit transparency astatine each stage. Democracy successful elections volition beryllium meaningful lone if the Election Commission of India recognises that it is an autarkic institution.
D. Sethuraman,
Chennai
The Election Commission of India appears to person ensured that its ain considerations instrumentality precedence implicit those of the electorate successful the predetermination dates it has announced. In Tamil Nadu, the polling day of April 23 falls successful 1 of the hottest phases of the year. The time is besides considered auspicious for weddings, and respective temple kumbabishekams are scheduled to instrumentality place. In 2023, canvass dates successful Rajasthan and Mizoram were revised owed to section considerations.
A.V. Narayanan,
Chennai
