The Election Commission — unlike many politicians and indeed voters — takes both politics and politicians seriously. It has therefore constantly striven to reform the electoral process and make it more meaningful to the citizen. The system has benefitted from many of the interventions promoted by successive chief election commissioners — sometimes in the teeth of great opposition from the political class. To these stalwarts, and many others like them who presided as fiercely neutral umpires on the pitch of Indian democracy, we owe a debt of gratitude. Now let us await the outcome of the EC’s latest labours.
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