A Step Backwards in Our Democracy

Dr VBJ Chelikani Rao             The Election Commission of India is an exalted constitutional institution with an independent secretariat paid from the Consolidated Fund of India, and it must play the most indispensable role in the functioning of our democracy. The Constitution has assigned to it the task of “superintendence, direction and control of elections” and hence, the Commission has to function autonomously,  and has ample scope to interpret and extend its role so as to conduct free and fair el…