01238nam a22001817a 4500003000200000005001700002020001800019082001900037100001800056100000800074100000900082245004700091260003100138300001000169520084600179650001301025650001801038020260616134610.0  a9789357021968  aCS 923.554 SES  aSeshan, T.N.   cIAS  d1955  aThrough the broken glass: an autobiography  aNew DelhibRupa Pub.c2023  a357p.  aOn this day, elections were indefinitely postponed through an order issued by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), T.N. Seshan. The CEC, ironically, is tasked to ‘conduct’ elections, so who in his right mind would do such a thing in a democracy?
Seshan had put everything on the line while signing that order. And it was an indication as to the lengths he would go to prosecute his designated mandate. And the Supreme Court too did not find the order to be unlawful.
Before Seshan came on the scene, the Election Commission was increasingly functioning as an appendage of the government. Over and above that, there was evidence that malpractice and lawlessness in elections were reaching alarming levels. If that trend were to continue then further down that track lay the ignominy of a banana republic and the danger of Balkanization.  aPolitics  aAutobiography