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082			_aCS 923.554 SES
100			_aSeshan, T.N. _920469
100			_cIAS _918744
100			_d1955 _920470
245			_aThrough the broken glass: an autobiography
260			_aNew Delhi _bRupa Pub. _c2023
300			_a357p.
520			_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.
650			_aPolitics _920471
650			_aAutobiography _920472
942			_cB
999			_c361459 _d361459