Electoral reforms are inevitable; keep out candidates with criminal records and make the right choice, appeal experts Mysore/Mysuru: After decades of Independence, India continues to be haunted by issues including poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, lack of progress in research and innovation and inaccessibility of quality health and education. With such issues still prevalent, there is an…
Elections in India are the most corrupt in practice. Voter decides on a corrupt government or a good government. But the first imperative is, voting. So please go to the polling booth. Election time is the spring time of politics. Issues like democracy, elections and electoral reforms, all come to the fore for much discussion,…
Talk at B.N. Bahadur Institute on Mar. 18 open for all Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Open Forum in Vijayanagar 4th Stage, headed by Dr. V.R. Anil Kumar, has organised a Citizens’ Initiative on “Corrupt Electoral System in India & Ways to Reform it” at 4 pm on Saturday, 18th March 2023, at B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management…
To Our Readers Star of Mysore will carry articles relating to the forthcoming Karnataka State Assembly Elections periodically to educate and also to inform the voters about the significance of their vote and its value for good governance in our Democracy. It is expected that shortly the calendar of events for the election will be…
By Ashvini Ranjan The Abracadabra titled “Right to Recall MPs, MLAs will curb corruption” by K.B. Ganapathy in Star of Mysore dated March 7, 2023 made an interesting and timely read. The right to recall a duly elected candidate, who is subsequently found to be corrupt, is like closing the barn door after the horse…
New Delhi: The BJP and its allies raced ahead in Nagaland and Tripura as votes were counted this morning in three North-Eastern States. In Meghalaya, the BJP’s estranged ally Conrad Sangma’s NPP is leading but hasn’t crossed the majority mark yet. In Tripura, the ruling BJP has taken a lead over its nearest rival, the…
TMC retains West Bengal DMK storms Tamil Nadu Left in Kerala; BJP in Assam AINRC in Puducherry New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress looks set to win a third term, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in…
New Delhi: Over 20 crore people from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting in a mammoth electoral exercise today. For the latter three, this is the first and only phase of polling. It is Assam’s third and final, while Bengal has five more. The results of all five elections will be…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore In ancient times, election was a divine affair particularly in theology which meant chosen by God. Thus it was a selection by the clergy who represented God. In Latin, it was ligerilect which meant pick. In ancient times, a…
By T.J.S. George The wonder that is Indian elections is losing some of its wonderness. Statistically, of course, it remains a marvel — 880 million voters (total US population is 328 million), 11 million election workers, 2 million voting machines, 2,300 registered parties. But the pride we had in the honourableness of the process has…
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