Is our Democracy truly representative?
In spite of a valiant fight put up by the INDIA coalition in the 2024 general elections, Prime Minister Modi ascended the throne for a historic third consecutive term. Notwithstanding…
Electoral Reform India
Representation and its Discontents: The Conundrum of Elections in India
by Maya John and Mudita Singh Kushwaha [This is the first part of a two-part series on the critical engagement with the 2024 general elections in India] India is in…
Separate electorate vis a vis joint electorate with reservation-True political rights to untouchables (SCs)
In modern democratic governance, political representation of citizens is vital to the public policy-making process. Every citizen must have the right to be represented in legislative bodies that frame policies…
CERI Demands Proportional Representation Electoral System
We representative of political parties, academics, Social activist and social movements, media representatives and concern citizens of the state met here at IIA Bhavan in Lucknowon 12th September, 2018, for…
Poll Reforms: Need of the Day
The president of India has appointed Narendra Modi as the country’s 14th prime minister on the strength of his election as the leader of the BJP parliamentary group following the…
Towards True and Total Democracy: via changes in the electoral system, structure and functioning of Panchayat Raj
0. Preface: Main thrust of this paper lies in justification of Proportional Representation (PR) for all segments of the society at all levels in all spheres of power on the…
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