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SIR may be legal but it is not fair: Former EC Ashok Lavasa
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
Statutory institutions, constitutional bodies, and governments have suddenly started behaving as if “might is right”, says former EC; asks whether efforts are being made to create a situation where people become disenchanted with the democratic process
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