They should have thought this one through a bit better. A fair number of people will take a refusal to strengthen the system as proof that the system is already being tampered with. That may or may not be the case but the head of the election committee should be happy that outsiders are showing the flaws, not arrest them. After all everybody benefits from a solid system, right?
This is also going to draw a lot of international scrutiny.
Actually, I hope this one draws a lot of international scrutiny.
Unfortunately, the way things work in India, there's way too much bureaucracy with these sort of things and a bunch of old people running the show who are very much resistant to change (not to mention the potential $$$). Unless the matter is really played up by the media (which in itself is another animal to be wary of), this would have gone through without a question. With the public outcry and the coverage of this arrest, there might be Public Litigations coming in which can atleast halt the process and get due diligence.
Now I'm not too familiar with the Indian Penal Code and Law in general, but there have been instances of whistleblowers being silenced in the past one way or another if the spotlight or public movement momentum is slow to follow. The chances of this happening are more in certain parts of the country like Bihar and UP etc.
It's unfortunate but the situation is slowly improving as time goes by and connectivity and access of information improves.
India is a model democracy with transparent election process.
India is litigation prone, and courts take decades to deliver justice.
Everyone who has lost a election in the last 20 years is going to claim election was rigged.
the few bad things we have inherited in, Parliament and legislative assemblies can be not allowed to function by a small group of irritant elected representatives.
hope sanity prevails with civil servants and he get released soon, and we have a open debate at various levels
This is also going to draw a lot of international scrutiny.