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Pole vault?

The battlelines are drawn for the General Election in Poland which, many would argue, is not really that consequential for the world.

Showing the way?

In fact, the splintering of the old Janata Dal which reached its electoral apogee in the late 1980searly 1990s could be said to have begun with that parting of ways. But it is also ~ an often unrecognised ~ fact that the Janata Dal’s many offshoots today represent a significant section of the Indian electorate.

Multiplicity of parties – I

The multiplicity of these parties, nearly all of them unrecognized by the Election Commission has prompted EC to allot symbols ranging from a mundane battery torch to a cricket bat, a plebian auto-rickshaw and an air-conditioner for the affluent class.

Next House should fix bugs in anti-defection law

In line with the separation of powers, Articles 122 and 212 of the Constitution restrict the Courts from judging the validity of proceedings in Parliament or the State Legislature on grounds of alleged irregularity of procedure.