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Scant respect for democracy!

Handicapped by the lack of any real authority enabling it to mete out stringent punishment to politicians and their parties, the ‘election commission’ is increasingly being treated as an object of ridicule by the latter. 

All political parties are required to file their election expenditure statement within 75 days of the assembly election and 90 days of the Lok Sabha elections, with the ECI. 

However, even seven months after the polls, the TRS government has not filed its expenditure statement despite two ‘notices’ issued to it by ECI.  

The TRS still figures on the list of ‘defaulting political parties’ maintained by ECI on its website. 

On the one hand, none of the political parties show true figures to the ECI. 

All parties manipulate their poll expenses to the point of disbelief. 

And on the other, they take their own sweet time to report this fabricated expense sheet to the ECI. 

But seven months is surely enough time for KCR & Co to come up with fake expense statements! 

How can we expect a political party that shows such scant respect to democratic institutions to uphold democracy in its reign?

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