Defacing the ballot
One ought to have gauged the Chief Justice of India’s anguish aplenty when he was provoked to say that ‘democracy is being murdered’ in the defacing of the ballot in the Chandigarh mayoral elections (Page 1, February 6). The sanctity of the election process has vanished into thin air. Is it not a shame on the part of a learned government official to be sullying his role and duties?
Mani Nataraajan,
