Dehradun, May 9 -- The recent assembly elections have been quite stormy in the manner the campaigning took place and the 'surprising' results. Challenges have been thrown up that are proving hard to resolve. In West Bengal, particularly, the tradition of post-poll violence has been repeated despite the strong presence of central forces. Just imagine what would have happened if this was not the case!
All this is an example of how complex the democratic process is, given India's vast diversity and numerous political ideologies. Conducting elections in such a situation is always a complicated and difficult task. That the Election Commission has been doing so quite effectively since Independence is truly remarkable. Other constitutional instit...