Goa, Sept. 29 -- PLASTINO D'COSTA

Our country has woken a bit late on the 'Vote Chori' issue, which should have been addressed immediately after the Har yana or Madhya Pradesh elections, where the result demonstrated the obvious: there was some hanky panky in the outcome of the elec tions. Thanks to the relent less fight put up by Rahul Gandhi who was ridiculed and made fun of for mention ing that the elections were rigged at different levels.

The sad part is not that biased people succeeded in poking holes at his theory, but the silence of influential Indians, including celebrities in sports, business and en tertainment who succumbed to pressure tactics. Their silence has cost the nation badly and their undue influ ence over their foll...