People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXXIII

No. 18

May 10, 2009

 


A Charade Of An Election In The Hill Sub-Divisions Of Darjeeling


THE elections in the hill areas of Darjeeling were rendered into a political sham on poll day, April 30, 2009. It had rained, indeed poured heavily throughout the morning and into the early afternoon.


Yet, it was found by late morning that a massive percentage of polling had been done in an astonishingly short period of time. This could only be done by rigging the election. The whole process reeks of a political sham.


The issue also raises several important questions.