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Election Commissioners Emerge to Defend the Indefensible; Former Judges Urge President Murmu to Invite 'Largest Pre-Poll Alliance'
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Election Commissioners Emerge to Defend the Indefensible; Former Judges Urge President Murmu to Invite 'Largest Pre-Poll Alliance'

Jun 03, 2024
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June 3, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

The exit polls may be predicting a sweep for the BJP but that hasn’t prevented seven retired high court judges from writing to President Droupadi Murmu reminding her of the “established democratic precedent” that the “largest pre-poll alliance” should be invited to form the government and not the single largest party. Otherwise, there is

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