Absolutely Shocking! Former CEC S. Y. Quraishi calls the recent developments in Nepal a sign of “vibrant democracy” — not anarchy. But given his record, this reckless comment is hardly surprising. It was during Quraishi’s tenure that the Election Commission of India signed an MoU with the International Foundation... for Electoral Systems (IFES) — an outfit linked to George Soros’s Open Society Foundation, a known deep state operator and a close associate of the Congress party and the Gandhis. Worse, in a separate conversation, Quraishi himself admitted that after the 2007 UP Assembly elections, a “big leader” called him, complaining: “आपने हमारे बोगस वोटर्स को वोट देने नहीं दिया।” At the time, Quraishi was one of the Election Commissioners, and the Samajwadi Party, notorious for its Muslim appeasement politics, was in power but lost the election. If Quraishi knew this, why has he shielded the leader all these years? Was the SP indulging in Vote Chori? Who was this leader? This raises a larger question: If Quraishi knew about shifted, absent and dead (SAD) voters on the rolls, why did he never order a Special Intensive Revision (SIR)? He was EC from 2006–2010 and later CEC from 2010–2012 — it was his constitutional duty to act! In fact, neither he nor those who came after him — whether Ashok Lavasa, O. P. Rawat or others — lifted a finger to clean up our compromised voter lists for over 23 years, since the last SIR in 2003. And yet, these very people are now the media’s “go-to” critics of the current SIR. Let’s not forget: back then, the Prime Minister alone appointed the CEC. Today, a three-member panel, including the Leader of Opposition, makes that decision. The old guard owes its posts entirely to the Congress system, and it shows. It is time to call out these insipid tenures. Those who failed their duty then cannot now lecture the nation. Contesting ideas is welcome, but accountability must begin with those who had the chance — and did nothing.show more

Amit Malviya

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