Making a mockery of a vital electoral activity

Thanks to the lackadaisical approach of the regulator and the ignorant masses, the election manifesto of a political party has been reduced to something no one really cares about

We are the world’s largest democracy. We pride ourselves on having substantially “free and fair” elections term after term. Typically, every year there is some election somewhere in the nation. Yet, something as fundamental as an election manifesto is so poorly regulated that the entire electoral process borders on being a farce.

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