A democratic debate

What the national capital has witnessed over the past few days raises several questions that the nation must answer to secure a vibrant democratic future for itself.Student groups, civil-society organisations, and the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) wanted to protest on Saturday against the Election Commission of India (ECI) with several demands, including the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. To be fair, student groups and political parties had been protesting in the national capital for several days.However, things changed late last week. Besides beefing up the presence of security forces — which, according to reports, included about 23,000