After V-Dem Report On India, CEC Says Flawed Rankings Harming Democracy
By Mohammed Kudrati India's Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, said that "flawed" surveys and international comparisons of electoral rankings actually harmed democracy, even if unintentionally. He that the indices were not inclusive enough and that those countries with lower inclusivity were ranked higher. "I would like to point out that when the EMBs (election management bodies) or EAs (election authorities), are involved and busy in conducting elections, and in our case since we do provincial elections also elections after elections. In the meantime, comes some survey report, kind of,...