Indian election an Undocumented Wonder by S.Y. Quarishi

Kolkata - The Making of The Great Indian Election – a riveting first-person narrative on the chaotic ‘dance of democracy’ authored by former Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quarashi book released in Kolkata  by Chief Guest, Justice Altamas Kabir, former Chief Justice of India in the distinguished presence of Shri Gopal krishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal officiating as Guest of Honour and Prof Sugato Bose, M.P.

Published by Rupa Publications under the imprint, rainlight, the book is just an exploratory study of the minutiae of the Indian elections, it is alive to each kaleidoscopic turn of the gargantuan electoral jamboree. 

To check the misuse of money in the voting process, Election Commission's write should begin six months before a poll and pre-election expenditures should also be taken into account, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi has said. 

“They (political parties) know that Election Commission comes down heavily and stops the use of cash so they have started their campaign one year in advance and crores of rupees are spent on posters, banners and others,” Quraishi said during the launch of his book 'An Undocumented Wonder : The making of the Great Indian Election', here late last week. 

“When the elections begin they can be very innocent with very little money they can fight. But all the money has gone into the elections much before,” Quarishi said. 

“We are working on it. May be we will say that the EC write should begin six months before or even the pre-election expenditure should also be taken into account,” he said.