State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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One phrase has been whispering away at the back of this column’s cerebral cortex of late: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” — who guards the guards.
And over the last few weeks, the murmurings have been getting louder and louder.
We have cops investigating cops over cases of malfeasance, corruption and cover-up; the army examining allegations of torture, abuse and murder committed by its own troops and the Establishment looking into claims of historical child abuse by, you guessed it, senior members of the Establishment.
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