Khamosh! Is the Chatter of Surrogate Election Campaigns on Social Media Silencing Election Silence?

Nidhi Singh and Gunjan Chawla (The piece was first published in the Leaflet) Section 126 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (RPA) imposes a 48-hour ban preceding polling — on public meetings and processions in connection with the election, the display or propagation in a polling area of “any election matter” — which is intended or calculated […]