Only in india can the election commission and the bjp lecture the nation about “protecting women’s privacy” at polling booths, while in the same breath they gleefully post a woman’s private selfie — secretly clicked by a government cameraman — on official social media. This isn’t governance, this isn’t democracy. This is a circus where privacy is weaponized when it suits the ruling party and discarded when propaganda needs content.
The farce is too obvious to miss. If CCTV footage from polling stations threatens to expose malpractice, it is blocked under the excuse of “women’s dignity.” But when a woman, in her private moment, is captured without consent for cheap publicity, dignity suddenly takes a back seat. The BJP-ECI duo has mastered this doublespeak — using morality as a shield to hide their failures, while trampling the same morality when it’s politically convenient.
This is not an accident; it’s a pattern. The ruling party and its watchdog have turned democracy into a PR campaign, where citizens are props, privacy is optional, and accountability is extinct. The bjp and ECI don’t look like guardians of democracy anymore — they look like partners in a comedy act. Only problem? The joke is on India.
The farce is too obvious to miss. If CCTV footage from polling stations threatens to expose malpractice, it is blocked under the excuse of “women’s dignity.” But when a woman, in her private moment, is captured without consent for cheap publicity, dignity suddenly takes a back seat. The BJP-ECI duo has mastered this doublespeak — using morality as a shield to hide their failures, while trampling the same morality when it’s politically convenient.
This is not an accident; it’s a pattern. The ruling party and its watchdog have turned democracy into a PR campaign, where citizens are props, privacy is optional, and accountability is extinct. The bjp and ECI don’t look like guardians of democracy anymore — they look like partners in a comedy act. Only problem? The joke is on India.
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