(Bah, gmail on blackberry does not allow bottom posting) As someone once said, do not attribute to malice that which can be sufficiently attributed to stupidity.
The voter ID card creation and distribution business is extremely low margin and quick turn around, and the contract goes to the lowest bidder with verified credentials who may legally further subcontract it to fly by night operators to keep costs low. I don't think anyone in the entire process chain is paid to think. Cheeni On 4/25/09, Biju Chacko <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm getting a fair amount of anecdotal evidence to support reports > that minorities have been systematically disenfranchised. Other than > the reports in the paper of widespread deletion of muslim names from > electoral rolls, I've been been hearing a lot from Christians as well. > I've heard of: > > * Names marked 'deleted' on the rolls. > > * Names missing (which were present online just a month ago). > > * Voter Registration attempts being rejected without explanation. > > Even if the cases are not statistically significant enough prove > anything, the very fact that the stories are making the rounds are > indicative of the suspicious and mistrustful attitude developing in > the community. That's definitely worrying -- many indications are that > Indian society is more divided along caste and religious lines now > than at any time since independence. > > *sigh* > > Time to start moving assets abroad? > > -- b > > -- Sent from my mobile device Cheeni Q: Why is this email 5 sentences or fewer? A: http://five.sentenc.es/
