The latest bombshell? The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, allegedly bypassing his own colleagues to control voter lists; manipulating 13 crore names while hiding behind ‘logical discrepancies’. This isn’t a glitch. It’s a design. When the Election Commission stops being impartial and starts acting like a rubber stamp, elections become theater. And yet, we’re told to wait for the next jamboree, as if投票 is the only proof of democracy. It’s not. Real democracy lives in local councils, in transparent audits, in independent institutions; not just ballots. The demand for Kumar’s resignation? Too small. This needs a full reset: new Commission, restored voter rolls, and public oversight. Otherwise, we’re just voting in a hollow shell. Wake up. Democracy isn’t in the counting booth; it’s in the checks and balances we’ve let rot.