The world’s fourth-largest democracy has now bucked the trend of far-right gains, and is a symbol that democrats elsewhere will not ignore. 1 Flashback: When CEC Lyngdoh refused BJP demand for early Gujarat poll until voter roll was updated. 2 EC refuses to name software used to flag SIR errors, cites ‘trade secrets’ RTI exemption: Report. 3 In a new book, Gopalkrishna Gandhi studies his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Hinduism.