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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Should only elected legislators be eligible for chief ministership?
Description: The option provided in the Constitution should be used with honesty, not just to tinker with politics.The sudden exit of Tirath Singh Rawat as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, a development the Bharatiya Janata Party sought to explain in terms of a constitutional roadblock to being elected as a legislator with in six months, has led to thickening speculation about the fate of West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, another unelected Chief Minister.Here we discuss the road ahead.Guests: M.R. Madhavan, is President and co-founder of PRS Legislative Research, a public policy re...