Letters: Not democratic

BJP is showing reluctance in being transparent over the choice of its presidential candidate

With reference to “Crucial week for Presidential election, last date for filing nominations is June 28” (June 19), during the debate that took place in the Constituent Assembly regarding the election of the President, Prof. K T Shah proposed that every adult should have his or her share in electing the head of the State; and accordingly, instead of indirect election through the representatives of legislatures, the election should be by the votes of the people themselves. He argued that while deciding upon the leading principles “we were under a stress and strain, and were passing through difficult circumstances and