T.N. Shesan started this multi phase polling for various reasons. Now it is taken to such ridiculous lenghts that polls are becoming a farce. Surely India has enough resources to conduct polls in a shorter span, say within a week, and too in a single state, however notorious it is.
the first two dates are wrongly timed which will effect the voting percentage of muslims in large no of constituencies due to month of ramzan. this will adversely influence the results in favor of those opposing minorities. hence, the fairness of the polls is shadowed.
It has been useful reading rediff news thro out. But there are times when you guys wrong info(or rather place wrong contents. Is the quality dying down, this is recent one:
When am in this page http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/03katrina.htm , i could see on the right side news links
Elections in Bihar on October 18 Elections in Bihar on October 18
And when i client the above link it takes me to the below link which say different date: http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/03bihar.htm Elections in Bihar before Nov 22