Perverse use of electoral data mining leads to preferential treatment, ghettoisation of some communities | The Indian Express

Perverse use of electoral data mining leads to preferential treatment, ghettoisation of some communities | The Indian Express

Written by Naman Pugalia |Updated: April 18, 2019 9:16:09 am

The writer is founder, WalkIn. He previously co-founded, FourthLion Technologies, a political campaign planner.

Perverse use of electoral data mining leads to preferential treatment, ghettoisation of some communities

It is imperative that those interested in deepening the roots of our democratic traditions and constitutional principles co-create a progressive solution.

(Illustration: CR Sasikumar)

Campaign rhetoric brings with it a clarity and swagger which is otherwise unforthcoming. It often exposes the vulnerabilities of our democratic practices. In owning up to development apartheid, a member of parliament has now forced an examination of the origins and consequences of political data mining.