New Delhi, March 4 -- By Sanjay Kapoor

When Indian Air Force (IAF) decided to militarily respond against Pakistan after the Pulwama suicide attack by a member of the Jaish-e-Muahmmad that killed 41 Central Reserve Police personnel, a panelist in a TV programme asked a simple question: What will Election Commission do when there is another terror attack during the election campaign and the Indian defense forces decides to hit back against terror camps located across the border in Pakistan?

Indeed, when the Election Commission announces the dates of elections in the next few days this probable scenario will worry them. What will the Election Commission do in such a situation when it is overseeing country's gargantuan elections? The ratcheti...