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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:02:47 +0200
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fact
Message-ID:  <20020627220247.A37273@lpt.ens.fr>
In-Reply-To: <3D1A5651.3EBD7B44@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 05:03:29PM -0700
References:  <20020625135153.M403-100000@localhost> <5.1.1.6.2.20020625121305.03d1f270@pop3s.schulte.org> <20020625120402.A7861@cygnus.wks.Gallup.cia-g.com> <00d201c21cbd$3b9ff2d0$1ba8c8cb@corrsl7vs6l3tz> <20020626122805.GA18636@energyhq.homeip.net> <008501c21d1f$d82e4d60$b46dc5cb@corrsl7vs6l3tz> <5.1.0.14.0.20020626121706.00b14d58@mail.richardh.wsonline.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020626131021.00afddb8@mail.richardh.wsonline.net> <xzp1yat1v32.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3D1A5651.3EBD7B44@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert said on Jun 26, 2002 at 17:03:29:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > Unlike the US, India has a democratically elected government.
> 
> India's Prime Minister is elected by direct popular voting?

As an MP, he is, from a constituency.  The parliament (lower house) is
elected directly, and the PM is chosen indirectly from the MPs, and 
must command the confidence of the lower house (more or less the
British system).

But in India, the Supreme Court doesn't come into the picture at all...

- Rahul

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