“You spent Rs.50 lakh for ahi-tech car. I told you to buy a car worth Rs.35 lakh and a genset for Rs.15 lakh. Now we’re enjoying.”

The Modi government’s response to the ongoing protests against the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, and to the growing demand for the resignation of the controversial Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, is baffling. By tryi...