The 'Right to recall'

Palavika Patel, the former president of Anuppur municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India and Gray Davis, former governor of California, usa are two distinct fall-outs of participatory democracy. In 2002, voters of extremely poor Anuppur -- and in 2003, voters of extremely rich California -- successfully exercised a similar constitutional right: the right to recall an elected representative for non-performance
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