'No' to the unelected

Sir,- Your Editorial `Non- legislators and ministerial posts' (Aug. 20): Why should not the provision, which enables non-MLAs to hold Ministerial positions even for six months, be repealed? For, this exercise is nothing but an attempt to enter the Assembly through the back door. We had in the past several talented and upright leaders whose only aim was to serve the public and through them the nation. They never hankered after power or pelf. Through their selfless, dedicated and devoted service, they endeared themselves to the people. The people too reposed faith in them. This attitude and the friendly disposition of the leaders of yore definitely must have impacted on the framers of the Constitution, prompting them to make the provision. The very creation of this provision is to make use of these leaders' services gainfully for the good of the people and the country.

Things are different today, and there is a world of change in the attitude of the present-day leaders. To say that they are a liability to the nation is to stress the obvious. It, therefore, becomes essential to eliminate the provision so that only elected representatives hold Ministerial posts.

V.S. Jayaraman,

Chennai

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