The Hindu : Breach of trust

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Tuesday, Jan 21, 2003

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Breach of trust

Sir, — The new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Sushil Kumar Shinde, has inducted all the independent legislators as Ministers in his Cabinet overlooking MLAs from his own party, for political expediency. These independents fought the election on their own identity, distinct from that of political parties, and had placed their own manifestos, policies and programmes before the electorate. The voters elected them as they did not trust the myriad political parties wooing them at the time of election and believed that their interests would be safe with a candidate free from the political millstone round their necks. Hence, such candidates joining political parties for the loaves and fishes of office amounts to cheating the electorate and reneging on the promise made at the time of election. Action should be taken against these independents under the anti-defection law.

M.K.B. Nambiar,
Palloor, Mahe

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