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Poll-manifestoes should have legal binding

Kashmir Times. Dated: 11/13/2018 11:59:08 AM

Dear Editor,
Indian political parties in general make voters fool by making gimmick promises in their poll-manifestoes many of which cannot be fulfilled practically with some of these requiring extra-heavy budgetary requirements. If a study is made about poll-manifestoes of ruling parties ever since independence both at the centre and in states coming to power, it can be easily proved that most of the promises made in pre-poll manifestoes are never fulfilled.
There should be legal binding in respect of election-manifestoes. In case political party coming to power at its own fails to fulfil promises made in its poll-manifesto, then it may not be allowed to contest as registered political party in one next general election. In case of compulsion of forming alliance, then it should be made compulsory for the concerned political party to clearly submit list of such promises made in poll-manifesto which were not going to be implemented because of differences amongst alliance-partners. Also there should be a ban on announcing freebies with poll-manifestoes having features on policy-guidelines only and totally restricting any means of direct or indirect goods at cost of public-exchequer even through subsidy.
—Subhash Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba, Chandni Chowk Delhi.