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Unhealthy trend

If the DMK comes to power, it will have to either forget the sweeping promises or tax the taxpayers more. The all-too-frequent promise of waiving off loans for some sections is an unhealthy trend. It discourages the honest people who repay loans and encourages defaulters.

K.S. Sarma,
Chennai

The people should take political parties to court if they do not fulfil the promises. They should be banned for making false promises.

Goda Balu,
Chennai

I am reminded of the DMK's 1967 promise of 4.6 kg of rice at Re.1, which is yet to be implemented. There is no mention of any scheme to rejuvenate agriculture. Can all the promised schemes be sustained? It is clear from the DMK's manifesto that parties are not interested in the development of society. They want the people to live in poverty and ignorance forever.

R. Natarajan,
Karaikal, Pondicherry

It is comical to see parties promising free television sets and gas stoves for votes. The promise of reservation for Christians and Muslims makes a mockery of the word `secular.'

A. Sivaram,
Chennai

The Election Commission should spell out some guidelines on election manifestos, saying they should be policy-oriented, not rewards-oriented. Wooing the voters through desperate promises of improbable rewards in the name of manifestos is reaching unpalatable limits. Such promises influence hapless voters as does the announcement of schemes by ruling parties before the elections.

T.L. Sathiyanarayanan,
Udhagamandalam, T.N.

The DMK seems bent on making all the people of the State stay glued to the idiot box. One would have been happy if it had promised safe drinking water to all free of cost instead.

V. Vijayendra Rao,
Neyveli, T.N.

The allies of the DMK should endorse the promises in their election manifestos. It will ensure that in the event of the formation of a DMK-led coalition, the promises would still be kept.

T.S. Gopalakrishnan,
Chennai

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