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Rajasthan redux

The Catch 22 situation Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje finds herself in because of the reckless promise on granting Scheduled Tribes status to the Gujjars (Editorial, May 27) should be an eye-opener to politicians making hard-to-implement electoral promises. It is time political parties stopped making such promises as rice at Rs. 2 a kg, free colour TVs, loan waivers, separate statehood, and reservations of various kinds.

B. Harish,

Mangalore

Ms Raje should have anticipated a situation like this before making an electoral promise to the Gujjars. State-level riots may potentially lead to a nationwide agitation soon.

Sitaram Nehra,

New Delhi

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