The Prime Minister has rightly reminded his partymen of the shelf life of sloganeering (“Time for sloganeering over, PM tells partymen”, June 14). In fact this piece of advice holds good for all parties. The noise of electioneering, the electric atmosphere and the war cries may have some utility at the time of elections. Every political party should live up to the expectations of the people. Mere promises without their fulfilment, freebies without growth and slogans without prosperity only endanger democracy. Party chiefs must also revisit their manifestos.
S.A. Srinivasa Sarma,Hyderabad
It is amusing that the Prime Minister, who appears to have exclusive copyright over sloganeering, should now remind his partymen about this. One has lost count of the slogans and acronyms put together by Mr. Modi ever since 2014. The promise of heralding “ Achche din ” was one that mesmerised the nation into believing that all miseries were coming to an end. The ground realities reflect quite the opposite, whether it is about industrial growth, exports, jobs, bringing back black money, and even tackling climate change. On the other hand, there is an assiduous attempt to divide society even if it means resorting to gross misinformation (“MPs claim of forced migration disputed” and “Akhilesh rubbishes BJP list on Kairana ‘exodus’,” both June 14). Saffronisation of institutions and triggering unrest over alleged anti-national activities in Centrally-funded educational institutions of repute are on the rise.
S.K. Choudhury,Bengaluru
