Whether the no-confidence vote on Friday leads to a win or loss for the Opposition, the very fact that such a motion is being allowed, after being refused by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in the last session, is an assertion of democracy (“Lok Sabha to debate TDP’s no-trust motion tomorrow,” July 19).
Though no one doubts that the government will survive, the vote will offer the Opposition a chance to take it to task over its failures on all fronts. The tall claims made on the economic front cannot obscure the fact that the government has not fulfilled its key promises of job creation and mitigation of farm distress. The government’s fight against black money has turned out to be a complete sham. The scourge of mob lynching will be a big rod in the hands of the Opposition. The government will win the no-trust vote hands down, but it is bound to be exposed for what it is — a government for corporate tycoons and religious zealots.
G.David Milton,
Kanyakumari
