Letter by E A S Sarma to CEC regarding 'irrational freebies' by political parties to voters and donations by corporate houses.
Any undue inducement by a political party in power to woo the voters at the cost of the public exchequer needs to be discouraged, though to call subsidies to the low-income households to enable them to secure access to basic amenities “irrational freebies” would be erroneous. Often, it is the freebies offered by the political executive to corporate businesses by way of huge tax concessions, relaxations in the laws and regulations in place to protect the natural resources to the detriment of the public interest and so on are far more toxic than the meagre subsidies offered to the disadvantaged sections of the society!
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by E A S Sarma
03/08/2022