Live
- NASA Tracks Five Giant Asteroids on Close Approach to Earth Today
- Pushpa 2 Hits ₹1000 Crore in 6 Days: How It Compares to Other Top Indian Films
- Vivo X200 and X200 Pro Launched in India: Price, Specifications, and Features
- Nitin Gadkari Admits Feeling Embarrassed at Global Summits Over Rising Road Accidents in India
- Opposition Slams ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill as Anti-Democratic; BJP Allies Support the Move
- Celebrate Karthigai Maha Deepam Virtually with Sri Mandir’s LIVE Darshan Experience
- BJP Extends Support to Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan Employees' Strike, Demands Immediate Regularization and Welfare Benefits
- Dr. M. Priyanka Stresses Quality Education, Nutritious Meals, and Cleanliness in Schools
- Mandal Level CM Cup Sports Concludes in Ija with Promising Talent and Enthusiastic Participation
- Harish Rao Slams Revanth Reddy: "More Talk, Less Action"
Lok Satta finds fault with parties
Welcoming the restrictions being imposed on ‘freebies offer’ in election manifestos, the Lok Satta Party termed opposition to Supreme Court’s directive as ‘undemocratic’. In a media statement, DVVS Varma party State vice president felt the political parties which were crying foul turned people into voting machines by implementing populist schemes in the name of welfare and were only pursuing vote bank politics.
Hyderabad: Welcoming the restrictions being imposed on ‘freebies offer’ in election manifestos, the Lok Satta Party termed opposition to Supreme Court’s directive as ‘undemocratic’. In a media statement, DVVS Varma party State vice president felt the political parties which were crying foul turned people into voting machines by implementing populist schemes in the name of welfare and were only pursuing vote bank politics.
Referring to the parties that contended restrictions on offer of freebies, Varma pointed out that political parties in the past lured voters by distributing money and liquor. In the recent past, they were trying to garner votes by also promising individual benefits. But what is the point in offering free TVs, mixies, cell phones and thalis in election manifestos? The Government cannot abuse the exchequer to further its vote bank politics, he said.
Varma demanded that a law be enacted on the lines of the fiscal responsibility management Act to limit the money spent on welfare schemes to 15 per cent of the budget. “In the absence of any such limit, governments are opting for populist schemes like food security and extending them to even the ineligible.”
