What is most tragic in the political spectacle in Tamil Nadu is the fact that statutes such as the anti-defection law and those governing the conduct of MLAs are being unconscionably exploited. It is conveniently forgotten that the very spirit of such statues is to ensure that the concept of governance should not be reduced to the spoils system, where the greed for power, pelf and aggrandisement keeps the juggernaut going (“T.N. Speaker disqualifies 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs”, September 19). On the contrary, all the dramatis personae are vying with one another to flaunt legal and constitutional niceties only to bide their time and outwit their mutually exclusive factions. Can there be a better illustration of well-meant laws being put paid to?
S. Balu,
Madurai