Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah has appealed to voters to choose between nationalistic parties, such as his party and family-oriented parties, such as the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, in the Maharashtra Assembly election (Front page, “Choose Nationalistic parties, says Amit Shah,” Sept. 23). In Maharashtra, the BJP’s principal ally is the Shiv Sena which is a family-oriented party. Will Mr. Shah tell the voters there not to vote for Shiv Sena candidates in the forthcoming Assembly election? Does he remember that in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal, another family-oriented party, is his outfit’s alliance partner?
C.G. Kuriakose,
Kothamangalam, Kerala