00:00 IST 33°C

Tags

#By-elections

Indian 200-rupee banknotes (illustrative image)
Opinion

The envelope does not care about the pure force

When the Left parties that prop up the TVK government accuse it of leading cash-for-votes, the "pure force" promise dies in daylight. The problem is not one party; it is a democracy where a vote has a price and the poor are always the sellers.

· 2 min read