Letter to BS: What is this great one-meal stand that our netas brag about?

As the various state elections and national elections approach, the usual gimmicks employed by politicians come to the fore. One of them is the grand backward class residence dinner/lunch; announced well in advance so that media can be present and see the neta eat dishes that the resident would not even have heard of, let alone cook or eat. But what is so great in eating food cooked by someone from a backward class? What is this great one-meal stand that our netas brag about? And why does the media act as an accomplice in this natak?Just ignore these gimmicks and urge the netas to do something really worthwhile for the classes they want votes from. 

T R Ramaswami  Mumbai

Mahendra B Jain  Belagavi 

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