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The Madras High Court came down heavily on political parties for making people lazy by distributing freebies. The Court posted nearly 20 questions to the various Government Departments and Election Commission. These included whether or not the Centre proposes to bring a law on making rational promises in election manifestos, steps being taken by Commission so far to scrutinise such manifestos and action taken against political parties, among others.
The order, passed by Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice B Pugalendhi, stated that the political parties should be prohibited or prevented from making election promises that can add to the strain
