Letter to BS: Govt must act responsibly, avoid political misadventures

BJP's nocturnal capture of power and the governor intervening in a partisan manner was an equally reprehensible

This refers to the editorial, “Get down to business”, dated November 27, 2019. That politicians make strange bedfellows was visibly evident from the emergence and subsequent coming together of regional satraps with divergent views and conflicting ideologies in the aftermath of the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra. It was not surprising to see bitter relations among various traditional rivals turn cordial and demagogues finding commonality in their views on secularism, social justice, agrarian crisis, and governance to "save democracy". Each faction was led by an overly ambitious political leader who tried to flame regional passions for more political space. The