Allurements continue to convert legislators into tradeable horses in political market
(WorldNews India)

The seeds of legislators being allured to switch loyalties were sown in Indian politics in 1967. In half a century, the phenomenon has come to suffocate politics. It reminds one of what 19th century French diplomat, political scientist and historian Alexis de Tocqueville had prophesied for America: `There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.` Till the 1960s and before its split, Congress was the rotund pillar of multi-party politics, inheriting the people´s goodwill for its contribution to the freedom struggle. In 1967, as many as 16 states went to polls. Congress could not cross the majority mark in eight and began a culture of throwing...