Yet more promises

Election manifesto publication has also been turned into no more than a ritual.

With just over a month to go for the general elections scheduled for November 20 , the political battle lines are being drawn, and the foot soldiers are being deployed. So what will the politicians this time pitch to the voters before the general elections, even as most of the promises they made before the previous polls remain unfulfilled? People are well aware that much of the past five years has been wasted on political infighting and in undercutting the sanctity of the new constitution for partisan gains. Meanwhile, dubious economic policies have crippled the economy.