But how does one measure the quality of rule, or misrule, of those we elect into Parliament? Constituencies are strange statistical entities, smaller than districts, a composite of two districts or its parts, an amalgam of blocks, villages, towns, cities: census numbers, then, can hardly compute the worth of a constituency’s governance.
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<i >Outlook</i> takes a look at nine 'elite' seats from where theirhighnesses have returned again and again to Parliament, and fails to see why
So, Outlook’s correspondents fanned out across the country. And visited the constituencies of some of the most prominent among our Members of Parliament. Leaders who are headline highlights, star sound bites. Those who have conquered their constituencies many times over.
To assess what those whom we vote into power have done to better our lives. What did we discover? Lack of accountability....
Soma Wadhwa with Sutapa Mukerjee in Lucknow and Amethi, Faizan Ahmed in Nalanda and Hajipur, K.S. Shaini in Guna and Chhindwara, Smita Mitra in Baghpat, Chander Suta Dogra in Gurdaspur, and S. Anand in Periyakulam
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