Highlights 1 Political parties should be made accountable for unfulfilled promises: CJI Khehar2 Caste issues projected differently to get majority and party manifestos do not have any links to socio-economic justice. This has forced political parties to seek new forms of political alignment, social engineering and support, he said. Despite these changes in the electoral process, the non- fulfillment of poll promises never becomes an electoral issue, the CJI observed. For this political parties have to be made accountable," the CJI said at a seminar here. Speaking on the topic of economic reforms, the CJI said economic reforms are "confined only to economic growth and not linked to social and political justice".

Source: India Today April 08, 2017 17:07 UTC