"Today, throughout the year some election or the other is happening and regular work comes to a standstill with code of conduct being implemented. This doesn't only stop work in the state but also in the central government," Mukherjee said, adding that, "Having proved our mettle by successfully implementing our parliamentary policies, if political parties come to decide ... All participants of political spectrum have to think about this problem and how to address to ensure political stability. "He said India was "substantially free" from the global menace of home-grown terrorism. "...we are the victims of cross-border attacks... But not so much of home-grown terror," he said, at tributing this to the "ethnicity of mind, belief and faith in pluralism, huge diversity in language, religion, food".

Source: Times of India September 05, 2016 23:56 UTC