Development cauldron The reasons for defections and poaching are rooted into parties strategies Most of the projects ,development are alloted to places from where the ruling party candidates are elected. It means there is no uniform distribution of projects throughout length and breadth of the country. THIS strategy operates at the centre and state level with impunity. The legislators in opposition have to beg the ruling party to allot funds for their Constituency.It looks like that wealth resources of the State or Country are at the sweet disposal of ruling party alone to allot it as per whimps and fancies. It helps propaganda machine at elections time to show case development. Naturally the opposition are left high and dry to show any projects that have benefited their Constituency, as they are completely helpless at the mercy of ruling dispensation . Hence this is lopsided strategy to strangulate opposition . The only redeeming factor at the centre is that every MP is allotted discretionary funds at his disposal for necessary action.Once again it is also allotted to MLA's of his own party and discrimination continues It would be advisable to have a commission including members of all parties for equal distribution of funds spread over all constituencies .This will never be accepted as it would diminish , undermine their political advantage of reelection process. Hence those in opposition at the Centre and States are starved of funds for any development, unless they secretely or openly make common cause with the ruling party whatever that it means. Hence the opposition is left to criticise at every step to show their existence and relevance. Federalism must lead to equitable distibution of resources of wealth and uniform development of all regions irrespective of ruling party' s political hold
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim