Political parties should live up to their promises

While the country's population has become divided across the broader political spectrum, there are many who are not committed to supporting any particular political party. These people should not be taken for granted. To them, what matters most are the manifestos of political parties—the promises that they make to the people.

However, whenever a party comes to power, it forgets to keep the promises it had made to the people. This is one of the fundamental flaws of our society that we do not hold these parties accountable in regards to whether they keep their promises or not. The media, civil society and NGOs should play a proactive role in this regard, while citizens should be more prudent when casting their votes. People should make political parties realise that they will only vote for them based on their track record of delivering on their promises and not only on face value.

Tanzia Basher Chaity, By email