India, Nov. 16 -- Progress and development are the key pursuits of an aspirational generation in a globalised world. India, too, is on the move, striving to accelerate transition from the status of being a developing to a developed nation. In this march ahead, there is little time to seriously monitor regular onslaughts on the democratic principles and norms, imbued with moral and ethical values as enshrined in the Constitution. Is "politics without principles" no more a sin - as Mahatma Gandhi had termed it in 1925 - but more of a routine practice?

On November 8, 2019, a couple of well-informed individuals - achievers - expressed disappointment on the machinations indulged in Maharashtra after the Assembly elections. This was not for th...