Hyderabad, March 12 -- When a political party or an alliance wins an election on the strength of a promise and does not deliver on it once elected to power, it amounts to short-changing the voters. It has happened often enough to take a stand on these promises of the moon. Who takes this stand, however, is unclear because the political parties look for winners, not morality.

Telangana's Congress has not delivered on a host of campaign promises, nor has Andhra Pradesh's victorious party. Delhi is setting up a committee to devise ways and means, including eligibility. And Maharashtra's Mahayuti has not made any provision in Monday's 2025-26 budget for increasing the stipend to women from Rs. 1,500 to 2,100.

This backtracking is just an ex...