At a time when Parliament has been stalled, preventing it from conducting any worthwhile business and initiating much-needed policy changes, the country’s social and health indicators continue to be a cause for concern. Interestingly, the population residing in so-called VVIP constituencies are sometimes worse off—not just when compared with the national average but also in relation to the world’s least developed nations.
Recent health surveys reveal that a child under the age of five years has a better chance of surviving in sub-Saharan Africa, with Botswana, Burundi or Swaziland faring better than Gandhinagar, Gujarat, a constituency that has been voting L.K. Advani back to power for five consecutive terms.
