Sir — This refers to the article, “If Gujarat was a battle, the war has just begun” (December 25) by Kushan Mitra. Politics should rule over religion and not vice versa. Our MPs should have the authority to take final decisions on the so-called religious practices like triple talaq. If politics gets controlled by religion then the latter will drag our society backwards. We have enough evidence in history that proves without a shadow of doubt that religion after mixing with politics produces poison.
Given that we have recently been made to taste high levels of such toxicity in the laboratory of Syria, we must be cautious if an Assembly election in the 21st century India has been reduced to a temple-hopping competition. Political leaders in a democratic country like ours are supposed to detoxify political environment by strictly adhering to the basic tenets of the Constitution.