Sir — This refers to the editorial, “The Arunachal story” (September 19). Two months after the Supreme Court stepped in to restore a Congress Government in Arunachal Pradesh, the State has once again slipped into a crisis. The elected members of the Assembly had no qualms in shifting allegiance overnight which probably reflects a new trend in regional politics.
A lack of political vision and direction, inefficacy in assessing situations and a failure to re-strategise and restructure the grand old party at the grassroots level, led to mass defections and shifting of allegiances. However, crossing-the-floor formula should not be made so easy. The need of hour is to amend the anti-defection law in order to prevent horse-trading.