Whereas political activity is not only inherent in any policy of social and economic change but is a necessary condition for it, we have come to invest the verb 'politicise' with connotations of partiality, chicanery, skullduggery and even immorality This is a reflection of the manner in which governments and political parties have abused the authority of the state in India.
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