Induction of terror goons into politics

It is sad that over time it has become a tradition with our political parties to harbour criminals with clout as means to enhance their muscle power. This culture must come to a halt. Already the country is reeling under the burden of senseless political murders and numerous vengeance killings. Surely we do not need a stamp of approval by our politicians and political parties to accord protection and legitimacy to dangerous criminals with proven records.

Regrettably, this has come at such a time when more and more the call is being made by the common man to decriminalise politics and when we had hoped that the political parties would have realised that unsavoury elements cannot deliver the goods at the end of the day.

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At the backdrop of recent volatile situation prevailing in the political arena and with rising incidences of political killings in the outlying districts in particular, there is the possibility that the situation may aggravate further due to such recruitments.

May we remind the AL that it was for characters such as Zainal Hazari that it had to pay dearly in the last parliamentary election? That mistake should not be repeated, because the likes of Hazari and Aurang should have no place in our politics. As a matter of fact now is as good a time as any to rid the political parties of criminals.