LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly speaker Satish Mahana on Monday said public representatives should work not only to win elections but to fulfil the trust that the public has reposed in them. The purpose of politics should be to give to the society not to take, he added.

Speaking at the All-India Speakers' Conference at the Delhi Assembly, he said, "We have to fulfil our responsibility ourselves, no one else can do it." Appreciating the conference, Mahana said, "The ideals, courage, energy and dedication that are required for the public representatives are obtained from such conferences."

"India is not a country limited to geographical boundaries only, it is an idea, a consciousness and a civilisation that has give...