India, April 27 -- You are the elected leader of the country, and I, as a citizen, consider it my duty to bring before you any public grievance that warrants your attention. Hence, this open letter.

What struck a discordant note with me was your latest address to the nation. You are not the only Prime Minister to make use of Doordarshan and All India Radio, which, alas, are at your disposal, to address the nation. You can go through any such speech made by Prime Ministers like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Chandra Shekhar, HD Deve Gowda, IK Gujral, or VP Singh to see whether they used these platforms to seek votes.

I purposely did not mention any Congress Prime Minister because you are allergic to their names. None of them used the medium for ...