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<b>Letters:</b> EC should defer Budget

A level playing field accords sanctity to the poll process

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The presentation of the Union Budget days before the start of Assembly elections in five states will make a mockery of the model code of conduct that all parties must abide by. 

A level playing field accords sanctity to the poll process and makes it acceptable to all parties and the electorate. The Narendra Modi government’s refusal to defer the Budget does no service to the cause of democracy. Its attempt to take advantage of being the party in power cannot be rationalised. It is telling that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has to rely on the Budget, in addition to

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