Readers, especially in Kerala, are quite baffled to read about Ministers in the
Kerala government going abroad on study tours! The State is deep in the red as
far as finances are concerned, with no money to pay even Kerala State
Road Transport Corporation staff. One has not come across governments in other States, both near and far, sending their Ministers on 'study tours' on some
pretext or other. The ruling party is supposed to be the poor man's party. Are notcsuch tours an additional financial burden?
Sivadasan N.,
Azhikode, Kerala
