Nathan Pun­wani says “the rul­ing gov­ern­ment in New Delhi is any­thing but a cent­ral­ising auto­cracy” (Let­ters, Novem­ber 6).

May I sug­gest it’s pre­cisely as a result of Nar­en­dra Modi’s Bhar­atiya Janata get together is los­ing state elec­tions that it’s intro­du­cing elect­oral bonds with the intention of revers­ing the pattern and fur­ther entrench­ing its energy.

Mar­tin Stan­i­forth
Leeds, West York­shire, UK