Ernakulam: The Kerala High Court has said that if an elected representative wants to change his policy or political affiliation, he has to resign and face the mandate of the people again.

Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said this while hearing a bail plea filed by five persons accused of assaulting a Left Democratic Front (LDF) woman councillor.

“The representatives elected in a democratic manner represent the will of the people elected. It includes the will of the political affiliation of the people who elected the representative. In other words, it is a bond between the people and the elected representative. If the elected representative wants to change his policy or political affiliation, he has to resign and face the mandate of the people again. That is the moral side of democracy,” Justice Kunhikrishnan said.

“Otherwise, it will be a unilateral withdrawal from the bond executed with the people by the elected representative. It will be an insult to the will of the people. But the people can........

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