Today’s “Word of the Day” is pork barrel and it is a noun meaning “it refers to politicians spending government funds (taxpayers’ money) on localized & non-essential projects to benefit the residents/constituents of a certain constituency primarily to get their political support (i.e., votes).
Example Sentence: The pork barrel policy of State and Union Governments often leads to skewed development and regional imbalance. The ruling party channels public money to particular constituencies based on political considerations, at the expense of broader public interests. The elected opposition legislators of those constituencies fall victim to this pork barrel politics.
This word is present in The Hindu Opinion article In defence of MPLADS and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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