?For­mer Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) po­lit­i­cal leader Bas­deo Pan­day ap­pears to have al­lowed ha­tred to con­sume his po­lit­i­cal ca­reer and bring it to an end, UNC chair­man Jack Warn­er has said.

Warn­er said it was re­gret­table Pan­day failed to file his nom­i­na­tion to de­fend his Cou­va North seat for the UNC be­cause he felt in­sult­ed for Warn­er to screen him. He added: "I think it is sad that Mr Pan­day has to end his ca­reer this way. It is al­so sad that Mr Pan­day has al­lowed ha­tred to con­sume him so much in his old age.

"I would think, Mr Pan­day, the way he has end­ed his ca­reer, does not serve as an ex­am­ple to oth­er peo­ple." He said the bit­ter­ness Pan­day seemed to show against him and the man­ner he ap­peared to be will­ing to com­pro­mise the UNC be­cause of his dis­like for Warn­er was one "that peo­ple should not con­done or en­cour­age.

"I think if he al­lows him­self to con­tin­ue to be con­sumed by ha­tred so much it would af­fect him much more than it af­fects me. I wish him well. I wish him the best of health," Warn­er said. Warn­er com­mend­ed Pan­day's daugh­ter, Mick­ela, and broth­er, Sub­has, for seek­ing to de­fend their seats for the UNC. He said the two need­ed to be "weaned... off the spite and hate of Mr Pan­day."