Rebel Yeddy?

Rebel Yeddy?
Apropos ‘Change of Yeddy brigade rattles BJP top brass’, with his chair getting increasingly threatened, BS Yeddyurappa seems to have adopted a rebellious attitude towards his party bosses (July 30). He has reportedly told them of his intention to form his own outfit with the “support” of some 75 MLAs and around 15 MPs.  But, what is this new party going to do? Extend outside support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition in the Assembly? And, in exchange, what are they going to get? A few cabinet berths for BSY’s die-hard loyalists and chairmanship of some statutory corporations in the State? Under any circumstances, BSY would not be able to get back his throne even if he does a Bhajan Lal by walking away en-block to the “secular” camp with his entire flock. He then would be joining the ranks of the likes of Madanlal Khurana, Kalyan Singh, and Uma Bharati in the political wilderness.
—Jorhat Singh, via email

Anna’s fast  
Apropos ‘Delhi police move fast, block fast (July 30), Anna Hazare should postpone his fast. He should not forget that that Gandhiji fought the British while he is fighting against corruption and not against India’s elected government. Anna Hazare thinks that he has unexpectedly acquired a following among the urban middle class and has enough power to pressurise the government to pass their Jan Lokpal bill. But people are unable to understand why anyone should hanker after a Lokpal outside the constitutional framework that would be much less powerful? Though, the Lokpal is not a cure for all ills, we should appreciate the government for approving the Lokpal Bill to control the corruption.
—Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, via email

Good move
This is with reference to, ‘Now, pregnancy reporting a must’ (July 30).It’s a fantastic move by the civic body to maintain the records of all pregnancies that private doctors come across. With reports containing details of patients and their residential address it would be easy to keep a proper check. The implementation of the idea will help boost the sex ratio in the state. As most of the structures of our system are corruption governed such as an honorary doctor turned professor played a lead role conducting sex discrimination tests so it’s important for the civic body to continue with their efforts of sudden raids and sting operation. With an addition to the above plan care should be taken so that there are no loopholes in making this idea work successfully.
—Sankalp Shukla, via email

Short term champions
In any situation such as bomb blasts, natural calamities, getting bullied and cheated by politicians or being taken for a ride by builders, Indians, in general, have exhibited short term memories towards past happenings. We do not seem to take any lessons from past setbacks. The latest being the political parties’ gimmick of helping mill workers to meet their demands. Initially, when the mill lands were sold for crores, each political party vied with each other to get maximum kickbacks. Today, those mill lands have multiplexes and MNC offices, but no house for the poor mill worker. Now the municipal elections are round the corner and vote bank politics are to the fore. Each political party will claim to be champion of the poor and the downtrodden.
—Harischandra Parshuram, via email

Self deceit
Now it has been established beyond reasonable doubt (if not yet by law) that 2G spectrum scam is a not a mere allegation but a done thing. What is shocking is that not only former minister A Raja, but also a number of top politicians are involved in the murky episode. Kapil Sibal, a legal luminary, trying to hoodwink the public with his command over legal jargon is despicable (‘A Raja Starts To Singh’, July 26). Irrespective of the defence trying to subvert the legal system the facts can’t be altered and the guilty have to face the consequences of tacitly approving illegal act.
It is a pity that an intellectual like Sibal opted for the course of self deceit to save his ‘esteemed’ former colleague.
—KRP Gupta, via email