Telangana issue
With the flip-flops on Telangana issue demonstrating rank spinelessness and lack of foresight, Congress leaders have succeeded in reducing the party to a laughing stock. Their daily actions are fodder for juicy headlines of TV channels and newspapers.
The party's condition is so pathetic that it does not know which way to look. Post Independence, the Congress has no ideology to hold on to and hence it has landed itself in this sort of a mess. History shows that to cope with political expediency Nehru shelved Gandhism, Narasimha Rao jettisoned socialism and Manmohan Singh invited globalisation. The Congress' directionlessness is palpable in various issues, be it about fighting against jihadi terrorism, about hanging Afzal Guru, the master-mind of the attack on Parliament or the Telengana issue.
—Arvind D Tapkire, via email
II
This has reference to the current Telengana turmoil. The question is unnecessarily mixed up with smaller versus larger states. There are advantages and much to be said in favour of smaller states. But right now that is not the issue. In Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra for example one part treats another as a colony. In Maharashtra, the sugar barons cornered the funds at the cost of Vidarbha (notorious for farmer's suicides). In AP, the landed gentry of the coastal region with good irrigation facilities got all the goodies. When the Telengana people woke up they demanded equity and when it failed they demanded separation. The cure is fairness in the distribution of funds and benefits equitably among the regions.
—PS Nagarajan, via email
Justice for Ruchika
In Ruchika's case there should be social and political boycott of all those who caused this great human tragedy. Those who shielded the guilty and slapped false cases against Ruchika's family need to be booked. Though money is no substitute for the lost lives, shattered careers and two decades of mental torture, yet compensation by the Haryana government can send the right message. There is urgent need to free the police from political shackles.
—Raghubir Singh, via email
Shocking revelation
I was shocked after reading the report titled '86-year-old Andhra governor targeted in sleaze CDs', DNA, December 26. Before we cast any stone of aspersion on ND Tiwari, the AP government must first ensure that the images are not doctored. In today's digital world anything can be manipulated to suit one’s needs. But if it turns out to be true, Tiwari should be punished as per the country's laws.
—Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, via email
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