BJP must move on

8226; It is high time the BJP, as a major political party, breaks its ties completely ...

8226; It is high time the BJP, as a major political party, breaks its ties completely with an outdated organisation like the RSS 8216;Uncivil haggling8217;, IE, July 14. If anyone happens to visit any of the RSS baitaks or shakhas, one hardly sees any young people there. The majority of RSS members are past 60, retired, and have, obviously, no one to listen to them in their own homes. Their thought processes are frozen in era of the sixties. They talk big things about Hindutva but in reality they don8217;t seem to practice what they preach. This can be clearly observed in their attitude of non-tolerance towards some forward thinking and practical people like Sudheendra Kulkarni, who had rightly pointed out these defects of non-tolerance. After reading some of Swami Vivekananda8217;s works, I am convinced that most of the quotations the RSS cites from them are used totally out of context. It is very unfortunate that there is no one to question them on this.

8212; Kiran Pune

8226; It is truly said that political parties who fail to occasionally review and revise their political agenda and priorities, also fail to grow 8216;Uncivil haggling8217; IE, July 13. BJP needs to remember all the time that it didn8217;t win the election and come to power at the Centre on the RSS agenda but on revising its priorities and political agenda. After being in power for six years, the BJP is surely seen by voters as an alternative to the Congress. If it wants to rise up to the expectations of the people, it will have to draw the Lakshman rekha somewhere between itself and the RSS.

8212; M.C. Joshi Lucknow

George is right

8226; Apropos of the report, 8216;Advani stays, George says why he should8217; IE, July 12, George Fernandes8217; opinion is very appropriate when he says the role of RSS should remained focused on training workers culturally and ideologically. BJP8217;s focus is on politics and the party should be given freedom to negotiate with like-minded parties in order to come to power. The RSS should not interfere publicly in the political arena. If this is not done, it will be a free-for-all within the Sangh Parivar. The Parivar, in fact, will lose its cohesiveness and cutting edge.

8212; M. P. Srinivasan New York

Ever Reddy?

8226; It was only recently that Andhra chief minister, Y.S.R. Reddy, got much praise in Dubai for refusing the gift of a golden ornament. He made it known that he would much prefer the gift going to some poor person in Andhra Pradesh. When YSR can get big money, through fraudulent deals like the recent Volkswagen one, why should he show any interest in small gold ornaments In Volkswagen name, look who got 11 crore from Andhra8217;, IE, July 12?

8212; Naveen Gorwale Dubai

8226; The entire episode smacks of corruption from the highest to the lowest rung of the Andhra Pradesh government 8216;Not even an MoU but Andhra rushed to pay, lock deal8217;, IE, July 13. The entire state cabinet should be booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act forthwith and taken into custody. It is high time that a lesson is taught to all politicians, regardless of the tag they bear. Finance Minister Chidambaram should himself recommend this step and Sonia Gandhi should take a lead in the matter, or it may recoil on her and her party. As it is, she is very much in the company of corrupt people, like Laloo Prasad Yadav.

8212; M.U. Poddar Ranchi