Blank bullets?

8226; This is apropos of your report 8216;Amar returns Maya fire on corruption8217; IE, ...

8226; This is apropos of your report 8216;Amar returns Maya fire on corruption8217; IE,
December 16. Amar Singh, MP and general secretary of the Samajwadi Party, has reportedly said that the Mulayam government has so much 8216;evidence8217; of
corruption in the cash-for-queries scam and in the Taj case against BSP chief Mayawati that she could be sent to jail. This raises pertinent questions: is the issue of alleged corruption by the BSP chief a private matter between Mayawati and Amar Singh, to be pursued to its logical conclusion or kept under wraps, at will? Is it legal and behoving a state administration to proclaim it has conclusive information about gross corruption against the head of a political party yet not proceed legally against him/her? What prevents Amar Singh and the UP government from proceeding against Mayawati?

8212; Chittranjan Dass New Delhi

No conviction

8226; Bush8217;s statement that he takes responsibility for the decision for invading Iraq carries little conviction. It must only serve as a sop to his conscience for sacrificing more than 2100 of his young soldiers and 30,000 Iraqis in a pointless war.

8212; H.R. B. Satyanaryana New Delhi

Unfit for House

8226; The Lok Sabha Speaker may be setting a dangerous precedent by allowing a discussion in Parliament on Sourav Ganguly8217;s exclusion from the Test squad. This kind of discussion 8212; irrespective of the player8217;s fitness 8212; will diminish the exalted institution of Parliament.

8212; P.K. Jha St. Cloud

8226; It was a bad decision, but is Ganguly important enough to be discussed in Parliament? Do we have a dearth of serious issues in India? Just think Pranab Mukherji, finance minister, feeling bad about a sportsman and the treatment given to him! Yes, cricket is a national sport and I8217;m a fan too. But I can8217;t condone ministers and Parliament itself preoccupying themselves with this issue.

8212; Hari Mumbai

King of hearts

8226; The decision of the BCCI committee to oust Sourav Ganguly from the Indian cricket team is motive driven and parochial. After Sharad Pawar8217;s undisputed victory in the BCCI elections, he has been itching to show he8217;s the boss. Dalmiya and anyone associated with him have no place in the new regime. It is unfortunate that a player like Sourav is the victim of this Pawar politics. Ganguly is in the hearts of many Indians.

8212; Deepika Batra New Delhi

8226; The sacking of India8217;s most successful test captain has proved that politics rules the BCCI. I am not shocked as Ganguly8217;s exit was inevitable. But he
deserves a decent farewell.

8212; Vinita Singh Kolkata

Banish politics

8226; It is ironic that two politicians of the CPI and CPM have demanded the inclusion of Sourav Ganguly in the test squad while pleading to keeping politics out of cricket IE, December 16.

8212; J.M. Manchanda On e-mail