Corrupt officers

8226; Apropos of the lead article, 8216;Intelligence demands distance8217; IE, March 9, it8217;s time to w...

8226; Apropos of the lead article, 8216;Intelligence demands distance8217; IE, March 9, it8217;s time to wind up the IAS and IPS services as these are seen as totally corrupt, anti-citizen and more criminalised than politicians. I have observed that once they are sworn in as ministers, the politician enters into a conspiracy with bureaucrats to defraud the state. Now these officers are a law unto themselves and the public has lost trust in them.

8212; Bharat Hyderabad

The general8217;s ways

8226; General Pervez Musharraf has a penchant for theatrics, which was clearly noticeable during the Kathmandu SAARC summit when he rose from his seat to shake Vajpayee8217;s hand. He has thrown his latest 8220;googly8221; at India by inviting himself here to watch Indo-Pak cricket. Once here, he will again attempt to woo the Indian press, as he had tried to do at Agra. As a patriotic Indian, I appeal to the media to put Musharraf in his place.

8212; V.B.N. Ram New Delhi

A suggestion

8226; Why should BJP appeal to Ram Vilas Paswan to form the government? Why should it not nominate its own Muslim candidate for the CM8217;s post and ask for the others to support him? This will help its image. BJP is a nationalist party and there is no lack of Muslim nationalists.

8212; Gokul On e-mail

Piloting Rahul

8226; Apropos of the report, 8216;Amethi captain by his side, Rahul meets Praful to raise pilot issues8217; IE, March 9, it is proof of what a system of inheriting political leadership brings with it. Even while the people of Amethi have found food, education and roads the hardest to come by, Rahul Gandhi shows where his priorities lie by espousing the cause of overfed, indisciplined, blackmailing, overpaid pilots.

8212; Prabhudas Paatwari Howrah

Rescue Bihar

8226; After 15 dark years, the people of Bihar are now free from the jungle raj of Laloo Prasad Yadav 8216;A break from Laloo8217;, IE, March 8. Laloo, who took great pride in his lantern and lathi is now finding that the lantern is broken and the lathi is not oiled. It8217;s time to attend to the needs of the large number of poor people in Bihar. President8217;s rule should continue for at least two years to bring the situation to normalcy.

8212; Md. Mudassir Alam Aligarh

8226; Apropos of 8216;A break from Laloo8217;, it was certainly not the case that the Bihar governor Buta Singh was a fair player but that his masters in Delhi, scared of manipulating the governor8217;s office after the Jharkhand embarrassment, did not dare to install Laloo Prasad Yadav the way they installed Shibu Soren.

8212; M.C. Joshi Lucknow

The EC way

8226; Sushma Swaraj has made honest confession about male-domination in her own party BJP. The best remedy is to implement the suggestions of the Election Commission and make it compulsory for recognised political parties to give at least one-third of party tickets to women.

8212; Madhu Agrawal Delhi

Divine Balaji

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8226; Balaji has done an excellent work for India against Pakistan by taking five wickets 8216;My rhythm is back8217;, IE, March 9. Congratulations to him and we hope that he will prove India8217;s best bowler in times to come!

8212; Mani K. Bangalore