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• The Sunday Express serves as a national watchdog with its ‘‘Express Exclusives’’ every week. The expose on Civil ...

• The Sunday Express serves as a national watchdog with its ‘‘Express Exclusives’’ every week. The expose on Civil Aviations Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, ‘‘Mr Rudy, for a start, can we see reforms here’’, is a case in point. How can an ordinary tourist leave a five-star hotel without paying the bill? So isn’t Rudy guilty of misusing his ministerial position by forcing a private hotel to allow him to leave without paying his dues for a personal visit?

Subhash Chandra Agrawal

• It is not sufficient for a Minister to be clean. He has to appear clean in the eyes of the voters too. Considering that it is election-eve, Rudy should have the wisdom and courage to submit his resignation to the Prime Minister — not because he may be guilty but to protect the image of the BJP. In fact, it is Rudy, and not the Congress or CPI, who should demand a CBI enquiry to clear his name.

M Sundaresan

• In his column, ‘‘What Jaswant’s budget means’’, P Chidambaram has used the cricket metaphor quite aptly — that Prime Minister Vajpayee’s first three batsmen (Finance, Railways and Commerce Ministers) have set a target of 300 runs. But in the present scenario, he is wrong in claiming that the score is not unbeatable. By all accounts, the coming Lok Sabha polls are going to be a clean sweep for Vajpayee and his team. Sensing this, the BJP decided on early polls, hoping to get a near majority on its own.

Madhu Agrawal

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• Tavleen Singh’s column, ‘‘From the grand old party to a family firm’’, held no surprises. Gandhi bashing is all she does. She questions Rahul and Priyanka about their views on our nuclear policy, Nehruvian socialism etc. The brother-sister duo haven’t even joined active politics yet. Why doesn’t she pose the questions to Prime Minister Vajpayee. He’s been a politician for over five decades, and a PM for over five years now. Yet the country doesn’t know where he stands on major issues. Is he for or against liberalisation? As for a personality cult in the Congress, isn’t the BJP guilty of it too, banking only on Vajpayee.

Roy Skaria

• I fully concur with Tavleen Singh’s views. Congressmen criticise the dynastic politics of other parties like Samajwadi Party, DMK and National Conference, but are guilty of the same offence. Men of merit have always been sidelined in the Congress. Loyalty has always been given preference. This loyalty came at a price — corruption in the party. It’s the ruling party which sets the trend in politics. Having ruled for 45 years, the Congress cannot escape responsibility for corruption, nepotism and goondaism in the country’s politics.

Sandeep B Nimbark

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