Left contortions

8226; Well, well, well, Mr Sitaram Yechury. You are not an elected leader either so why should we listen to you...

8226; Well, well, well, Mr Sitaram Yechury. You are not an elected leader either so why should we listen to your armchair views 8216;The call of the republic8217;, IE, April 12? Two, the BJP still represents a higher number of people and states than your party does, ever did or will ever do. Three, not too long ago, your party proclaimed and perhaps still does it did not believe in parliamentary democracy and vowed to destroy it from within. Four, the naxalites, bred by your party under the glorious rule of Jyoti Basu as West Bengal home minister, caused such havoc that no one was safe in Calcutta even during the daytime in the late sixties, resulting in the one and only case of a state chief minister going on to fast against his own government! Finally, if an Italian can be a claimant to the post of PM, certainly, the RSS people as full citizens of India have a equal right to hold positions as governors.

8212; Gopi Maliwal On e-mail

8226; What exactly is Yechury8217;s definition of 8220;secularism8221; when he joined hands with casteist and opportunist leaders like Laloo Prasad Yadav and Mayawati?

8212; Abhay On-mail

Sonia and xenophobia

8226; The manner in which the Sangh Parivar is going on about Sonia Gandhi8217;s foreign origin is just what might be expected of xenophobic bigots who absurdly hold that Muslims and Christians whose Indian ancestors changed their faiths centuries ago are foreigners, and whose declared aim is to impose a cooked up 8220;Hinduism8221; on the whole subcontinent 8216;Foreign stigma won8217;t work8217;, IE, April 12. The law is unambiguous. A naturalised citizen of India has exactly the same rights and duties as those of a citizen by birth. If those at the top of government, the prime minister and the deputy prime minister, do not respect our Citizenship Act, their respect for the Constitution of India too must be suspect.

8212; Mukul Dube Delhi

8226; Why are you so bothered when Narendra Modi says anything against Antonia Maino 8216;Once again, Modi goes on Sonia trip8217;, IE, April 12? Is she not inexperienced and unIndian? Doesn8217;t she want to capture India8217;s top post by fooling Indians? Are not Congress party activists throwing venom on BJP leaders day and night? Why don8217;t you make an issue of that? Is Modi your whipping boy? Please respect Modi8217;s democratic right to criticise Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, whom he calls 8220;madam8221; as a mark of respect.

8212; Rameshwar Singh On e-mail

8226; Sonia Gandhi should come out with answers about her relationship with Quattrocchi instead of trying to blame BJP for everything.

8212; Chendur On e-mail

Just barbarism

8226; This is Indian style barbarism at one of its worst 8216;Her nose is chopped off, village panchayat head seals her lips8217;, IE, April 9. To think that in the 21st century acts like this still continue and are 8220;shielded8221; by local leaders. That village should attract national attention, get stigmatised and made to bear the shame of what they have brought upon themselves. Democratic, pluralistic India has no place for this medieval style of 8220;punishment8221;. The culprits should be immediately dealt with and severely punished.

8212; Chrysantha Wijeyasingha On e-mail