Parliament!

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for days without transacting any business or after conducting minimal work. The Speaker thoug...

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for days without transacting any business or after conducting minimal work. The Speaker thought that he could avoid the unpleasant situation by telecasting live the bickering in the House. But live telecast or not, pandemonium prevails. Walkouts and adjournments have become so common, one wonders whether parliament should have any sittings at all. The way things are going, even a school child may ask the question, “Why can’t we adjourn parliament forever?’’

— V.S. Venkatavaradan Salem

Sad rollback

• This is a sad and disappointing turn of events (‘Striking lawyers get their way, HC rolls back conduct code’, IE, August 25). Lawyers broke the law, indulged in unruly acts like deflating tyres, obstructing court hearings etc and now they have their way. A pity, a way was not found to curb their over enthusiasm. If all groups dictate to us and we yield to them, what is left of law and order! Now we can’t blame workers, students and truckers from persisting in their demands!

— Prakash Satya Mumbai

A national govt

• I agree with Kuldip Nayar’s argument (‘It is Manmohan’s call’, IE, August 24) that if a person’s action has made innocents die or suffer, they are equally responsible for killings. But he seems to have forgotten there are many in the Congress ranks who are responsible for the death of innocents. Has he forgotten the Emergency and the murder of Sikhs in Delhi, 1984? If you ask me, we need to form a National Government where the PM is elected for a period of 5 years by the Lok Sabha and has a fixed tenure and the freedom to choose any one he wants as minister. Unless this happens, criminals, murderers, cheats, rapists will rule us and make laws for us. Manmohan Singh is a good man and my gut feeling is that he will throw in the towel.

— Om Prakash Nayyar Thane

Blessing, perhaps

• With “tainted” being the flavour of the day, the sparring match between the UPA and NDA seems to be hotting up. This may be a blessing in disguise for us citizens. We may actually see the purging of criminals from the political set up, albeit over a period of time. So, one must welcome this unexpected “cleanup” by the very people who propagated it in the first place.

— Karan Thakur Chandigarh

Go for it

• I amencouraged by the coverage the Indian Express has given to the Gujarat tragedy. Please continue to highlight the injustices suffered by those in Gujarat. India can only prosper under the rule of law. Providing justice to those affected by the riots has nothing to do with religion but rather is the duty of our democracy to every citizen.

— Karan Khemka Mumbai

Don’t blame AIDS

• There is no cure for Indian Political Pollution. It is as thick as blood. All our politicians are involved in crime in one way or another. Crime and corruption have shattered India and Indians more than AIDS ever could.

— M.V. Chilukuri On e-mail