Congratulations on a well-written article. I believe the purpose of any editorial is not to push personal ideologies on readers. The Indian Express is a good example of unbiased editorial comment.— Muralikrishna Ramanathan, On e-mailI agree that it is condemnable that no one has been punished in the Bofors case. Apparently, voters still vote for the Congress and view Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi as martyrs and view Sonia as their prophet.— Mohan Balasubramanian, On e-mailThis process of political vendetta is harming the nation and particularly its security interests. Having been the first Third World country to have started submarine construction, which was in itself visionary, we stopped it on frivolous reasons and efforts to restart are languishing once again with the Scorpene deal negotiated in February 02, under Project 75,which I steered whilst in service and one of the cleanest deals struck, still to get the CCS nod. We are already in a critical state on force levels which will dwindle in a few years as old boats get phased out with no replacements in sight. The 30 year plan was to have taken care of this but is yet to take off due to political football. In the meanwhile others, even Pakistan, have overtaken us in this vital strategic field of submarine construction. And yet our leaders are busy with petty politics.— Cmde Arun Kumar,AVSM,NM(retd). On emailIt is the duty of the press to inform people about the cynicism and the negativism that has crept into Indian politics.Because of the destructive ideological politics of the Left and immoral communal politics of the Right, all the gains of the Indian entrepreneurship and intelligence are being lost in this muck-raking game. The Left is supporting corruption and destroying democratic institutions and the Right is elevating communalists among its ranks. Indian press needs to expose this game. I agree with you that corruption and nepotism should be investigated, but then it is not the day-to-day job of government and the parliament, it is the job of the law enforcement agencies and the courts. The government and the Parliament need to concentrate on their primary duty of governance. Free press in India is the only hope for the people.— Anup Kumar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAI agree with your view that politicians of any colour are not bothered about the aam aadmi’s problems and governance. Congress is busy protecting Her Highness’ interests as part of their undemocratic tradition.I hope good senses will prevail.— Rajhans Dave, On e-mailLet me compliment you for your bold article. I fully agree with you and feel that all the offices whether ministerial or bureaucratic even the judicial are being run as personal fiefdoms and not institutions that has lead to the overall deterioration and rampant corruption.I run an NGO called CHETNA. We try and expose TSR financier cartel bureaucratic nexus and the annual loss of about Rs. 330 crores to the commuters of the city of Delhi; We are investigating Unit Area method of Property Tax. We have also challenged illegal allotment of petrol pumps in four States, Punjab, Himachal Haryana and Rajasthan by erstwhile NDA Government before Delhi High Court by way of PIL.We are also trying to prepare a training module on training public servants to implement the Freedom of Information Act 2002. So there are many citizens bodies as concerned as you are about rescuing our public life.— Anil Sood, On email
