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This refers to Maha to Mumbai. The editorial correctly points towards urbanisation and underdevelopment as issues,but one must also pay equal attention to governance.
• This refers to Maha to Mumbai. The editorial correctly points towards urbanisation and underdevelopment as issues,but one must also pay equal attention to governance.
Further if the SS-BJP try to play the Hindutva card they risk being marginalised. A glaring feature of the outcome of the elections is the rise of the MNS factor which filled up the vacuum creating by the withering opposition party.
Shishir Sindekar
Nasik
Look inwards
• Given that this is the second successive defeat at the ballot in the span of a mere six months,it would be wise for the Shiv Sena chief to introspect. He should go to the root cause of the problem that compelled four of the stalwarts of the organisation to leave the party,either to join the rival camp or form a separate outfit of their own.
Arun Malankar
Be scared
• This refers to Bomber strikes Pak air base. The frequency of bomb blasts in Pakistan is alarming. Further,their proximity to the nuclear sites raises critical questions over the safety and security of the nuclear arsenal. Now it appears as though US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has become apprehensive despite assurances from Pakistan. One questions President Zardaris assertion that the WMDs are beyond the reach of terrorists.
Deepak Chikramane
Mumbai
Total surrender
• What appears to be a deal with the Maoists to secure the release of a police officer has made for astonishing news. Citing the Rubaiya incident does not justify matters. And two wrongs do not make a right. Such actions by the West Bengal government may be costly for the state itself.
S.K. Gupta
After shocks
• The BJP is in a state of crisis both at the national and state levels. It appears as though the party is in shambles. Since the general elections its leaders have been after each other as blame games have panned out in public and show no sign of abating. One wonders,if it is because many members with high aspirations and ambitions saw their attempts at power dwindle. Further,too many marginal players in the BJP have gotten to the helm and they cannot be expected to provide leadership to the party.
R.J. Khurana
An explanation
• The Maharashtra Assembly mandate shockingly indicates that voters have ignored sky rocketing prices of essential commodities,electricity load shedding,farmers plight,and 26/11. One wonders if electronic voting machines can be tampered with for after all if mobiles,computers and internet are susceptible one can not discount EVMs susceptibility.
Hansraj Bhat
Mumbai
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