Opinion Come clean
Itll remain a matter of debate among cricket fans whether the changing face of cricket is good or bad....
Itll remain a matter of debate among cricket fans whether the changing face of cricket is good or bad (Dignity in retreat,IE,April 14). However,that huge amounts of money are involved is more than obvious. The current Kochi-Modi debate only further underlines the high stakes involved. Its imperative that the source of funding be open to public scrutiny. If the game is for public display,so should be the names of the owners. Wanting to conceal owners names could amount to a cover-up of dubious deals. In this case,both Lalit Modi and the Kochi IPL franchisee should come clean and clear their names.
R. Gupta
Fixing IPL
Lalit Modi let the cat out among the pigeons by his indiscretion. Questions are now also being asked as to who all are the real owners behind the other franchises. The allegations imply a lot of money by hawala routes has come in. True,our tax and enforcement authorities would have an eye on all these dealings. As usual,they will be late. By the time they take action,the horse would have bolted. IPL is no more an entertainment. It is a big business. Government authorities should wake up and take the right action at the earliest.
K. Venkataraman
Loose talk?
Loose talk by senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Mani Shankar Aiyar on the Naxal menace is shocking (Digvijay slams PCs Naxal policy,Aiyar says 1 lakh per cent right,IE,April 15). In February,Singh visited the family of Batla House encounter accused Mohammad Saif and even the Congress tried to dissociate itself from his statements. The Naxal problem did not crop up just yesterday. It was there when Singh was Madhya Pradesh CM,and when Chhattisgarh was still a part of MP. His personal attack on Chidambaram is deplorable. Chidambaram is the first home minister working with a resolve to fight out the Naxals.
M.C. Joshi
Where angers gone
Its not the working of Indian democracy thats neutralised all or any protest against high inflation and rising prices,but our mindset and our political leadership that would do nothing to reach the judicious solution to a problem (Albert Pintos missing anger,IE,April 14). Now,if the poor and even the pressured middle class have stopped protesting,its not their tolerance but the indifferent approach of the leadership thats to blame. The government believes in patchwork solutions to pressing problems. Once the news shifts to the third page,politicians pat themselves for successfully handling the crisis. The masses also allow their social anger to dissipate with the largesse they have managed to snatch from an otherwise ineffective government.
Ved Guliani
Hisar
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