Letter of the Week Award
To encourage quality reader intervention The Indian Express offers the Letter of the Week Award. The letter adjudged the best for the week is published every Saturday. Letters may be e-mailed to editpage @expressindia.com or sent to The Indian Express, 9&10, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi -110002.
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Letters to the editor
Congress crossroads
— M.C. Joshi
Lucknow
RAHUL GANDHI owes his position as Congress vice president to his lineage, not his performance. He isn’t much of a parliamentarian and so his surprising decision to seek a sabbatical from the party for a few weeks, just as the budget session is starting, will not change much on the floor of the House. Many in the Congress probably hope his leave of absence will be permanent and that his sister, Priyanka, will take over. Rahul has been described as a “reluctant politician”, a label used for his father as well. But Rajiv Gandhi proved his critics wrong. Some Congressmen unfortunately still believe that, in the absence of an ideology, the party cannot survive without the Gandhi-Nehru family at the top.
— J.S. Acharya
Hyderabad
Look ahead
THE RSS chief has opened a Pandora’s box by alleging that proselytisation was Mother Teresa’s motivation for social service. Mother Teresa did great service for the poor and was called the saint of the gutters. Her services deserve high praise. Let’s please avoid such controversies and allow the nation to march forward.
— S. Ramachandran
Chennai
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comment on Mother Teresa shows his lack of decency. He should work to remove the reasons why underprivileged members of the Hindu fold convert to other faiths where they get respect.
— D.V.R. Rao
Pune
