Opinion Not resigned
Apropos the report Party support on track,Bansal,Ashwani to stay (IE,May 6),Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal
Not resigned
* Apropos the report Party support on track,Bansal,Ashwani to stay (IE,May 6),Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansals relative is involved in a corruption case and the minister cannot feign ignorance or shirk responsibility. Law Minister Ashwani Kumar had interfered with the investigation on coal allocations and vetted the CBIs status report,which is most irregular. How can the Congress allow both to continue? Congress ministers are clinging to power on the premise that there is no evidence against them so they need not resign. The sooner Kumar and Bansal resign,the better it is for the democratic polity.
A. Seshagiri Rao
Indias move
* IT IS great news that Chennai will be hosting the World Chess Championship final (FIDE makes move,Chennai it is,IE,May 6). Over the years,the game of chess has made rapid strides in our country,and it is heartening to see young talents taking to the game. If no other Indian player has achieved international fame as Anand has done,it can be attributed to factors like lack of sponsorship and support. The Chennai encounter should give a much needed fillip to the game in India. Well-known experts are likely to descend on India and offer advice,which would be beneficial for young players here. The epoch-making November event will also canvass Indian chess to the world.
Ganapathi Bhat
Akola
Drawing the line
* THIS refers to the editorial,A welcome end (IE,May 6). Sino-Indian border disputes need to be seen in a larger context. Since 1949,China has been involved in 23 territorial disputes. On many of these,it has offered compromises. Regime insecurity is common in authoritarian states,which would explain Chinas nervous oscillation between compromise and delay. But Chinas internal politics remains inscrutable to the rest of the world. Our greater concern should be Chinese claims on rivers that flow into India.Indias insistence on installing monitors at their new dams could have triggered the recent incident. There could be many such occasions in future. India must keep pegging away at the important aspects of our bilateral equations,rather than overreacting to temporary roadblocks.
R. Narayanan
Ghaziabad
* WE ALL heaved a sigh of relief when the Chinese army withdrew from territory it had occupied for weeks. But the withdrawal of our own troops raises doubts and forces us to wonder whether there was more to the MoU signed by the two countries than we are aware of. China has not only built roads near the border,but it has also built dams and other infrastructure that cannot be moved. This could prove a serious challenge to India as it tries to protect its boundaries.
Bal Govind
Noida
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