Opinion Responsibility first
This refers to Pratap B. Mehtas Buck stops with an EGOM.
This refers to Pratap B. Mehtas Buck stops with an EGOM (IE,June 18). Ironically,on the one hand we have involved America in the US-India Strategic Dialogue to rise to great power status,while on the other our governance is no more than knee-jerk responses to crises. Our ministers evade responsibility rather than produce results. The major problem with UPA-II is that the Congress party and the government seem to have very little coordination,if not working at cross purposes. Why should our leadership run away from taking decisions and implementing them instead of parcelling responsibility off to one or the other GoMs? When India needs to strengthen its economy and check inflation,when we need to improve our administrative efficiency and ensure internal security,a focused sense of responsibility and a clear system of accountability are basic pre-requisites.
Ved Guliani Hisar
Bad idea,bad practice
I agree with the editorial Mixed messages (IE,June 18) that the idea of linking PSU profits to welfare schemes is bad practice. Profits of a PSU shouldnt be diverted to government-sponsored welfare schemes. Extra profit should be paid to shareholders and employees as bonus and ex gratia. The government has no right to claim the benefits from PSU profits. If this is allowed,profit-earning PSUs will meet the fate of loss-making ones. So such a practice is certainly not justifiable. The government should rethink its decision and stop taking undue advantage of the profits of these PSUs.
R.K. Kapoor Chandigarh
Tactical regress
The editorial Resorting to tactics (IE,June 17) made for contemplative reading. Controlling ones own members in casting their ballot is a little dictatorial and out of character for any party feasting on a democratic diet. The BJPs tucking away its MLAs in a resort and resorting to illegal viewing of Raajneeti is improper. Its sad that the BJP has slowly but surely become the party of values it castigated while coming to power; for a discerning voter now the choice between it and other parties has blurred. Instead of feeling insecure and paranoid,the BJP should have set an example by asking its members to vote with their conscience.
Ashok Goswami
The editorial Politics as unusual (IE,June 18) showed the naivete of the single-largest opposition party. First,the arrangement of appeasing its own MLAs against cross voting by showing them Raajneeti on a pirated DVD. Second,shrugging it off as nothing serious. Amusingly,this comes from a party which finds a new reason to accuse the government of impropriety every week. Its time the BJP realised its own importance as a party and did some introspection before its shrugged off as nothing serious in Indian politics.
D. Gopalakrishnan
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