Opinion Trial,balance

— M.C. Joshi Lucknow

Slow go

* This refers to the editorial ‘Mr Mukherjee should have known better’ (IE,March17). It rightly states the proposed retrospective amendments to the IT Act will hurt the investment environment. Increasing indirect tax is regressive and deceives the poor. It’s time to boost industrial growth which automatically percolates down to the service sector. Nothing has been done to accelerate savings and capital formation. People are ready to accept some level of inflation as the cost of a higher growth rate,if adequate safeguards are provided for the poor.

— Shishir Sindekar Nasik

Dictatorial Didi

* Mamata Banerjee is now a symbol of destructive,unproductive politics and India has understood her blackmailing politics (‘Say no to the bully’,IE,March 16). She still wants to run the railways. But as railway minister herself,she had done nothing to boost railway income. The people of West Bengal are suffering due from unemployment,poor health and education systems,bad roads,etc. The government’s income is stagnant. How will Banerjee’s government run smoothly and also provide for the people?

— Uttam K. Bhowmik Tamluk

* The sordid drama of Dinesh Trivedi’s resignation on Mamata Banerjee’s demand,with the PM watching helplessly,shows the perils of a coalition government where the tail wags the dog. If the results of the recent assembly elections are any indication,the outcome of the 2014 general elections is a foregone conclusion: of a fractured verdict. That will make the national parties heavily dependent on regional parties,which augers ill for the country.

— V.V.S. Mani Bangalore

* The manner in which the railway minister has been forced to quit by the West Bengal CM is not only unprecedented but also a slur on Indian democracy. This unfortunate drama has proved once again that no honest and self-respecting person can hope to serve us through the system of multi-party democracy.

— Shivaji K. Moitra Kharagpur