Opinion Weak watchdog
The editorial Ill at ease (IE,May 16) rightly states that the BJP has failed to be a vibrant opposition.
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Weak watchdog
The editorial Ill at ease (IE,May 16) rightly states that the BJP has failed to be a vibrant opposition. In the past year,the leading opposition party could not properly challenge the government on issues like the Lokpal Bill. When the government falters,it is the prime duty of the opposition to steer policies effectively. If the BJP cant prove itself in opposition,how can we expect it to lead the country? The BJP needs a good administrator to hold the party together,someone like the late Pramod Mahajan or Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Pathikrit Chakraborty,Lucknow
Up in the air
THE article Con Air (IE,May 15) was interesting and informative. It seems the government has been wilfully incompetent in dealing with the crises faced by Air India,especially after its merger with Indian Airlines a few years ago. The demands made by AIs pre-merger pilots are totally unjustified. They are employees and not decision-makers. The government was right to sack the protesting pilots. AI also incredulously offers discounts/free tickets to politicians,bureaucrats and its staff,which adds to its losses.
R.K. Kapoor
More cartoons
THE manner in which our parliamentarians have united across party lines in taking offence at a light-hearted and benign cartoon of B.R. Ambedkar makes them a laughing stock (Zero tolerance,IE,May 15). There is a need for leaders to save us from this plunge into intolerance. But none of our politicians seems to have the stature needed to do so. Has the time come for The Indian Express to carry blank cartoon slots,the way the paper carried blank editorial spaces during the Emergency?
R.P. Subramanian
New Delhi
APROPOS Debate vs delete (IE,May 12) and
Yogendra Yadavs Dangers of deletion (IE,May 14),
is it not ironic that the members of Parliament were outraged even though the two main characters featured in the cartoon Jawaharlal Nehru and B.R. Ambedkar do not seem to have gone on record protesting against the way they were depicted? This only speaks poorly of our MPs understanding of democracy. It is well known that Nehru asked Shankar not to spare him in his cartoons.
M.K.D. Prasada Rao
Ghaziabad
Abandon the match
THE BCCI has showed interest in reviving cricket ties with Pakistan (Win-win,IE,May 15). The larger question is whether India should have any trade/sport relations with Pakistan at all. Why do we have to keep holding the olive branch to them when they do not cooperate with us in apprehending those who were behind 26/11?
Prakash Iyer
New York
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