General elections are going to be held in Pakistan in the coming months. It seems former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are very serious about the election and they are working hard to influence the people.
But the suicide bomb blasts in a reception organised by Bhutto’s supporters and another one near President Pervez Musharraf's office have rocked the country and it has resulted in the death of hundreds of innocent civilians.
Thus, the current political situation suggests that it would be very difficult to bring democracy back to the country. Whichever government comes to power, the focus should be on eliminating terrorism. The present situation is the result of the carelessness of the previous rulers in Pakistan, who were never serious about tackling terrorism.
The mistake has already been committed. Now the need is to correct it and bring peace in the country and save the lives of thousands of people.
Shailesh Kumar
Bangalore
Unethical politics
Sir,
After the end of the S M Krishna regime in Karnataka, political instability has been haunting the state. Due to lack of a visionary leadership, developmental works have taken a back seat.
Karnataka, supposedly the most favourable state to attract industrial investment has turned hostile in many instances, resulting in deceleration of employment generation and this has affected economic growth. Unethical and immoral politics is at fore, defaming the state. Have the political masters ever thought of the people, but as suiting their vested interests?
N SADHASIVA REDDY
Bangalore
Opportunist politics
Sir,
The Congress only attracts attention to its own amorality whenever it points fingers at others and accuses them of indulging in “politics of opportunism”. For, if the JD(S)-BJP alliance in Karnataka is based on “opportunism”, so is the Congress-led UPA. The Left’s support to the Congress and the latter’s constant pandering to the communists are no less “opportunist” than the JD(S) and the BJP setting aside their differences to form a government. If we must look for principled politics, we should begin with the UPA.
A VANI
Hyderabad
Democratic principles
Sir,
JD (S) and BJP have ruled Karnataka with their “shameless and immoral coalition” for 20 months. So what is wrong if they are given a chance to rule for the remaining period? Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy with his belated wisdom has offered unconditional support to BJP to form the government. That should be accepted on democratic principle. That would save the State of unwanted burden of election expenses.
S N Surya Narayan
Mysore
Kudos, Tehelka
Sir,
I would like to congratulate the journalists in The Tehelka weekly for exposing the misdeeds of the Sangh Parivar at the right time. The politicians who were involved in such a brutal act are neither worried about our constitution nor our judicial system. But they will be worried about people’s verdict i.e election. So it is time for the people of Gujarat to convict the people who were involved in the riots.
SAGAR V PATTANASHETTI
Davanagere
Artless assumption
Sir,
Many letters are being written on the motives of The Tehelka expose’ just before the Gujarat elections. This appears to be because of the artless assumption that the people will be horrified by the expose’ and send Narendra Modi packing. The fact is that the people were fully aware of their CM's complicity in the post-Godhra riots all along but still voted him into power in the 2002 elections. Therefore if Modi loses, it will be because of other reasons.
Eliminate terrorism from Pakistan
