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Unfortunate

Sir, — It is unfortunate that even after getting a favourable mandate, Ms. Gandhi found it necessary to back away from the post she deserved.

Urvashi Gulati,
Jaipur

Sir, — Ms. Gandhi's renunciation, which has no parallel in post-Independence India, has dealt a body blow to her critics, especially those in the BJP who spearheaded a vilification campaign against her during the electioneering.

Babu Cyriac,
Tripunithura, Kerala

Sir, — Ms. Gandhi's decision is an act of magnanimity. It is this moral force that has driven her to achieve a stupendous success for the Congress in the election, after rebuilding the party.

P.V. Sankaranarayan,
Palani, T.N.

Sir, — Ms. Gandhi deserves our respect because she has fought hard to become an Indian. On the other hand, it is unfortunate that parties such as the BJP have stooped to such piteously childish levels to prove their Indianness.

Julian George Oommen,
Thiruvananthapuram

Sir, — Ms. Gandhi has shown how much respect she has for this nation's dignity and pride.

Divakar Pai,
Thrissur, Kerala

Sir, — No family in India questions the nativity of the daughter-in-law once she is accepted into the house. When some political parties are playing on the sentiments of the people, how can they ignore such family traditions? A party to which the people have given a clear mandate is free to choose its leader.

Why should any other party object, or any other leader resign, or anyone pledge to get her head tonsured?

M.C. Das,
Vijayawada, A.P.

Sir, — The agitation against Ms. Gandhi is orchestrated by the RSS, which has once again proved that it is not tolerant of anything that does not suit its interests.

Varghese Vills,
Kochi, Kerala

Sir, — Narendra Modi said no one would give a house on rent to Ms. Gandhi. The people of India gave her 7 Race Course Road.

D.R. Chaturvedi,
Jaipur

Sir, — Ms. Gandhi's move was reminiscent of Julius Caesar spurning the Crown. Though all the rhetoric of the Congress MPs did not match Mark Anthony's oration on his love for Rome, Ms. Gandhi won two more laurels — she, of foreign origin, had all the Congress MPs literally begging her not to desert them, and she made a few political veterans such as Sharad Pawar and Mulayam Singh Yadav eat humble pie by openly accepting her.

Ms. Gandhi made her day in Indian history in a manner no other Indian politician could have done.

Parvathy Sundaram,
Coimbatore

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