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Drama indeed

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is right is saying the BJP is staging a drama in Parliament over the Volcker report. But what the UPA Government and the Congress in particular are enacting is a melodrama. The way they handled the issue does little credit to the party and the clean image associated with Dr. Singh.

Ushadevi & S.B. Rao,
Ruwi, Muscat

Agreed, the BJP is staging a drama. But Natwar Singh and the UPA are no less deft at acting either. Mr. Singh also resorted to midnight melodrama when he made a statement on his innocence and supreme sacrifice to save parliamentary democracy in India.

Col. (retd.) C.V. Venugopalan,
Palakkad, Kerala

The UPA Government is a show in which the Prime Minister is doing tightrope walking. How come he was not outraged when Natwar Singh refused to resign even after he was stripped of his portfolio?

Chella K. Srinivasan,
Chennai

Mr. Singh's resignation was inevitable from the time the Volcker report named him and the Congress as non-contractual beneficiaries in the Iraq food-for-oil controversy. Had he resigned earlier, his as well as his party's image would have been enhanced.

V. Padmanabhan,
Santa Barbara, California

Had Mr. Singh resigned on day one, he would have gone with dignity and decorum. Now his resignation is at best a face-saver.

S. Soundararajan,
Southsea, U.K.

Mr. Singh's decision to resign from the Cabinet though belated is a step in the right direction. However, as a seasoned politician he need not have waited for so long. At least from now on, the Opposition parties should allow normal legislative business to go on in Parliament.

J. Anantha Padmanabhan,
Srirangam, T.N.

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