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Bhardwaj must go

As you have rightly pointed out in the editorial, `Bhardwaj must go' (Jan. 18), "From refusing to give the CBI clearance to appeal against the Delhi High Court's February 2004 verdict to stretching a helping hand to Mr. Quattrocchi, the H.R. Bhardwaj-headed Law Ministry's approach to the Bofors issue provides a throwback to the cover-up methods of the late-1980s and the early 1990s." It is time for Mr. Bhardwaj to put in his papers.

S. Nallasivan,
Tirunelveli, T.N.

By deputing the Additional Solicitor-General to London with an instruction to defreeze Mr. Quattrocchi's bank account, the Law Minister has, without a doubt, interfered with the administration of justice in the case. He should be shown the door without any hesitation.

K. Pradeep,
Chennai

The defreezing of Mr. Quattrocchi's bank accounts could not have been possible without pressure from someone who holds real power. Though the Government is now playing the blame game, the public is convinced that in India the law will take the ruling party's course.

Munukutla Ramarao,
Bangalore

Now that Mr. Quattrocchi is laughing all the way to his bank, whatever the Government might do to wriggle out of the mess will be a sham. The Opposition, particularly the BJP, must also be blamed for not being vigilant in following the progress of the case, which enabled the Government to do what it did.

V.P. Damodar,
Pune

So passionate has Mr. Bhardwaj been in championing the cause of Mr. Quattrocchi that he sounds more like Mr. Quattrocchi's counsel than the Law Minister of India.

J. Akshay,
Secunderabad

The CBI's flip-flop in the Bofors case raises doubts about its credibility and manner of functioning.

S. Bakthavathsalan,
Chennai

Mr. Bhardwaj should certainly go, but the CBI cannot escape blame either. Here is an agency that has been investigating a case for more than 20 years and is yet to submit enough evidence before a court of law so that the actual guilty could be punished.

Neeraj Kumar Sinha,
New Delhi

The Quattrocchi episode is the fallout of the lack of coherent governance at the Centre. The ruling dispensation seems to be drifting without unity of purpose and direction. It is high time Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted his authority.

V.N. Mukundarajan,
Thiruvananthapuram

The Bofors issue is a classic example of how our investigation agencies handle corruption cases. I am afraid the money spent in investigating the case may be more than the kickbacks paid.

E.K. Das,
Palakkad, Kerala

Keshav's cartoon (Jan. 18) depicting the attempt to whitewash the Bofors issue is a telling comment on the handling of the sensitive case by the authorities concerned.

R. Jayashree,
Bangalore

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