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He should indeed go

The editorial "Bhardwaj must go" (Jan. 18) was hard-hitting and forthright. It is amazing how even the Prime Minister was `bypassed' by the CBI, which is supposed to have told the British authorities to defreeze Ottavio Quattrocchi's accounts. There can be no question that the Union Law Minister should be eased out.

R. Thiruvengadam,
Chennai

The editorial seems to let off the CBI lightly by employing the logic of "political interference." Such an argument encourages the bureaucracy to remain spineless though well protected to act fearlessly. It is necessary for the media to shame the top bureaucrats too when their decisions are transparently wrong. The CBI Director should go too.

R. Agastya,
Hyderabad

Mr. Bhardwaj may ultimately resign. But what about the real beneficiaries of the Bofors deal? As usual, the CBI has emerged the convenient bureau of investigation.

A. Seshagiri Rao,
Chennai

The Bofors saga can be summed up thus: Congress ka haath, Bofors ke saath (The Congress' hand is with the Bofors).

Shyam N. Rao,
Bangalore

Twenty years and we have no proof or any verdict to punish the guilty in the Bofors case. To prevent further waste of time and money, let the nation take a decision to close the issue once and for all.

Air Commodore (retd.) V.V. Nair,
Alappuzha, Kerala

The least the Government can do is to give a factual summary of the recent events leading to the decision that makes those in power look like Quattrocchi's men.

If the so-called Information Act has any meaning, such disclosures should be automatic without anyone having to make demands.

A. Krishnamurthy,
Chennai

Mr. Bhardwaj will probably have to go. But the unanswered question is: could he have done what he did without explicit authorisation?

Close on the heels of the Volcker Report, here is another issue that the Manmohan Singh Government would have to get to the root of.

S. Varadarajan,
Pallathur, T.N.

Does The Hindu really believe Mr. Bhardwaj is the chief and only conspirator behind the defreezing of Mr. Quattrocchi's accounts?

Hari Thampy,
Thiruvananthapuram

It is unlikely that the Minister would have acted on his own. Even a casual observer of politics knows nothing moves in the Congress without the high command's nod. Like the CBI, Mr. Bhardwaj is also a scapegoat.

It is in line with the Congress culture where credit goes to the head and blame is absorbed by the tail.

S.R. Muralidharan,
Kolkata

Your explicit exposition of the case for Mr. Bhardwaj's resignation is unquestionable.

With Parliament triggering a good trend in cleansing the system of corruption, it would be setting the clock back if suitable action is not taken in the Bofors case to carry forward the message of MPs' expulsions.

Kasim Sait,
Chennai

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