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Blame game

A ghastly incident has occurred and instead of expressing solidarity with the government of the day in fighting terrorism, the BJP is trying to give a communal twist to the incident. A party with a difference, indeed!

Ramani P. Easwaran,
Bangalore

The BJP should realise that blaming a State Government or the Centre is no solution. Intelligence has to be beefed up to prevent such attacks.

Also, making existing anti-terrorist laws more stringent can have little meaning given that the terrorists are highly motivated and do not value human lives — either theirs or those of others.

D.B.N. Murthy,
Bangalore

All the people of India must be united in this hour of grief and defeat the communal designs of these divisive forces. Unfortunately, some political parties have started to politicise the issue. What does BJP leader L.K. Advani want to prove by embarking on another rath yatra? The need of the hour is to maintain communal harmony.

Syed Ali Safvi,
Srinagar

Tuesday's terrorist strike is to be condemned in the strongest possible words. But blaming the UPA Government for the attack cannot be justified. The proposed rath yatras by the BJP will not in any way help curb or eliminate this menace from our society.

Amnah Khalid Rashid,
Aligarh, U.P.

Hardly had the deafening sound of the blasts died down than the various political parties began the "blame game." Will they never change?

Mali S.,
Chennai

It is nauseating to see politicians trying to outdo each other in using the misery and tears of the public for political gain. A concentrated effort cutting across party politics and ideological differences is what is needed.

Prasad Xavier,
Mysore

This refers to the article, `How far will the new rath yatras go?' (March 9). It has to be realised that all political parties, not just the BJP, tend to exploit the religious sentiments of the masses. Of late, trashing the pronouncements and ideologies of a single national party has become fashionable.

R.P. Mehrotra,
New Delhi

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