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Unconvincing

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's response in Parliament to the cash-for-votes scam, disclosed by the WikiLeaks and published by The Hindu, was characterised by shrill denials and was unconvincing. It was the arithmetic of numbers, not public approval, that helped the UPA retain power. It is not enough for the government to proclaim its innocence from the rooftop. It should verify the damning evidence in the U.S. embassy cables by transparent investigation.

V.N. Mukundarajan,

Thiruvananthapuram

The debate in both houses of Parliament exposed the Congress, which had no solid argument to counter the charge that it bribed MPs to win the vote of confidence in 2008.

N. Ramamurthy,

Chennai

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