Editor,
One fails to understand the presence of the Urban Affairs Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh at the National Seminar last week being organized by the Bar Association of India and Meghalaya High Court Bar Association where the likes of Ram Jethmalani, Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court and other reputed senior lawyers from the country participated. With the incumbent minister carrying on her head the infamous education scam was it a blunder in the first place for the organizers to call a tainted minister to the seminar, who may well be called for justice in the near future. Or was it an indication, “we are behind you, do not fear”. Her presence at such an august gathering where the junior lawyers and fresh law graduates went to get knowledge and experience from their seniors actually sends a wrong signal to the would be lawyers. Many are of the opinion that she should have declined to attend the seminar on her own.
The CBI on the other hand is also found wanting to take this case to its logical conclusion even as the future of so many candidates are at stake. Instead of harping for land for its permanent campus in the state, the CBI should focus on its task and win the confidence of the people, which has taken a dent in the current scenario. With so much corruption and scams being reported almost daily one has not heard much from this agency here. And this is for Ram Jethmalani! You have, since approaching the German authorities narrated this tale of some saffron leaders not signing the papers to bring back black money. The national and other local media houses in the country are replete with your rhetoric at every function you attend. Perhaps there is a need to change the methodology or try and seek the signatures of Congress leaders now, when they are in the opposition (one would reckon even after not meeting the 10% criterion to fit into that position in the Lok Sabha) and see for yourself whether they sign it not. Whether it is BJP or Congress, all political parties are same and none is going to sign your papers and jump into the well.
Yours etc.
P K Dwivedi
Shillong – 1
Good catch MLP
Editor,
The arrest and subsequent seizure of high intensity explosives along with arms by the District Police is highly commendable. They deserve recognition for the timely action which had it been missed then God forbid we would have seen innocent bloodshed and mayhem. Their efforts have paid off with the arrest of the HNLC cadres. It is ironic that HNLC which keeps calling for the protection of the jaitbynriew is now hell bent on killing it’s own race (Jaidbynriew ) for the sake of publicity. Shameless and cowards are the words which they deserve to be called for playing with the emotions of our people. They can be called nothing short of ‘U Thlen’ that is ready to eat it’s own for its survival. Violence and destruction only leads to more violence – a cycle which would never stop.
Yours etc….
Dominic S. Wankhar
Shillong-3
Why this fad for name change?
Editor,
The current hullabaloo about the need to change the names of many roads or landmarks reminds me of a Bengali proverb that says, “If you don’t have any work to do then fry puffed-rice” (nei kaj to khoi bhaj!). It is a pity that when four out of ten children of our country are malnourished and stunted, we are making a mountain out of a molehill like ‘Gomata’ , ‘Koh-i-Noor’ , ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ and now raising a storm in a tea cup by focusing our attention on the name changing game. It is highly unfortunate that as many as 116 farmers and labourers committed suicide only within the first three months of this year but the attention of the Government is focussed elsewhere. This is like drawing a red herring across the trail. This will make us oblivious of the lack of social security in our country. If India is to be rescued from her ludicrous 130th position in Human Development Index then we have to change our focus from the moon, Mars and ivory towers to the welfare of our brothers and sisters.
Yours etc.,
Sujit De,
Kolkata