P. Chidambaram’s barbs against the Prime Minister are nothing new (“Modi’s language unbecoming of a PM, says Chidambaram”, May 9). Right from the local to national level, it has become fashionable for leaders from political parties that are inimical to the BJP to run down the Prime Minister. Rather than point a finger at Mr. Modi, Mr. Chidambaram must suggest changes to the leader of his party, the Congress, on how to pull up its socks and refurbish its sullied image. The Congress leadership should also entrust the job of reinvigorating the party to senior leaders who have organisational and oratory skills to attract voters instead of wasting their talents issuing statements to the media.
H.P. Murali,
Bengaluru
If the language of a Prime Minister should be measured, as Mr. Chidambaram counsels, should not the language used against a Prime Minister be equally dignified? Has he forgotten his dig at the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Mr. Modi, in January 2014? “What he (Mr. Modi) knows about economics can be written on the back of a postage stamp,” Mr. Chidambaram had said in an interview to BBC.
In this interview, the former Union Finance Minister shows his obstinacy — that he and his party always did the “right things” at all times. His take on prohibition is amusing while the explanation on the tactical alliance in West Bengal is unpalatable.
Sivamani Vasudevan,
Chennai
