The ball is in the court of the government as far as investigating the AgustaWestland helicopter deal is concerned, especially as former Defence Minister A.K. Antony and other Opposition leaders have in unison given the green signal to the government to go ahead (“Invisible hand behind inaction in helicopter deal probe, says Parrikar”, May 5). Any further carping on the issue will only show that vilification and vendetta politics are what constitute maximum governance for the government. What happened to debate on the drought and the woeful state of farmers? What about the fate of the GST Bill?
S. Kannan,Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
It is evident from the outset that the government is bent upon sensationalism rather than finding out the truth. If the claims of “an invisible hand” playing havoc are indeed true, what prevented the government from going ahead and launching an inquiry? Name-dropping and levelling reckless allegations in Parliament are not the way to get to the bottom of the deal. Some of the key men who are supposed to be leading the government’s attack to pin the Congress down in Parliament should refrain from indulging in theatrics. As far as many of us can see, the helicopter deal issue has come in handy for the government to divert attention from far more important issues such as the economic situation, drought and agrarian distress. It is also pertinent to ask why the BJP is silent about the KG Basin gas scam?
J. Anantha Padmanabhan,Tiruchi
The slanging match between the ruling party and the Opposition needs to be followed by a judicial inquiry as Italy claims it has evidence that can be very damaging for the Congress. The feeble attempts by the Congress party claiming innocence fail to convince anyone. Its leaders should be exonerated only in a court of law and not by the party’s floor leaders.
T.M. Ranganathan,Srirangam, Tamil Nadu
