Jaitley’s Chennai visit

It is strange that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, a strong votary of probity in public life, visited AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa who has been enlarged on bail by the Supreme Court (“

>Jaitley drops in on Jayalalithaa ,” Jan.19). It is common knowledge that motives will be attributed when a person convicted on corruption charges is met by a person who is a part of the ruling dispensation. Even if Mr. Jaitley terms his visit to Ms. Jayalalithaa’s house as a courtesy call, it cannot be left as such. It is nothing but a blow to moral ethics. Probity in public life has been lost at the cost of winning support at any cost.

Subramaniyan N.,

Chennai