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Populist politics of MSP must end
The editorial “Politics of MSP” (Aug 22) gave a strong message to the Centre, Punjab government, agro-economists, intelligentsia and the common people. Indeed, they should take a serious note of the depleting water table in the state due to cultivation of crops like paddy that requires huge amounts of water. Increasing the MSP year after year encourages farmers to stick to the cultivation of paddy. Besides, while the subsidy bill of the government is inflated, rice has gone out of the reach of the poor people. One fails to understand why the Centre and the states have failed to promote alternative crops that consume much less water and also fetch remunerative prices. How can an ordinary farmer afford to replace his ordinary tube well with an expensive submersible pump without loans? Such loans sometimes compel the farmer to take his life. Farmers should be helped in a way that they are enabled to enhance the quality of life. They need good governance, guidance, solid institutional facilities and liberation from private moneylenders. Politics of populism will ultimately destroy the economy of Punjab. SUDESH KUMAR SHARMA,
Kapurthala
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BJP leaders If the BJP (news report, “Now, Shourie revolts; BJP readies axe” by Faraz Ahmed, Aug 25) is to survive, it should not look at the RSS to perform the rectification surgery. Rather, it requires dynamic and acceptable leaders, who have a vision and a fresh philosophy and are concerned about the problems the nation is grappling with. Right now people are more bothered about drought, recession, unemployment and terrorism, etc and not Hindutava. BIDYUT KUMAR CHATTERJEE, Faridabad Wrong signals Much is being said and written about (article, “Jinnah pursued Pakistan for power” by Narendra Singh Sarila, Aug 19) as to who was responsible for the creation of Pakistan. The needless debate is sending a wrong message to Pakistan, that India is feeling unhappy and uncomfortable with the existence of Pakistan. We are unnecessarily giving Pakistan an excuse to create more trouble for India. ANAND PRAKASH, Panchkula Assembly dissolution One fails to understand why the Governor of Haryana agreed with the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s decision to dissolve the Haryana State Assembly. Ideally, the Governor should have advised the Chief Minister to wait for the completion of five years. The Constitution clearly says that both the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies would be elected for a term of five years. It is the duty of all politicians to follow the Constitution in letter and spirit. Obviously, Mr Hooda believes that he would lead the Congress to victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections. SANJEEV, Amritsar VIP syndrome Lt-Gen Harwant Singh (retd) in his article, “Security: Need to shed the VIP syndrome” (Aug 25) has rightly compared the “chalta hai” attitude of India to the strict enforcement of security systems in the US. In India, a large number of VIP and VVIPs do not bother about systems. But in the US, there is no VIP as far as security is concerned. That is why after 9/11, there has been no terrorist attack in the US, while in India, terror attacks continue to happen. Let the security system be left to the security agencies and they should be allowed to work strictly as per rules and procedures. TARLOK SINGH BHATIA, SAS Nagar Muzzling dissent Dissent is the essence of a healthy democracy. The expulsion of Jaswant Singh from the BJP for his divergent point of view on Mohammad Ali Jinnah is deplorable, to say the least. Wither the party with a difference. TARA CHAND, Ambota (Una)
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