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Haryana spoils Congress show

The Congress should rightly be happy over its victory in the assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana (editorial, “Triumph of Congress: Dominant share in all three assembly polls”, Oct 23).

The party faired well in Maharashtra and will certainly form the government in the state with the help of its coalition partner, the NCP. In Arunanchal Pradesh it has been a cakewalk.

However, in Haryana, where it had to pay a price for infighting, it will have to indulge in horse-trading to be able to form the government. Besides, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave tickets to his favourites, ignoring the experienced and capable candidates. Now, Mr Hooda has to run after Independents with moneybags.

R K KAPOOR, Chandigarh

Amidst the fractured verdict given by the electorate in Haryana, the real winners are the independent legislators who undoubtedly hold the key to government formation as well its stability.

There is no denying the fact that powerbrokers must be engaged aggressively to win over Independents. Unfortunately, they are free to change their loyalty. It was perhaps due to this that the Law Commission had recommended that Independents should not be allowed to contest elections.

HEMANT KUMAR, advocate, Ambala city

III

The election results in Haryana should serve as a lesson for politicians and political parties. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s populist measures may have gained him some popularity.

However, he and other politicians must realise that what the public wants is good governance and real development and not just empty slogans. May be, the politicians in neighbouring Punjab could also learn a lesson. There is still time for them to make amends for their misguided populist policies.

KESHAV SACHDEV, Panchkula

The results in Haryana came as a surprise. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda advanced polls to cash in on his party’s spectacular Lok Sabha election performance. His confidence was misplaced.

His manipulative politics in ticket distribution to accommodate candidates of his choice is one of the main reasons why the Congress did not do as well as expected. The Congress high command should take exemplary action against those who are responsible for the party’s poor show in the state.

BIDYUT KUMAR CHATTERJEE, Faridabad

The Congress has succeeded in getting a majority in Maharastra and Arunachal Pradesh. However, in Haryana, where the party did well in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the results must have upset the Congress high command.

SIMMI MOHINDRU, Jalandhar City

Treat her as equal
William Shakespeare echoes (middle, “Woman, thy name is might” by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Oct 16) the values of a feudal society. Still, he created brave and vocal female characters in his plays. In Othello, Emilia expresses her resentment against male dominance in these words, “They are all but stomachs, and we all but food. They eat us hungerly. When they are full, they belch us.”
In India, we have not been able to develop a healthy attitude towards women because of deeply embedded patriarchal values. Why don’t we say that behind every woman’s success, there is a man? A woman’s ideal role is measured in terms of her absolute loyalty to her parents, husband and brothers.
She must not be treated as a personal property of a man. In the modern democratic society, she should be accepted as an equal with equal rights and privileges. She is not fodder for man’s desires but his life-long friend and companion.
At present, only highly educated women in India have been able to assert their existence. We must have genuine respect for her individuality and give her freedom and space.
RAJ BAHADUR YADAV, Fatehabad

Fruits for health

Dr Manmohan Singh has presented typical capitalist views on food processing technology that is suited to countries that produce in excess of their requirements. It is a technology meant to deal with the problems of plenty, not of shortages.

Already fruits are selling at high prices because industrial houses buy the produce and sell it at a high price as juice. The same holds true for milk that is bought at lower rates and then packaged and sold at double the price. Organising the sale of fresh milk at the village level or through a cooperative society will be beneficial to the producer as well as the consumer.

Dr L R SHARMA, Jalandhar City