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Taliban’s act is most despicable

The editorial, “Taliban’s outrageous act”(Feb 23) rightly expressed the agony that every Indian felt at the senseless beheading of two Sikhs by the Taliban. Whether the act was provoked by refusal of the Sikh community to pay the ransom or intended conversion to Islam, it warrants reviling by all right thinking people.

The government of India must make it a priority at the ensuing talks between India and Pakistan. 

GURMIT SINGH SAINI, SAS Nagar

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Islam is the religion of peace. The Taliban wants to promote Islam with their un-Islamic acts, whether its killing of Sikhs or beating of women in public. The Taliban or any other extremist group has no religion. They understand the language of arms and violence. This act of violence may be aimed at disrupting the peace talks between India and Pakistan.

  RAMISH IMDAD, Patiala

III

The Taliban’s barbaric and cowardly act has sent shockwaves in Punjab and India. The Indian government should take up the matter with the Pakistan government which must provide adequate security to minorities in Pakistan. India should demand immediate action for the safety of Sikhs living in Pakistan.

RAJAT KUMAR MOHINDRU,Jalandhar City

IV

The Indian government must take strong action and take up the issue with Pakistan. Punjabis are known for their industriousness. Now, they are being targeted without reason, first in Australia and now in Pakistan.

VIPAN KUMAR, Amritsar

V

The editorial has given right advice to Pakistan to reign in the Taliban, as there is a limit to fanaticism. The Taliban’s acts are becoming more and more brazen with each passing day and one doesn’t know when their extremism will end. People from all over the world should condemn such dastardly crimes against humanity and pledge support to Pakistan to fight terrorism.

H LAL, Panchkula

VI

The editorial has rightly suggested that terrorism is the biggest menace of the world. If something is not done now then such atrocities against humanity will continue to increase. It is a grave matter and calls for urgent attention.

ANKITA SHARMA, Hoshiarpur

VII

The recent killing of two Sikhs in one of Pakistan’s tribal regions is highly condemnable. The minorities in any country should be assured special protection.

RAVDEEP GILL, Chandigarh

Gadkari’s address

BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s address to the party’s national council at Indore comes at a time when the party is facing a political downturn. Most issues he touched upon are endemic to all political groups.

No leader can be bigger than the party and no party can be greater than the people it seeks to serve. This tenet is more relevant today as the nation takes on serious challenges. There is an imperative need to constantly tune the party to the needs of the time for which younger generation leaders are perhaps better equipped.

R. NARAYANAN, Ghaziabad

Sacking teachers

The scandalous appointment of now dismissed 10 local schoolteachers in Chandigarh seems to be only the tip of the iceberg. The UT Administration has reportedly brushed it aside by branding it as a “human error”.

It, certainly, needs to be probed thoroughly to find how much money or favour got exchanged over this scandalous error. This becomes imperative as the recruitment of teachers earlier, in which cash transaction was proven beyond doubt and consequently repatriation of the then DPI (Schools) was recommended, is still lingering for obvious reasons.

Not surprisingly, the UT Administration remains always ready to brand the private schools’ errors as “inhuman” and thus punishable quickly.

BALVINDER, Chandigarh

Welcome ruling The Supreme Court has aptly empowered the high courts to suo motu order a CBI probe without state governments’ explicit consent. Earlier, state governments used to take a long time to give permission, even in sensitive cases, for political considerations. This caused inordinate delays in investigation. The apex court’s directive about the exercise of this power in cases of national and international ramification is a wise step. This sagacious verdict would go a long way in ensuring timely investigation and resolution of cases of prime importance. Prof I.J. BHARTI, Chandigarh