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Sting in sight
Apropos of the editorial Taking the sting out (July 5), the government should redraft the proposal since the stipulation that the person conducting the sting operation disclose their identity is impractical and unconvincing.
Sting in sight
Apropos of the editorial Taking the sting out (July 5), the government should redraft the proposal since the stipulation that the person conducting the sting operation disclose their identity is impractical and unconvincing. If carried out in public interest, such operations cannot be questioned. But if they are done with malicious intent or to invade someone’s privacy, the offenders must be punished.
PK Srivastava, Delhi
Power blues
Post-privatisation, the electricity supply is in a pitiable condition. Not only are there long and unscheduled power cuts, electricity has become dearer. Private power companies and corrupt government officials seem to be the only beneficiaries. The RWAs and citizens should oppose the hiking of charges without better supply.
Sultan Farid, via e-mail
Vidarbha woes
The farmers who feed the country are living in abject poverty, oblivious to any benefits of globalisation and liberalisation. The media hype over the high-profile visit of the PM does not help them out from their crisis. The government needs to do some really work on the ground.
Syed Hasan Kazim, Muzaffarpur
Nothing historic
The euphoria created by the media over our ‘historic’ win in the West Indies Test series is misplaced. Barely managing to win the last Test tells the true story about the composition of this team. In fact, it calls for some serious introspection.
Indraneel Sarkar, via e-mail
Buying freedom
Apropos of the report Plea bargaining introduced to cut trial backlog (June 5), the system will be generally beneficial but will encourage crime by the well-padded. The rich have enough wealth to buy justice.
Now they will be at liberty to buy victims as well under plea-bargaining provisions, where their lawyers and not victims will get a major share of the compensation.
MadhuAgrawal, Delhi
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