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Pranab does yeomen (RSS) and attended its conclave
Special RepoRt RAJIV-MODI ASSASSINATION PLOTS 26 ` service to nation at Nagpur the other day.
issue
12 With reference to the report “Pranab’s visit to Despite some reservations
Volume 15 RSS HQs generates heat” by Anil Singh (June 30)
30 june 2018 from Congress leaders, his bold
Pranab Mukherjee has done a step needs deserves applause.
new Delhi
great service to the country at a
FIFA World Cup His speech there was more
2018: Football fever time when the political climate
grips the globe 14 bolder and louder. He was
is full of hatred and intolerance, quite right in claiming that the
by first accepting the invitation soul of the nation resides in
from Rashtriya Swayamsevak pluralism and tolerance. His love
Sangh (RSS) and then talking like for KB Hedgewar seems to be
a statesman on its platform. His humanitarian and simple.
remarks about the concepts of His concern for secularism is
ANGRY nation, nationalism, patriotism, understandable in the present
pluralism and inclusiveness
FARMERS have been meaningful and will day context. But some pseudo-
secular politicians vitiate the
Rising input costs, government apathy and lack of go a long way in applying a balm atmosphere of a true democracy.
remunerative MSP have made farmers jittery 16 on the wounds created by the This should end.
fierce controversy related to
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their interpretation of the way
India should be. Indian Railways needs to
Another aspect was
PROTEST, BUT the mention of the Indian innovate working style
With reference to the report “Railways’ finance in
PEACEFULLY civilisation and its past dire straits!” by MY Siddiqui (May 15)
glory, along with its age-old
It is very disheartening to
characteristic of assimilation of hear that due to fear of public
With reference to the Cover Story “Angry farmers” by Komal Amit ideas and faiths. Unfortunately, outrage and controversy
Gera (June 30) any mention about it has been over the proposed penalty
It was distressing to see farmers a taboo in the Indian political on passengers carrying extra
spilling milk and vegetables on wisdom in the name of not luggage in trains, the Railway
Ministry decided to shelve the
hurting the sensibilities of
streets in protest to force the minorities, in particular of the move and instead launch a
government to accede to their largest one. By doing so, we have ‘public awareness campaign’.
demands. Unfortunately in created the concept of ‘we and Once again a political culture
they’ amongst the people born
that has ‘public appeasement’ at
India, contemporary protests and bred in the country and in its core has led to the retraction
have become extremely violent the process lost a portion of the of a well-intended decision that
country. Pranab Mukherjee also,
would have otherwise brought
in nature thereby making in his wisdom, chose to skip this orderliness in Indian Railways.
it difficult for law enforcing aspect of history in his address, Indian Railways should
agencies to confront protesters keeping in mind, the fragility of have gone ahead with
the occasion.
enforcing its three-decade-
because the latter often take law Pranab Mukherjee has done old luggage allowance rule
into their own hands. This is a a yeomen service to the nation by slapping a heavy penalty
by his very well-considered
for carrying excess luggage in
serious problem because law initiative. Let us hope that a trains regardless of the public
enforcement agencies often use cordial political atmosphere is backlash and condemnation of
the move. There is absolutely
restraint instead of force because created as a result and helps in no doubt that passengers
taking the country to great its
of the fear of protests turning deserved heights . carrying extra luggage cause
more violent. India therefore BP srivastava much inconvenience to fellow
passengers. With almost all
needs adequate mechanisms to Former President of India, modes of travelling in the
deal with such situations. Pranab Mukherjee, first country becoming more
affordable for an average
DEvEnDRA KhURAnA accepted the invite from the Indian, it is quite surprising
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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