MODI’S RED CARPET CANNOT HIDE POTHOLED ROADS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a scintillating presentation showcasing India as a future investment destination at Davos, claiming that red tape is being replaced by red carpet. In most Indian cities, however, a red carpet cannot be spread over the dilapidated and pot-holed roads. Just breathing is quite a task in smog-hit Delhi. The government should ensure that performance matches promise. Rising inequality is also a major challenge with an Oxfam report stating that 1% of Indians captured 73% of the national wealth in 2017. We need to work hard to put our house in order.

Rajendra Aneja under my Burkha’, then why this chaos. The issue is being used to spread violence and force a particular ideology down the country’s throat. We should not allow this.

Abhilalshya Khanna,

Jalandhar emerged in the Punjab Congress with Navjot Singh Sidhu being sidelined and not invited to be part of the process of the selection of Amritsar’s mayor. The Congress has already lost ground in the state with the ouster of Rana Gurjit Singh and bureaucrat Suresh Kumar. Developing differences with Sidhu will further dent the stability of the Amarinder Singh government. The party leadership must sit together and resolve all issues. Sidhu was a star politician at the time of elections. The Congress must maintain his dignity and self-respect, or be prepared to lose him and other good leaders as well.

Sanjay Chopra, Mohali in different ways by biologists. The minister is highly educated and is a postgraduate in chemistry. He has the right to have his own interpretation of the Darwin’s concept on the origin of life.

BN Anand, Mohali