Verdict in India’s biggest anticorruption saga anti-climactic

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over huge telecoms scandal (December 21). All of the accused in the biggest graft case in India’s history were set free because the prosecution was said to have been unable to prove its case. The court ruled there was no bribery, pilferage or money laundering involved in the $5 billion graft operation.

The nation was put through the intense trauma of declining values and the government led by Manmohan Singh ultimately lost the 2014 elections.

India’s international image also suffered during that phase. And yet the court has since ruled that the entire case was based on “rumour, gossip and speculation”.

The BJP party had made the G2 corruption case their major plank in the 2014 election. Their acquittal means the reputation of the Congress party has been restored and redeemed. How was so much frenzy generated against corruption on a case that had no merits at all? Rajendra Aneja, Dubai

The irony is that despite so many lengthy reports and enforcement agency investigations, the verdict came in a matter of minutes, much to the joy of those under trial. And just like that, such a huge alleged scam, which generated so many headlines at the time, is gone with the wind. I wonder if the government will submit an appeal to the supreme court. Name withheld by request