Not enough action taken

After the Indian Congress party president’s disapproval, former Union Minister C.P. Joshi apologised for his caste remarks against our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others (“Rebuked by Rahul Gandhi, Joshi apologises for casteist comment”, Gulf News, November 24). Though the Indian Election Commission has issued a notice to Joshi, we are confident that there will be no action taken against him, especially to debar him from contesting the elections. This reminds me of an old saying in Tamil, “Thoongara Kozhandai killivittu thottile attarathu”, which means ‘pinch the sleeping baby and then swing the cradle to stop him from crying’. It is a well-known fact that the Congress president keeps on visiting Hindu temples to appease the Hindu voters and then gives full licence to his well-educated wards to attack Hindu rituals to garner minority votes too. His action of just rebuking Joshi is nothing but akin to shedding crocodile tears.

From Mr N. Mahadevan

India