Best of BS Opinion: Board rules for fair play, bloodshed in Bengal & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

A fresh controversy over the Rafale fighter jet deal urgently demands a robust explanation from the government. But the unique reluctance to subject the deal to open scrutiny at a time when the same government’s enforcement machinery is — rightly — subjecting Mamata Banerjee and Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi to investigation speaks of double standards, argues our lead editorial
 

Corporate India may not be too thrilled, but Sebi’s proposals on independent directors are good for India’s governance credentials, writes Akash Prakash
 

It will be sad if in the absence of clear political will, political violence remains a tragic fixture of West Bengal politics, notes our second editorial
 

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“The Adani Group is unmatched in the way it has gone about building infrastructure across India. What it brought to us was a unique combination of logistics, real estate, green energy, and data centre infrastructure capabilities." 
 

Flipkart Group Chief Executive Officer Kalyan Krishnamurthy