Letters: A strict political 'code'

This refers to the editorial "Two pink slips" (May 13). In the case of Pawan Kumar Bansal, the implications of the allegation are very serious. Why would anyone pay several crores to secure a job for an infinite term, unless the person is sure that the investment will give handsome returns? It implies that the railways is a corrupt organisation. On the other hand, Ashwani Kumar's statement that he had only made some grammatical corrections was ludicrous, to say the least. Consider this: Ranjit Sinha is an MPhil from Indian Institute of Public Administration. He needs no lessons in English from Kumar on how to write the report. What the minister was doing is to make the report innocuous, and take out the sting from the coal scandal report, as well as mislead the apex court. This is an issue of impropriety and its obverse. Participation in public life demands following of a strict "code" of proper behaviour. The word "code" is used advisedly, since all forms of proper behaviour cannot be defined by law or in legal terms.

M M Gurbaxani, Bangalore

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