Letters: Modi or not

Apropos T N Ninan's column "PM as a politician" (Weekend Ruminations, January 4), addressing the lacklustre and last press conference of his two-term rule, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said nothing new. His self-defence on governance failures was least convincing. While speaking in his official capacity as PM, it didn't behove Singh to make adverse comments on Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate. The author aptly points out the double standards of Singh who, on one hand, said that the sins of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-I were washed away after the people voted UPA-II into power and, on the other hand, asserted that Modi still carries the baggage of the Gujarat riots despite having been elected thrice after the riots with massive majority. It is not for the Congress or Singh, but for the voters to decide whether Modi, as prime minister, will be a disaster or a saviour for India.

M C Joshi, Lucknow

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