Therefore, no action was taken in this regard by the Vajpayee government. Oh yes, the BJP's nationalist members develop a whole bunch of such blind spots at the funniest of times. Apparently, the Pratappur encounter between cops and the RJD goon's henchmen, which left 10 dead and the authority of the police totally demolished, has not been enough to evoke a response from the worthies. No, for me, the news of the week was not all this Congress and prati -Congress crapola. Soon, his very silence became eloquent.
Irresponsible journalism can harm the national interest.
A matter of perceptions, of course. For, just two days after my last column, The Pioneer broke its Tehelka Conspiracy theories. Funny thing though, the other newspapers carried the BJP's line alleging a mega-conspiracy the same day as the Pioneer . THAT was the mandate given by a Congress-tired people to this government. Which it ignored.