FOOD (THROWN) FOR THOUGHT?

17 April, 2007
The Editor,
The Indian Express,
Pune

Dear Sir,

This refers to the most shameful act by Congressmen on April 15th of throwing food away while at a function, when millions of our countrymen hardly get to eat one square meal a day. This incident calls for condemnation in the strongest possible terms by all political parties including the Congress and also by NGOs, who are striving to provide a bettter quality of life to the differently (under) privileged sections of society.

Whatever the differences amongst the factions, why deny the poor starving multitudes of a morsel of food? Everyone, (irrespective of their political affiliations) would have appreciated if wiser counsel had prevailed on the Congressmen and in a unique form of protest, they had distributed all the food to the poor and needy, instead of wasting it. This incident speaks so much for their high profile statements that they have joined politics to serve the poor!!!

Are the people of the ruling party educating us as to how to conduct ourselves in public? Will Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Suresh Kalmadi react to this sinful incident , or will they choose to keep quiet in the larger interests of their party?

Anup Attavar