Sir — This refers to the article, “Extreme levels of appeasement” (February 10) by Manash Ghosh. love for power is the burning desire of every politician and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is no exception. At the outset of her political career, she was noble in her ambition, to serve the State and its people. However, it is now realised that greed for power has been her prime pursuit.
To appease the minority community, Ms Banerjee sent Ahmed Hasan to the upper House, knowing well that the latter was a founding member of the banned outfit, Students Islamic Movement of India. To please a particular community, to secure its votes at the cost of negligence of other communities, including the poor, is a clear violation of the fabric of our society. Is this not a manifestation of misgovernance and malfeasanceIJ