Sir — This refers to the report, “Stung by Rahul, PM to withdraw Ordinance” and the editorial, “UPA forced to eat crow” (September 28). It is right to ask why Mr Rahul Gandhi remained silent when the Government brought a Bill in Parliament to annul the Supreme Court’s verdict on convicted MPs and MlAs and, failing to get Parliament’s clearance, the Cabinet hastily cleared the ordinance. It doesn’t seem possible that Mr Gandhi publicly slammed the ordinance and his party’s Government without the consent of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
It is possible that, alarmed by the sharp media and public criticism and the President’s reservations on the ordinance, the Congress devised this strategy. It is an escape route for the embarrassed party and its Government. Anyway, with the President not inclined to clear the ordinance and the Government set to withdraw it, good work has been done, but only partly.