Rejecting convention

Sir — This refers to the editorial, “The dynasty problem” (September 14). Today, politics in India is a no-holds-barred game, dirtier than ever and neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi honour any convention in letter or spirit.

It is not often that Rahul Gandhi is taken seriously. But while addressing an ‘India at 70’ event at the University of California, Berkeley, he played the role expected of him. The blame partly goes to this Government’s blunders that seem to have infused a new life in Rahul Gandhi’s otherwise flagging political career. 

While the BJP is up in arms at Rahul Gandhi’s indiscretions, one cannot but admit that Prime Minister Modi too has broken that convention time and again.