Public Response

The Hindu recently published the differing responses from the public on the much debated coal allocation issue. Some of the respondents supported the UPA government by saying that it is premature to accuse Prime Minister before due investigation; questioning and seeking clarifications are completed. They say that it is undemocratic to demand for PM’s resignation on the strength of just one report.

While, there are respondents who are against the government. They say that “coalgate” has clearly hobbled the UPA government, making its continuance in power untenable.

Some respondents encourage the bodies, CAG and CBI and say the nation must trust the CAG when it claims that the real intent of the government auditor’s work “is to end the business of crony capitalism.” Constitutional bodies like the CAG and the CBI must only be used as watchdogs in the nation’s interests and not misused as lap-dogs of the ruling dispensation.