Reader Debate: ‘SC gives PM an alibi for his inaction. He doesn’t deserve it'

Our commenters had much to say about the Supreme Court’s observations on Subramanian Swamy’s petition questioning the delay in the permission he sought from the Prime Minister to prosecute A Raja in the 2G spectrum case and our views on the article titled ‘ SC gives PM an alibi for his inaction. He doesn’t deserve it ’  Continuing our effort to give our readers a voice, we have decided to publish our readers views as a separate post. As is our policy, we have edited out a few sentences that were directed at the author. Ram.R: A judge decides based on papers made available to him at the time of judgement. In this case the PM’s affidavit, wherein it was shown that he did get to know of Dr Swamy’s letters and directed it for opinion: on this fact the court said had the PMO guided him properly and on time the PM would have acted! [caption id=“attachment_200428” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“PTI”] [/caption] Though this may be the fact, as the policy-head of the PMO and given the fact that the letters were addressed to him as a true manager, the PM ought to have taken more care and even questioned the opinion that his office had given him. His failure on this front make him more responsible! By continuing in office he is only failing on his duty to his own consciousness if at he has one! Dinesh Kumar: This is strange indeed - the PMO is to blame, not the PM. By that logic, no one in government is responsible for their actions, only their office is! Vaudevillian: Indian middle class is angry with Dr Singh for not doing as per the middle class wish. Yes Dr Singh should have resigned, then what ? they have no solutions. Yes coalition Dharma is important in a diverse country like India where neither congress nor BJP can ever hope to form a government on their own. What has happened is actually good, the allies will now realize that in the name of coalition dharma, they cannot loot the country, it is not a zero sum game. People of Tamil Nadu have taught a lesson to DMK for indulging in large scale corruption. Supreme court has given excellent judgement, these are positive points, not negative points.