Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Nov 07, 2002

About Us
Contact Us
Opinion
News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts:
Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Opinion - Letters to the Editor Printer Friendly Page   Send this Article to a Friend

Wrong precedent

Sir, — The Chief Election Commissioner, J. M. Lyngdoh's statement that diplomats will be permitted to monitor the Gujarat elections (Nov. 1) is neither warranted nor desirable. When some developed countries wanted to monitor the Jammu and Kashmir elections, Mr. Lyngdoh told them that the days of the "white" monitoring the "black" were over and that the West should get out of its colonial mindset. He subsequently allowed observers to assess the quality of the elections in the larger interest of the country. But Gujarat is not Jammu and Kashmir. The nation has faith that the Election Commission will conduct free and fair elections in Gujarat.

B. J. Krishnan,

Udhagamandalam, T.N.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Opinion

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts:
Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |


The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | Home |

Copyright © 2002, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu