Why Single out Ram Naik? What about the others?

Date: Sun Aug 11 17:43:11 2002
Name:ram
Email:smart_123@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Politicians will be politicians, which usually means thieving and scavenging rascals. The BJP is after all a political party, no different from any of the others. It's only defence against any charge by the Congress is to say, "You did it too!" When the Ketan Parekh scam surfaced, Yashwant Sinha's only defence was to jeer at Manmohan Singh and remind him of Harshad Mehta! Dr. Manmohan Singh is too decent a man to jibe back that he did not have a Mauritius connection. When the Tehelka scam surfaced, all George Fernandes could muster was to remind the Congress of Bofors! When details of Ranjan Bhattacharya's telephone calls to PS Subramaniam of the UTI surfaced, all Pramod Mahajan could say in defence of his master was to remind us about PV Prabhakar Rao and the urea scam! And so it goes. All the Congress can now say is that: "You steal more!" And so it goes for Mulayam Singh, Jayalalithaa, Bal Thackeray, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Prakash Singh Badal, M Karunanidhi, N Chandrababu Naidu, Omprakash Chautala and Deve Gowda. Our political choices are now reduced to just that: Who steals less?

Date: Sat Aug 10 15:08:01 2002
Name:firdaush postwala
Email:firdfard@hotmail.com
Your Views:Yes Ram Naik is guilty and he should step down. He is wearing the mask of a clean man but is a cheat, otherwise during the recent reshuffle of portfolios, he should have left it to the P.M. to give him whatever organisational responsibilities he felt good. Besides, he does not want the P.S.U. like Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL also to be privatised because all this jugglery will not be possible thereafter. When he was railway minister also he did not do anything good for Mumbai from where he got elected, instead he built an office for himself on railway land in Goregaon. This is the kind of leadership we have in BJP, Congress, or name any party, after all ministers are corrupt and just do mud slinging on each other but the fact is that none of them is clean.

Date: Sat Aug 10 15:38:51 2002
Name:Vijayakumar.S
Email:vij@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Your Views: "No. He is not Guilty." The Dirty Indian opposition are Guilty. Because they dont want to do any parlimentary businees ,insted cry for something and waste the time . If any system error is found it should be a combined effort to clear it out. That is what we want, and not to behave like street boys. If they are found guilty,let us see the allotment from 1950 onwards. Then we know the real color. Today I may be in one party tommorow to another. so how these people can say that he is X-party or Y-Party.All are bullshit.

Date: Sat Aug 10 15:50:30 2002
Name:kidwai
Email:hrk11@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Going back in history is a time tested ploy of BJP.They r the most corrupt govt so far. Quoting other's crime doesn't lessen their's.George Fernandes even asked what was new about rape! If someone else did it b4 can it be pardoned? Ram Naik must go.

Date: Sat Aug 10 15:59:44 2002
Name:ashutosh patro
Email:itsmad@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i think its not a guilty . the things made by the previous government regarding the allocationof petrol pumps is really a question of interest that how they allot the petrol pumps to the illegal people. they done a wrong tradition. So i think a high level committee should be formed to investigate the whole scenario of allotments. i hope it's the only way to handle the people to not do it again. thank u.

Sat Aug 10 16:08:35 2002
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Name:Nalin K Purohit
Email:nalinp@rediffmail.com
Your Views:We Indians have a mentality of writing & discussing a lot after any incident occurs & forget it within a week/fortnight. Everyone is aware of the system going on from the time of application to allotment. Even we know how to get the work done. It seems that Mr. Ram Naik is made a scapegoat in the entire issue. Why no one is discussing the issue threadbare & taking a common decision of Do's & Dont's to be followed henceforth, not only for this issue but many other issues which are going to crop up in future. We are given to understand that earlier there were some objections raised by the Hon. minister, but later on that had to be overlooked due to the system followed on since years. It is a fact that like a herd of sheep, everyone follows the precedents and feel that if earlier Governments have done it and gone scot-free there is nothing wrong in doing that. Anyway, time has now come that all the political parties sincerely think of waste of common man's money and time. The monetary loss figures arrived in the Press for non-functioning of Lok Sabha for so many days are alarming. By now a mutual long-term concrete solution could have been made possible.

Date: Sat Aug 10 16:21:05 2002
Name:Jagadeesan
Email:mjtech@batelco.com.bh
Your Views: If there is smoke, definitely there will be a fire. You know what I mean?

Date: Sat Aug 10 17:18:17 2002
Name:ramakant
Email:ramakantag@yahoo.com
Your Views:No.He shouldnt resign. It has always been a part of our political system to oblige the friends and relations of the mighty of the land and he has just followed the tradition. And when the allotment are by a so-called independent selection board,why raise a hue and cry?

Date: Sat Aug 10 17:50:31 2002
Name:ranjan sarkar
Email:ranjan_sarkar@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Is this mud slinging? Who did the bofors scam? who did the sugar scam? who did the cement scam? who did the fodder scam? who did the urea scam? Were not the petrol and lpg dealership given to the congress party officials during their rule? Who was responcible for the biggest scam of the century - stock market scam, and where are they? (Can the dirty get away by saying there was system failure?). The Congress, Lalloo prasad and Communists are the worst kind of thugs. Now they are preaching us morality, amazing. We all know the likes of Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who has no contribution towards the country or the people. Such people are leaches in the politics. Damn the Congress. We all know why Sonia Gandhi wants to come to power, to loot the country and sell it to Italian Mafia. They did not even spare the late Olaf Palme, these thugs of Congress and Communists.

Date: Sat Aug 10 17:58:34 2002
Name:srinivasreddy t.n
Email:tnsrinivasreddy@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Nr Ram Naik should not step down .for 40 years congress was in power and there own party people have own many bunks in country. common cannot own petrol r LPG agcinces only rich and who have influence of M.P can have it. BJP is in power just for 3 years it may have don some mistake by alloting some pumps to its own men and there NDA alliess. For this small thing Cong and other parties should not stop the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. If Cong really wants CBI probe it should start from 1980 to 2000 it should ask it's people and relatives to surrender all back

Date: Sat Aug 10 18:22:29 2002
Name:vikas chaudhary
Email:vikasjat1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is part of political activity

Date: Sat Aug 10 18:28:35 2002
Name:Manohar R.Mhatre
Email:manohar64@yahoo.com
Your Views:There is no need for resignation of Ram Naik, because not a single relative of his was given a petrol- pump and he is not involved, whereas congress leaders have given so many petrol pumps to their relatives and leaders. So first of all congressman cancelled their petrol pump which was given from 1983 till now and they should give proper statement about allotment of petrol-pump.

Sat Aug 10 18:49:48 2002
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Name:P.K.PURI
Email:pervinpuri@hotmail.com
Your Views: I do not think you can held guilty like this. I have reason to believe that all politicians are like that. Every one is chor in one sense or other except few.I know lot of politicians who are criminal and corrupt. But Ram Naik on his face value does not appear to be.

Sat Aug 10 18:49:55 2002
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Name:Pratap Goswami
Email:pratap_in@yahoo.com
Your Views:Not only should Ram Naik resign but also all petroleum agencies alloted after Nationalization of Oil companies to the relatives of serving and retired politicians should be cancelled. The eligibility criteria for allotment of petroleum agencies should be amended with immediate effect. The politicians and their close relatives should be made non eligible award of petroleum agencies. As a matter of policy, the petroleum agencies should not be alloted to any individual for a period exceeding 10 years. This will curtail adulteration as well as black marketing of petroleum product. The oil companies need to be privatised as soon as possible and the administered price regime needs to be dismantled.

Sat Aug 10 19:13:57 2002
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Name:azizmohammed
Email:azizee1950@yahoo.com
Your Views:Yes morally he should step down before any one asks but like any other BJP leader why should he. It is shameful for all Indians what kind of leaders we have.

Date: Sat Aug 10 20:25:51 2002
Name:k.sivakumar
Email:thangakan_k@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Not only Ram Naik but also all previous ministers for petroleum have misused their power to allot petrol bunk to their kit and kin and their party members and also to those recommended by other ministers even prime ministers and presidents. Resignation will not help the country. Cancellation of all illegal allotments is needed

Date: Sat Aug 10 20:36:38 2002
Name:adhikarilal
Email:adhikarilal@yahoo.com
Your Views:corruption is the root cause of all Indian problems and misery to common man because corruption breeds inefficiency and hampers working of our nation at all stages due to roadblocks and corrupt person does not allow any activity to smoothly carry on and does not allow India to be a prosperous and richest nation and it also damages national progress delays everything while our nation has to face global competition specially in this age of internet where speed of action has to be fastest possible to succeed

Date: Sat Aug 10 20:42:55 2002
Name:Pratap Reddy
Email:callcenter2@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Of course he should step down.By cancelling allotments guilt is admitted. The government should gear itself to face another scam. i.e selection of Third Party Administrator)-Health Services) by the 4 public sector insurance companies in collaboration with Ministry of Finance in a totally arbitary manner.

Date: Sat Aug 10 20:55:01 2002
Name:t.g.dhanasekar
Email:tgdsekar@vsnl.net
Your Views:An enquiry should have been ordered before the PM took the decision to cancel the allotments made since Jan 2000. Unless and until Mr Ram Naik was found guilty the demand by the Cong is untenable. Under some pretext or the other the cong. have decided to stall the parliament. The presidentship of Mrs. Sonia has taken the parliament decorum and decency to the rock bottom. The system of parliamentary democracy is tarnished due her craze to occupy the chair of Prime Minister of a country of which she did not even wished to be a citizen. Her attitude and the attitude of the Cong. (If I am not there, it shouldn't be you either, in that case let there be a common person viz. Sonia) is dangerous to the Nation.

Date: Sat Aug 10 21:02:27 2002
Name:R.P. Garga
Email:rpgarga@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Mr. Ram Naik is apparently guilty in the same way as was Mr. Satish Sharma. It is indeed a shame for the country. Country's worst enemies are : Corruption" "Indiscipline" If we can't control them, we might become like one of the African countries. God save my country from its own people.

Date: Sat Aug 10 21:43:04 2002
Name:Prof.K.S.Krishnamurthy
Email:kskmtara@hotmail.com
Your Views:Yes. He is not only at fault but is also arrogant enough not to admit his faults and says he is honest. He does not accept responsibility for the ommissioins and commissions of his junior staff. So he deserves to be kicked out. The opposition is right in gunning for his sacking. At the same time I care very little for other parties, specially the Congress party which is the most corrupt party today. Strangely, there are practically no scams or complaints against communist party leaders and ministers. The government should privatise all oil companies who should have the right to select their own distributors and dealers.

Sat Aug 10 21:47:38 2002
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Name:manjula saxena
Email:manjulasaxena1001@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Congress is behaving as if it has alloted petrol pumps to needy persons only. There are so many congress big wigs like captain satish sharma who are also benificiaries, if my memory is correct of such largesse .there are many more congress people or persons connected to it who can never be classified as needy but they are beneficiaries.congress is behaving as if it is "dhoodh ki dhuli hui".it is a pity and irony at the same time. none of the pollitical parties in our country are any good.they all work towards the common good of their kith and kin primarily.next in line come the moneyed people for whom these political parties work.there was some say of the common man maybe in the initial years of acquiring indepedence.but now, we the people, have no say at all.corruption is the prime dharma of all the political parties in our country.may god punish all of them.as a common man i am disgusted with all our political leaders,then why single out ram naik who may have acted under the pressure of big fish in his party.amen.

Sat Aug 10 22:00:14 2002
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Name:N.VIJAYKRISHNAN
Email:VIJU1996@REDIFF.COM
Your Views:Ram Naik is as guilty as all other beneficiaries of the political largesse. His resignation will not stem the rot in the system. The need of the hour is to remove the government from all economic activity. The goal should be reform in the govt. the lessthe govt the better it will be.the process of disinvestment and privitisation must be carried forward.the oil companies must be privatised and they must choose their dealers.there must be an end to state control.if ramnaik goes then by the same logic many of our 'respected m.ps must also go.what our country needs is good trasparent governence and less of state control

Date: Sat Aug 10 22:05:12 2002
Name:Prakash Dodeja
Email:pgdodeja@bol.net.in
Your Views:All politics has become money making activity. Actually all human fields are aiming at making one most materialically rich. Be it religious leaders, Doctors or educationist. With this in back of mind, one cannot demand resignation. Yeah, one can ask for fair deal for all. Let more deserving should get 1st oppurtunity.

Date: URL: Sat Aug 10 22:47:31 2002
Name:K.A.Viswanathan
Email:kav42@hotmail.com
Your Views:After the judges appointed by the minister have also admitted the pressure put on them by the ministry (wonder why they did not resign in protest then) and after the PM had squashed the order for petrol pump and Gas agency, Ram Naik should have by now resigned, if he has any self respect. Take the example of the Late Lal Bahadur Shastry who had resigned claiming moral responsibility for the Ariyalur train mishap in then Madras District, claiming moral responsibility,.He never said I did not know anything about the conditions of the rails nor the rail bridges. Such was the ministers who had credibility instead of the ones who are more interested in sticking on to the chairs because of the perks go with it.If the BJP has any guts they should institute a CBI enquiry into the whole episode and also speed up the moves to disinvest the Petroleum sector so that the distributions would be done by the professional and professionally.

Date: Sun Aug 11 01:56:11 2002
Name:Giridhar
Email:tng@vsnl.com
Your Views:Resignation will not change anything. The system that is encouraging corruption must be changed. And if the belief is that a new man in place of Ram Naik will do that better, I doubt that. Successive governments have lived off such corruption. As someone said, let handing out petrol pumps and dealerships be a commercial decision left to the companies. There is no need for the government to be involved. It almost seems ludicrous that there is a retired judge, a committee etc. for this almost non-event thing.

Sun Aug 11 09:48:24 2002
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Name:annamraju praturi
Email:arpraturi@rediffmail.com
Your Views:As things stand I dont think Ram Nayak is guilty/ he is merely following the path shown by the earlier regimes. the only solution to my mind is make all those even remotely connected with politicians of any party being ineligible for any sort of govt. jobs/contracts etc.

Date: Sun Aug 11 10:05:12 2002
Name:sreenivasa murthy
Email:ssaw66@sify.com
Your Views:he has to resign as he has no moral responsibility being elders teaching cheating to the generation he is the most bad lot of this politicaians

Sun Aug 11 10:45:52 2002
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Name:K.Shaym
Email:k_shyam@rediffmail.com
Your Views:People thought a lot sincere and honest about BJP unlike congress. Through this scam BJP proved once again that all national political parties are one and same regarding governance.Ramnaik cannot absolve himself from this corrupted happenings. May god save this country but not surely for Congress and fundamentalist lefts.

Sun Aug 11 12:04:06 2002
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Name:MANSOOR PARKAR
Email:parkarmansoor_parkar@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Yes Mr Ram Naik is guilty and he should quit resgin without any further delay. It is of no use pointing fingers at Congress.B J P is not correct by saying that Congress has also done such allotments so they done it. BJP can not hide their misdeeds by pointing out at Congress.

Sun Aug 11 13:59:52 2002
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Name:ved5
Email:a12@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The happenings are unfortunate but it is no secret that there is rot in the Indian political system. What feels strange is that the Congress, who have looted this country since Independence, are crying hoarse over a relatively minor scandal. In addition, the Parliament has been doing little work recently thanks to an extremely loud-mouthed Opposition. Vajpayee has done the right thing by cancelling the allotments. Now let the country move on.

Date: Sun Aug 11 14:17:05 2002
Name:Pratik Jani
Email:pratikrocks@rediffmail.com
Your Views:He should be sentence to life time prison. I yesterday saw on Reality Bites the amount of problems the gentelman went through to got his petrol pump..It is real sad to see a father suffering whose son died for our country. In fact all the people who r involved should be punished.We don't want leaders like them to screw ur countrys growth.We need some one like Jyotiaditya Sindya.We meed young blood if we want to grow as a country.Why is it that we can not do any thing in fact i would put it like why is it that nobody is bothered about our india.I am 24 and hope that till my kids comes in they see a good bunch of People in ur system....

Date: Sun Aug 11 15:25:28 2002
Name:manan vasenwala
Email:manan@zyberway.com
Your Views: This govt. is absolutely corrupt. they have institutionalised corruption.look at what tehelka managed to show up. not only this minister should resign but the entire govt. should go.

Sun Aug 11 15:57:38 2002
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Name:chintan
Email:mail4chintan@rediffmail.com
Your Views:what BJP and its alliance have done in just two years no other political party even congress could have achieved. Now the alliance and its so called nationalist image is very open and and now its for the people to punish them. The kins if kargil martyrs have still not been benefitted and the political clout is busy warming their pockcts. I strongly feel that petrol pump and gas agencies should be given to only those who have died in service doing selfless sacrifice , this would include the defence personels, police and even widows of exservicemen.

Sun Aug 11 17:33:16 2002
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Name:DR.SRGELLI
Email:dr.srgelli@yahoo.com
Your Views:As the head of the ministry Mr.Ram naik is ethically and constitutionally responsible.No other way out,otherwise it will become a bad precedent for corrupt ministers in future.It is really a challenging situation to BJP veterans-Vajpayee & Advani.

Sun Aug 11 18:31:12 2002
Date: Sun Aug 11 18:46:19 2002
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Name:K B LAGALI
Email:kblagali@rediffmail.com
Your Views:No mr Ramnaik should not resign. Congress must support cancellation al allotments since 1983 in support of the good work done by our PM by cancelling alottments made from jan2000.

Sun Aug 11 19:01:20 2002
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Name:arun sharma
Email:aroon@india.com
Your Views:two wrongs don't make one right.the justification that the politicians had been using corrupt practices,cannot be used as a precedent. a standing commitee be established out of eminent personalities who don't have vested interests or affiliations of miscellaneous nature,these people be asked to supervise the progress of the investigation,while making it public at the same time, through media and newspapers. incase it is felt it is too difficult to do this ,i can elaborate the entire procedure, the only thing required is the political will to improve the system. what a shame.

Date: Sun Aug 11 19:02:02 2002
Name:arun
Email:arun_prabhu18@yahoo.com
Your Views: This case is asual politics. opposition parties are trying to defame BJP .Lets enjoy the fun made by opposition

Date: Sun Aug 11 19:06:36 2002
Name:Ravindra Bhagat
Email:satoravi2002@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:petrol pump issue should be reviewd and inquiry should be conducted by CBI. I want to know, since independence how many poor or lower class people have got these petrol pump and gas agency dealership? Always rich people only getting all these facilities whether they are congressy, BJP's or others. Only rich and political people are enjoying and looting the country. Therefore this matter must be reviewed immediately.

Date: Sun Aug 11 19:18:15 2002
Name:Naresh Nagrath
Email:n_nagrath@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The govt. should cancel all the prior allotments to the politicians and their relatives & friends of petrol pumps, gas agencies and even the maruti dealerships. And govt. should also take a public opinion on what the action could be taken.

Date: Sun Aug 11 20:04:31 2002
Name:sekhar kar
Email:sekhar_kar@hotmail.com
Your Views:for anything good or bad under ministry of petroleum the minister in charge should be responsible. As govt. has decided to cancel all the dealership alloted so there must be something wrong and i think the minister in charge should resign.

Date: Sun Aug 11 20:22:59 2002
Name:M. Nagasubramanian.
Email:nagam47@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Sir, My humble view is that the Mr Ram Naik should go. Ours is a budding democracy still. There has to be probity in public life. His exit will pave way for future occupants in any ministerial posts. The fact that the previous governments had indulged in wrong practices does not absolve the present government. Neither Mr Naik's services are indispensable to the government. There cannot be one rule for the minister, and another for public. Justice should not only be done, but should also appear to be done. In the interest of accountability, Mr Naik must get out honourably, or else he may have to be shown the door. In a parliamentary democracy, public or supreme. His exit will confirm this fact.

Date: Sun Aug 11 20:27:08 2002
Name:Prashanth
Email:prashanthbulusu@rediffmail.com
Your Views:1) Yes, Ram Naik should step down and this will shut the mouth of Congress leaders. 2) Now, the Govt. should look into the earlier deals also and scrap those obtained by dubious means. 3) At least now give Petrol Pump agencies to genuine people and see to it that the large-scale looting by them in connivance with the Oil Manufacturers and Civil Supplies officials is stopped immediately. 4) Have a transparent process of allotment and a practical mechanism to keep a tight leash on Petrol Pumps. 5) Let Congress introspect - people have not forgotten the great scams authored by Capt.Satish Sharma & Sukh Ram and how clean others are? Except for a few exceptions like Anthony, Manmohan Singh etc. all others are corrupt to the core and that includes Sonia Gandhi. Agreed, all political parties are equally bad but Congress is the worst amongst them. Corruption can be removed from any society just like that. When the opportunity presents itself, seize it and clean up a part of it from time to time. Life will be better for all of us and the nation as a whole will improve and prove itself.

Sun Aug 11 20:31:57 2002
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Name:SS Barve
Email:ssbarve@vsnl.com
Your Views:Before resigning he should cancell all allotments made during last 20 years, which are clearly inspired by political consideration. He should also find out the Reliance role in the whole Tamasha. He should declare competitive bidding for all the cancelled allotments. He should sort out the legal fall out of the storm. Then and only then, he should accept moral responsibility and step down. Otherwise, a decent person will become a victim or a martyr and the system will continue as it is. Then and only then he should resign

Sun Aug 11 21:05:14 2002
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Name:K.T.Kumar
Email:kumarktk@hotmail.com
Your Views:This is not a new story. Though Capt. Satish Sharma was penalised for Rs. 50 lakh. for the similar offence by the high court nothing happend later on. Of course shrewed political parties used to commit similar offence with more matured way including taking influntial media in to confidence, but present govt. could not do so due to lack of experience. However PM's action is an exemplary decision which no govt. took earlier.

Date: Mon Aug 12 07:15:14 2002
Name:Anand
Email:arni_in@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Its dirty politics by selfish Indians. We require tough laws to fight corruption.

Date: Mon Aug 12 10:01:45 2002
Name:kaushlesh
Email:rammi1959@rediffmail.com
Your Views:no, as any other minister in his position would do the same. It would not make any differnce as favouritism is human and any new minister would further his interest by alloting more petrol pumps to his near, dear ones than Mr. Ram Naik. It is better to have a known devil.

Date : Mon Aug 12 10:25:11 2002
Name:somasundaram
Email:som_ind2000@yahoo.com
Your Views:Mr.Ram Naik is not guilty, the congress which is a power hungry ghost that cannot bear to warm the opposition benches is only of the aim of defaming the BJP.The congress robbed India for 40 years and are of the mindset that everyone wants to do the same.

Date: Mon Aug 12 10:38:41 2002
Name:Anandrao Alurwar
Email:alurwar@yahoo.com
Your Views: This issue is one more reason to say BJP led govenrnment is the best we have. Reason we all know petrol pumps were always given to political parties this tradition is started by congress & only NDA governemnet has the guts to cancel them, let the cogress do the same. The reason that congress is harping on an issue which it had started in the first place shows that there is not much in NDA which it can pin point for corrupt practices. good goiung NDA.

Date: Mon Aug 12 10:52:06 2002
Name:Vinay S Mishra
Email:speaktovinay@rediffmail.com
Your Views:In fact the above facts which have been revealed about the Petrol Pump distribution is very damaging for the Govt and as a nation.The steps taken by govt about the cancellation is good but what happens to those who have been given before. If we continue to run our processes and systems, it is better we disinvest the govt as a whole to run the show. Politics has become nothing but a place to squeeze pulic money anf favour neoptism. I make a earnest reply to all in the govt to at least honour the pledge they take, otherwise let us not waste money on such oath ceremonies, when we are bent upon encouraging corruption. The distribution to Petrol pump to a person known to Mr. Vajpayee is insulting to the nation. How can he be not aware of this ? Have the politicians been given licence to run the nation on ransom.

Date: Mon Aug 12 11:04:05 2002
Name:ram k agarwal
Email:ramfts@hotmail.com
Your Views:Mr.Ram Naik need not resign, instead he should be couragious enogh to cancele all the allotments since 1980 and he should order an enquiry By a committee headed by honest and reputed, and nonpolitical persons, (and not these corrupt retired judges who are coming with nonsense arguments about their conducts) in this matter, so that the responsible persons to play these time of scam be brought to books. Secondly to issue fresh permits to the public a foolproof policy of allotment should be drafted in consultation with all sections of the society and parties quickly. Auctioning and alloting the pump to the highest bidder is not the right solution. Thirdly the most important consept these opposition parites (who are there in the parliament or assemblies, just only for opposition) should understand the fact that the party who farms the government have the mandet of the people and they have to act and for there act they may critise the ruling party, may bring a motion of noconfidence to throgh the ruling pary out of power, And should behave and act in a democratic manner in the parliament or state assemblies and shuld not resort to monkey or dog behaviour.

Date: Mon Aug 12 11:28:00 2002
Name:Manoj
Email:manoj_merly@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Guilty or Not guilty?? Well the question really is irrelevant as this gentleman is one more in the assembly line of incompetent and corrupt politicians who have and will be the bane of all Indians. They all stick together and despite the apparent rhetoric, they all go away scot free to perpetuate another ghastly scam on the people they are supposed to serve.

Date: Mon Aug 12 11:52:17 2002
Name:Sekhar
Email:sekhars@today.com.au
Your Views:Tell me one scam this Government is not involved like the previous Governments since Independence. Corruption of this magnitude is not an issue anymore in India. We as citizens of India needless to say are used to it and if can try to do something about it then its worth a talk. If we cannot do anything about it, let us not talk about it.

Date: Mon Aug 12 12:12:42 2002
Name:pramod
Email:pramod_klr@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:if this scam is considered as a big one, what shall we do for bofors, hawala etc.. if ram naik is punished then the entire congress must be punished includeing all congress ministers (x ministers also).as bunks,gas agiencies are banned(granted from jan 2000). then what about the petrol bunks sancationed from 1947or from 1993.it is not the mistake made by the present one, it has lot of history. altough ram naik has commited mistake he must be punished but along with all others who are corrupted.

Date: Mon Aug 12 12:34:04 2002
Name:rohit .k.
Email:rodat_19@yahoo.com
Your Views:not at all.

Date: Mon Aug 12 12:47:02 2002
Name:manish jain
Email:tisco_aj@rediffmail.com
Your Views:yes he is guilty as he is saving the prime minister who has got his 4 relatives been alloted petrol pumps etc

Date: Mon Aug 12 12:47:23 2002
Name:Sarabjit Walia
Email:sarabjitwalia@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The roots of corruption, favouratism, red-tapoism etc. are very deep in India. The politicians, bureaucrats and even low profile public servants who have power and get opportunity never miss to strike. Whereas the common man is punished, the powerful goes scot free. The ex Prime Minister, Chief ministers and many more have the privilege to get their names recorded in the 'history of the corrupt' The administration right at the top needs to set example and let Mr.Ram Naik take the lead. Our India need a strong administrator at the top like modern-day Patel-Capt. Amrinder Singh, the Chief Minister of Punjab. Ruling with the firm hand is the need of the hour and every corrupt may be in the civil or the judiciary should be sent behind bars so as to teach lesson to all and sundry

Date: Mon Aug 12 13:30:26 2002
Name:Gaurav Maske
Email:gauravmaske@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It's all dirty politics, nothing else. Bad practises in all kind of allotments were always there (Thanks to Nehru-Indira) and were more rampant in Congress Raj.

Date: Mon Aug 12 13:31:31 2002
Name:Manjunath
Email:manjunath3@indiatimes.com
Your Views:Who is not guilty? Did any of congress leaders accepted if they would have been in power like Vajpayee? They would never have been accepted it morally. What they have done in the past? They are all the culprits who are asking resignation of Ram Naik. Every one says, "Iam proud to be an Indian". But," I am ashamed to an Indian". Everyone is fighting for power not for building a a better India. Politics is like a dirty place in India as much as dirty than a brothel.

Date: Mon Aug 12 13:40:49 2002
Name:Prateek Mishra
Email:mishra_prt@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Very often happens that polticians r alleged but found innocent by court. Only charges do not mean he is guilty , there should be free and fair investigation by any independent agency. One should wait up to that moment.

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