That Beant Singh’s killers tunneled their way out of jail is not only shocking but only shows how secure the “high security” Burail jail at Chandigarh really is. It will have to be investigated whether the Chandigarh jail staff did what they did for financial gain, or because they were “terrorised” by these terrorists. Now the prime duty of the jail authorities is to arrest all the the four dreaded terrorists and swiftly punish those who helped them escape.

— Bidyut K. Chatterjee Faridabad

8226;Was it not ridiculous to grade these criminals as B-class prisoners and to provide amenities to them that they used tactically to flee? Criminals will always be criminals, but what excuse do the authorities have?

— B. Vinoth Raj New Delhi

A new system, please

The salvation of India lies in the proportional representation system of elections prevalent in Europe and many other parts of the world. Under this system, parties are allocated seats in proportion to the votes they get. In such a set-up no party in India can hope to get an absolute majority and that, itself, will act as a check on their negative influence on the polity.

— Omar Luther King Delhi

Congress’s kids

— Sangeeta On e-mail

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