Cowardly abdication of responsibility in Karnataka
The Chief Ministers statement that the parents of people going to pubs should be responsible for their welfare was not only shocking but points to the cowardly impotence of the Government – all the more tragic as it is a BJP government in power. This party is supposed to be modern, forward looking and for the middle classes and they are the guys who are running away with their tail between their legs when a fringe right wing faction of their ilk decides to gain some publicity. Instead of treating this as a routine law and order problem and slamming the jerks into jail – we have the courts release them and the sensation hungry media running after them to showcase and publicize their views! I think the media is more worried about TRP’s than in balanced reporting of newsworthy items! If the government is going to abdicate it’s responsibility on protecting the public from hooligans and ask the parents of the victims to do their job, then I do not see any reason why the tax payers money sho...