The Sengol episode
The ruling party in power at the Centre seems to have found a stick, in the shape of the Sengol, to beat the Congress with, politically. The concept of the Sengol is incompatible with the concept of a democratic form of government as it represents a system of monarchy or even autocracy. A political twist has been given to the Sengol episode (Inside pages, “Govt. claims of Sengol signifying transfer of power are manufactured lies: N. Ram”, June 1). Who knows; a succeeding government, in case there is a different political composition, may even decide that the rightful place for the Sengol may be elsewhere, and not inside the House.
V.N. Gopal,
