ThePrint investigation into Goa ministers, MLAs having business interests in tourism and the state’s delayed response to Covid’s second wave exposes a worrying conflict of interest. Protecting lives and livelihoods is a difficult balance. But no justification is acceptable if lawmakers put personal business interests above the larger public good.
Suspension not enough. Chhattisgarh IAS officer should be fired, else it’ll be a travesty
The Chhattisgarh IAS officer’s suspension isn’t enough punishment for slapping a hapless citizen visiting his ailing relative. A blot on service, he should, instead, be fired under the Constitution’s Article 311. But given how the civil services protect their own, he may escape when pressure eases. It’ll be a travesty.
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