<b>Editorial:</b> Let the rascals bloom

The issue here, as Ramadoss has been quick to point out to those asking for his resignation, is that it was Parliament that passed last year the amendments to the law governing AIIMS and the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. The amendments sought to limit the tenure of a director to five years, or the age of 65. If Parliament passed the Bill, which President Pratibha Patil was obliging enough to sign without murmur, surely an individual minister alone cannot be held responsible