Letter to BS: Manmohan should have shown spine post Rahul ordinance episode

This refers to your news report “Should I quit: Manmohan asked me after Rahul ordinance episode, says Montek”. In September 2013, the then Congress party vice-president Rahul Gandhi appeared at a press meet and dramatically rubbished an Ordinance, calling it “complete nonsense”. The Ordinance, to save convicted legislators from disqualification, was earlier cleared by the cabinet led by former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Following this public rebuke, if Singh had resigned, his stock would have gone up as a leader with a spine. Keeping quiet, albeit with a stiff upper lip, only strengthened the public perception that he was a