Sad state of affairs: Letter to BS on Padmaavat release controversy

What a shame that anyone now can hold our democracy to ransom

This is with reference to “Fringe groups on the rampage ahead of Padmaavat release” (January 24). When the Supreme Court has cleared the all-India release of this controversial movie and even the censor board had cleared the movie with a few cuts, there is no way protesters should be allowed to damage public property like this. The current state of affairs is most unfortunate to say the least. These attackers who did not even spare a school bus and were armed with petrol bombs just shows the extent of damage they wanted to do. 

What a shame that anyone now can