ASG's advice to the ED is timely, sensible. Agency must course-correct right away
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju's advice to the ED to exercise its power of arrest sparingly is timely, sensible. The agency has increasingly faced court rebukes, a spate of bail orders in high-profile cases, and negative public image of targetting opposition leaders selectively. ED must course-correct before it's too late.
Calling the slain Navy officer's wife an anti-national is appalling
The vilification of the slain Navy officer's wife, once the face of the Pahalgam tragedy, is appalling. Her appeal not to target Kashmiris or Muslims has made her a target, exposing hypocrisy of those who grieved with her. Calling her an 'anti-national' now only exposes their sympathy as political convenience.
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