LK Advani’s apology to Sonia Gandhi was something he absolutely owed her and he did the right thing by tendering it promptly. It raised the heckles of the BJP leaders because they were not given the time to spin the justifications for the baseless allegations they hurled at Gandhis, dead and alive. The apology would have sounded more sincere if Advani had not faulted her for not denying the charges when there were murmurs that her and her family’s names may be mentioned in the Task Force report. A man of Advani’s stature and experience should understand that it is not necessary for a leader to keep on reacting to all possible irresponsible insinuations and mud-slinging.
Dr Mookhi Amir
Mumbai, M.S