Shame on you Mr. Sitaram Yechury

With the limited English television access I have where I am, I was continuously searching for news on the cowardly Hyderabad blasts and the responses from Indian government and politicians. The Indian government has, as is usual, deplored the attacks, the BJP has called for stricter anti-terror laws (read POTA) but it was the response of Mr. Yechury from CPM that left me bewildered. Mr. Yechury has blamed the attack on the private security personnel incharge of guarding the Lumbini park. His comments went something like this "the attacks were a clear failure of intelligence and of the private securtiy agency, in charge of guarding the Lumbini park. As we have always been saying, we should not privatize security..."

Well said. So if I understand correctly, these ghastly attacks, where more than 40 people lost their lives, are nothing but an opportunity for CPM to underscore brownie points (with whom?). The attack is a happy coincidence for CPM to further its attacks against Manmohan Singh on issues of privatization though it happily does the same in its own states. But if Mr. Yechury really believes that privatizing the security is the main cause of intelligence failure then what about countless terrorism attacks in our country like on Parliament, in Bangalore, in Varanasi etc etc. After all, these places were not guarded by the inefficient private security agencies but efficient government security!

This is not to say that the private ones are better than the government ones. The point is CPM must stop furthering its own political agenda at times when terrorists are leaving no stone unturned to weaken India (India features the worst terrorist hit country after Iraq). Please Mr. Yechury, have some empathy for your own countrymen.