The Hindu Offence as defence

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Offence as defence: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi has used a college debater's trick to attack the Opposition's demand for a proper investigation into the 2G telecom spectrum scandal. She has set up an Aunt Sally by equating their call with the act of denigrating the sanctity of the institution of Prime Minister in particular. The irony is that it is the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government that is weakening the institutional foundations of good governance in the country. First, the principle of Cabinet accountability was given the heave-ho by allowing a telecom Minister to run a freelance spectrum allocation policy despite the objections of several Ministries and of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself. Secondly, as the Supreme Court of India has noted, the supposedly independent Central Bureau of Investigation has allowed its investigative responsibilities to be compromised by political considerations — as its actions, and in particular the much-delayed searches in this case, show."