Worth giving a glance

Thursday, December 14, 2006 WORTH GIVING A GLANCE As Nirmalangshu Mukherji’s book December 13: Terror over Democracy reminds us, “The fact is, that there has never been a public inquiry into the attack on Parliament House. When we consider that the Members of Parliament had had a narrow escape, it is difficult to understand why no one, neither in the ruling coalition, nor in the opposition, thought there should be an immediate and deep-digging inquiry”. Given the grave outcome, it is natural to ask: who attacked the Parliament? What exactly was the conspiracy? How could the attackers nearly succeed in blowing up the building itself? The militants’ not only did not blow themselves up, they left behind a thick trail of unused arms and ammunition, mobile phones supposedly used during the attack, addresses, phone numbers, and many more similar clues. Unfortunately, there are no direct official answers to these questions since India never ordered a public inquiry or tabled a white paper on the topic. 10:35:28 AM Posted By Lesson Learner Comments (1) Politics Comments K.Venugopal Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:55:41 PM Who attacked the Parliament? Maybe Martians. Certainly not Pakistanis.