Defence Unguarded

The recent assault of a senior and otherwise respected political leader like Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and that too by suspected supporters of his own political party, only goes to underline the sorry state of the state's opposition, willing to vent their grudges against each other in public, that too when the civic polls are knocking at the doors. On a wider scale, the incident is also a pointer at the present sorry state of integrity within the hundred and twenty years old political party which now happens to be the leading stakeholder of the country's ruling opposition. Also, one wonders how the miscreants could so manhandle the person who happens to be the country's Defence Minister. There is no reason why one should not be sceptical about the efficiency of the security personnel.