Is Pratibha Patil the right choice for President?
When Pratibha Patil was chosen by the UPA-Left combined a week ago the Congress said she was a candidate who exemplified honesty and decency in public life. The last 48 hours there is now a question mark on the issue of property. Reacting to the charges against Patil, Singhvi said, “I think there is no question mark at all. If you have a set of facts which are unrelated and do not convert to any conclusion it does not become a question mark. There are three sets of allegations. One of course I leave aside the criminal part. The next two you raised are the bank issues – the co-operative society issue.””Here is a person who resigned as director and chairman well before she became even governor of Rajasthan. 76 societies of a similar kind are sick in Maharashtra. 26 of them have been issued notices under the securitisation act. No single notice to her no personal guarantee, ” he added. But she was the founder president of that co-operative. She took the loan in 1994, the loan was taken fr
