Thank You Very Much, Mr. Akbar

October 16, 2018 15:26

"The same MJ Akbar, who once helped Narendra Modi garner a mien of respectability which, in turn, enabled the Gujarat chief minister to sell himself as a standard-bearer of good governance and clean politics, has now turned out to be damaged goods. Life often turns out to be unfair. Unsavoury pasts have a way of catching up with the present. But Akbar cannot be easily un-hugged. Only a few weeks ago he was being trotted out to assert that there was no "Uncle Quattrocchi' in the dubious Rafale business."

Harish Khare, on MJ Akbar and the creeping moral indifference at the highest level. Read the column here.

Image: Time to sweep the system clean, Mr Akbar?

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