Letters to The Editor — May 17, 2025

Right stance

India’s Defence Minister is right in his demand that the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan should be brought under the watch of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Page 1, May 16). A country that uses the threat of ‘nuclear blackmail’ cannot be trusted to be restrained under any circumstances. A country with a state policy of nurturing and exporting cross-border terrorism makes this a situation that is all the more dangerous.

Kosaraju Chandramouli,

Hyderabad

Presidential Reference

The developments around the Supreme Court’s ‘timelines’ to Governors and the President while dealing with State Bills, show that the intent of the Centre is to not let go of its stranglehold on States, thus gagging a healthy federal set up in the country (“Stalin calls out Presidential Reference to top court on timeline to act on State Bills”, May 16).

In fact, the top court has only provided a safety valve in its verdict to ease the pressure arising out of growing stalemates between some Governors and certain States.

Ayyasseri Raveendranath,

Aranmula, Kerala