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From: pal@crystal.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: India news bulletins - tortures and torturers
Message-ID: <11@crystal.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 13:14:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 13:14:11 1985
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Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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In article <1228@mit-vax.UUCP> oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) writes:
> In article <29@sbcs.UUCP> mohan@sbcs.UUCP (Chilukuri K. Mohan) writes:
> 
> >	 Governors Moved Around
> >
> >	II. Punjab's governor Arjun Singh has been
> >     [........]
> >	Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
> 
>     In the preceding bulletin (11/20/85) it was mentioned that Amnesty
> International singled out the governments of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh 
> for accusations of torture on an administrative basis.
>     Apparently, such accusations do not hurt these gentlemen's careers.

I doubt that the governors had much to do with torture.  In India,
the post of governor is largely ceremonial (as is the post of president).
It is the chief minister who really runs the show, and should be the person
to point fingers at.

Anil A. Pal
U. of Wisconsin Madison

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