Sense and Sensibility: Didn’t Rajnath Need to Pause and Think?

Could Rajnath Singh have dealt with issues of Masarat Alam and India’s Daughter, better?

A week that began with the imbroglio over Hurriyat hardliner Masarat Alam’s release, gave way to further unrest with the nation expressing outrage over the knee-jerk ban on the BBC documentary ‘India’s Daughter’.

In both these episodes there is one common thread - the Home Ministry’s top boss, Rajnath Singh’s apparent inability to handle either situation with care and nuance. 

Alam’s Release: State or Central Matter?