• The serial blasts in Jaipur should be condemned by one and all. Those who turned the Pink City red must be found and punished. The criminality of the blasts is beyond words as Jaipur is the tourist capital of the country, with thousands of domestic and foreign tourists visiting the city every year. Those behind the blasts obviously kept the holiday season in mind as well as the IPL matches. Regular terrorist strikes are meant to destabilise the country and Indians should unite behind their government in dealing with the menace.

— S.N. Kabra

Mumbai

• The Jaipur blasts once again raise serious questions about the credibility and efficiency of our intelligence and security agencies. Jaipur is not India’s first instance of serial blasts in crowded places. Some people don’t seem to have learnt their lessons. Surely we will once again observe the ritual wait for some terrorist outfit to own up, preceded and followed by strong condemnations from our politicians.

India should shun this formulaic farce and devise an effective mechanism for preventing these incidents. A federal anti-terrorism squad equipped with state-of-the-art technology and arms, and a transnational jurisdiction, is the need of the hour. This squad or agency should work in tandem with all state intelligence organisations and central surveillance bodies. It should report to the National Security Council.

Although states may protest, since law and order is a state subject, terrorism is not state specific but a national reality.

— Hemant Kumar

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