School friends have full faith in Gordhan as he stands ‘at the crossroads’
Pravin Gordhan’s former schoolmates have his back. The finance minister — who has recently been charged with fraud — is set to deliver his medium-term budget policy statement in Parliament on Wednesday. There has been widespread support for Gordhan in recent weeks as he faces political upheaval. And his classmates from Sastri College, a former all-Indian boys’ school, have expressed "unwavering confidence" in the very "quiet boy" with whom they matriculated in 1967. Medical doctor Dawood Bobat’s message to Gordhan is: "Dear Pravin. You are now at the crossroad of your political career. Looking back to our high school days‚ I vividly remember your passion to speak for the downtrodden and the exploitation of the capitalist system. Sadly, our comrades have a different spin on this matter. If you had been an MP in Britain‚ I am sure you would have received a knighthood." In a statement in October‚ Sastri College alumni expressed disgust at the police and the prosecution’s indecisiveness...
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