Five must-read stories—February 17

Demonetisation is going to hurt the BJP very badly, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi says that India’s institutions are under attack from the RSS and the BJP and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is not open to ideas or listening to people. Gandhi tells The Hindu that Akhilesh Yadav has good intentions and has an open mind. The idea behind the alliance was to create a younger alternative for Uttar Pradesh.

Bajaj calls demonetisation spade a spade: 'Idea itself wrong'

Rajiv Bajaj, managing director of two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto, on Thursday suggested that the idea of demonetisation itself was wrong, becoming the first industrialist to stray from the beaten track of blaming implementation while lauding the Prime Minister's "big idea", reports The Telegraph.

Late CM Pul: Two former topmost legal heads took ₹64 Cr bribes

Arunachal Pradesh’s late Chief Minister Kalikho Pul has named in his suicide note two former topmost legal officials for accepting bribes in the crores in exchange for decisions in cases related to financial scandals in his state, says The Quint.

Nagaland women’s quota row fallout: MLAs want CM Zeliang out

The long-running women’s quota row in Nagaland threatens to cost chief minister TR Zeliang his post as an overwhelming majority of lawmakers in his Naga People’s Front (NPF) wants him out, reports The Hindustan Times.

Samsung chief Lee arrested as South Korean corruption probe deepens

Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee was arrested early on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal rocking the highest levels of power in South Korea, dealing a fresh blow to the world's biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips. A Reuters report in The Hindu.