I am responding to a letter written by Emile Mervin in KN (Aug 27) claiming that Vishnu Bisram has been retained by the PPP government to defend it.  Let it be known that the government has not hired Vishnu Bisram for any tasks, least of all relating to the 2011 elections.  On numerous occasions, I penned (most recently on Tuesday in GC and KN) letters indicating I have serious issues with the PPP administration.  It appears that Mervin has now joined Freddie Kissoon makings claims, assertions and allegations without evidence and that are untruthful.  Mervin and Freddie are hoping that if they pen lies about me, they will succeed in destroying my reputation as an independent pollster thereby putting me out of commission for 2011. These chaps are operating from a willful strategic plan that will fail because people are seeing through their scheme of operation.

Mervin writes:  “… Persaud appears to be the latest addition (Prem Misir and Vishnu Bisram are already on board) to the growing list of writers retained by the Government to defend its indefensible image in the run up to the 2011 elections”.

Does he have any evidence that Bisram is retained by the government?  This claim is a figment of Mervin’s vivid imagination. 

I am not an operative for any entity. Mervin is an exceptional writer and some of his analyses are quite good. But he will destroy these credentials if he wants to be like Freddie making claims that are illogical, irrational and without merit. Unless Mervin has substantive evidence, he should not make false claims and illogical assertions and deductions.
VISHNU BISRAM