I though younger politicians had more sense, I was so wrong

I happened to catch this on television and I found it shocking. I just could not wait to pour my feelings at the earliest. I thought the younger set of politicians could provide us a glimmer of hope of a united India which together fights hard to eradicate: corruption, poverty, illiteracy, illhealth.

Unfortunately, Varun Gandhi doesn't provide such a ray of hope, rather he spells disaster for India.. Apparantely, the BJP has not tutored Varun Gandhi (son of Menaka Gandhi) on these lines, as they also appear quite taken aback by his outrageous behavior. Maneka Gandhi, his mother, is a staunch supporter of animal rights and non violence, how could he then turn out to be so "violent"? Guess, votes matter and anything else can be thrown out of the window.

He wants only the Hindu's to stay here and the Muslims to go to Pakistan. I would like to tell Varun Gandhi that India is my country as much as it is his. Go back and read the Constitution of India.

The Preamble states:
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;

Did Rabindranath Tagore have an inkling of how our politicians could drive us to doom, when he wrote Gitanjali?

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

It is quite sad. The dance of democracy is getting mukier day by day. I do hope the Election Commission takes steps to ensure that we do not end up doing more harm to ourselves during this democratic process, than good.

I know this is a strong emotional post, but this is exactly how I feel about it. Having been a journalist for sometime I have known leaders in all political parties - be they from the BJP or the Congress. These leaders sure need to tutor the irresponsible members of their party. We need true leaders today, we don't need trouble makers and vote grabbers.

Perhaps the other youngesters like Rahul Gandhi (Congress party), Milind Deora (Congress party) Sachin Pilot (Congress party), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Congress party) Mavendra Singh (BJP), Omair Abdullah, current CM of Jammu & Kashmir, will prove to be better Indians? One can only hope.

Addition made to this post on March 29: In a bid to become a hero Varun surrendered at the police station in his constituency. His mother, Maneka made a hue and cry of how a Muslim policeman (who was not even in the vicinity and had been transferred elsewhere to avoid controversy) shooted at the crowd. Yes, the police forces did have to fire in the air to control an unruly mob, since Varun was not seen telling them to maintain peace and harmony. Click here for the news update.

Politics is only getting dirtier. Sad.


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