Saturday, April 7, 2018

Is this our new generation political leadership?

There has been an enthusiastic appeal from almost all quarters that the older generation must give way to the new in the changing political scenario of the country. It's reasonable because dynamic changes and the seamless transformation from the old to the new, cements the robustness of the existent political system. In India, too, this change has become inevitable and already, the political parties are making a sincere endeavour to herald this change.

In political discourses, especially during the hustings, one political leader tries to diminish his opponents with his oratory covering the aspects as to what he'd do if elected. It's a battle of ideology and never on personal lines; but having said that character flaws, corruption and evidences to prove misdemeanour of any kind against an individual would snowball towards his ultimate removal from the scene which is but a natural catharsis!

It's this well known tradition that was broken by the dalit leader from Gujarat, Jignesh Mewani, during one of his election rallies at Chitradurga - for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka. His call for, "disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's electoral rallies by throwing chairs and resorting to violent means for not being able to provide jobs", is uncalled for and unpardonable!

Firstly, to my mind, a comparative youngster like him sounds dangerously venomous and seems to carry the same baggage that he and his cohorts accuse their seniors to be burdened with! What is his political base? Why is he quiet on his vision for the country? Or is he still smarting from the stinging defeat that the combined opposition - of which he was a member - had been served by the Prime Minister and his party during the Gujarat Assembly elections?

My take.  

I'm all for fresh faces in our political scenario. With their induction, it's my fond hope that the muck racked politics of today would be replaced with one that would have the stamp of their idealism and vision which would herald the much needed change, with a touch of refreshing candour. We need guys who're forward thinking, without the unnecessary baggage of the past, who'd give an impetus to a strong, vibrant India that has superpower status!


Tailpiece.

People like Jignesh Mewani must be brought to book, at the earliest, as he doesn't have any right to spread malice among the public. We do not need characters like him to vitiate the atmosphere.

PS.
We've once again shown our weakness to celebrities, allowing them to get an upper hand despite their highly unlawful activities. Consider Salman Khan getting a bail just after being in jail for two days, against a five year term, by fast tracking judicial processes. Can an ordinary citizen aspire for such judicial niceties?

   

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