Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and the others of their generation have an advantage of their comparative youthfulness against the landscape of the ongoing Assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh. With their forward outlook and the achievements of the Akhilesh government over the past five years, they could have easily struck a dignified campaign during the elections and carried the voters along.
Instead, what are we witnessing? Name calling and the lowest form of exchanges! Why do the young politicians employ the same tactics as that of their seniors, which I'm sure, they'd have loathed when they entered politics and I thought, made a promise to themselves that they wouldn't indulge in them when their turn came? The sad thing is that the situation on the ground has become more vicious.
So, why're they indulging in such low level tactics? It needs to be understood:-
(a) Are the observations of the Prime Minister, regarding the ground situation in UP after five
years of Akhilesh's rule, the reality that it has started to singe him and his allies?
(b) Which also means that he has nothing very much to show as achievements!
(c) Making fun of the Prime Minister and his party, therefore, comes handy.
What he seems to have forgotten is that he's gone down in the eyes of many by upstaging his father in the run up to the elections. By ridiculing the PM's observations and calling him names, he's frittering away the remaining goodwill of the people.
What saddens me is that the youngsters who joined politics have not taken the resolve to right most of the wrong prevalent practices in politics, practised and handed over to them by their predecessors!
Tailpiece.
The investigation of the 'actress molestation' case has begun in right earnest. The prime accused, meanwhile, gave the slip to the police yesterday at Ambalappuzha! The suggestion that the mastermind of the ugly incident could be the sons of a prominent politician, along with a senior actor, could make things difficult for the investigating team. Let's hope that the truth doesn't get compromised and the guilty is brought to book, forthwith!
Instead, what are we witnessing? Name calling and the lowest form of exchanges! Why do the young politicians employ the same tactics as that of their seniors, which I'm sure, they'd have loathed when they entered politics and I thought, made a promise to themselves that they wouldn't indulge in them when their turn came? The sad thing is that the situation on the ground has become more vicious.
So, why're they indulging in such low level tactics? It needs to be understood:-
(a) Are the observations of the Prime Minister, regarding the ground situation in UP after five
years of Akhilesh's rule, the reality that it has started to singe him and his allies?
(b) Which also means that he has nothing very much to show as achievements!
(c) Making fun of the Prime Minister and his party, therefore, comes handy.
What he seems to have forgotten is that he's gone down in the eyes of many by upstaging his father in the run up to the elections. By ridiculing the PM's observations and calling him names, he's frittering away the remaining goodwill of the people.
What saddens me is that the youngsters who joined politics have not taken the resolve to right most of the wrong prevalent practices in politics, practised and handed over to them by their predecessors!
Tailpiece.
The investigation of the 'actress molestation' case has begun in right earnest. The prime accused, meanwhile, gave the slip to the police yesterday at Ambalappuzha! The suggestion that the mastermind of the ugly incident could be the sons of a prominent politician, along with a senior actor, could make things difficult for the investigating team. Let's hope that the truth doesn't get compromised and the guilty is brought to book, forthwith!
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