Ever since the bringing down of a couple of Lenin's statues in Tripura - post announcement of the election results - there has been news about the vandalisation of the statues of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee(Calcutta), Dr.Ambedkar(Meerut), EV Ramaswamy Naicker(Madras) and Mahatma Gandhi(Taliparamba, Kerala). These acts seem to have been carried out by miscreants/anti-social elements - it has to be surmised - with the blessings of certain political parties. The culprits are easy to find by ascertaining as to which party gets the maximum mileage out of all these shenanigans.
Having been bested by Narendra Modi in all departments of the political game, there seems to be a concerted effort to show him in bad light by whipping up a state of anarchy within the country. Or am I unnecessarily reading things that are non existent? Consider these factors:-
(a) Telengana's K Chandrashekhar Rao's moves to make a national alternative to both the BJP and
the Congress. How he has assumed that he'd turn out to be a national leader, acceptable to
everyone, beats me. His dictatorial tendencies within his state is no secret.
(b) Mamata Banerjee's endorsement to such a move and her efforts to rope in Naveen Patnaik of
Orissa and the Shiv Sena have been going on for a while. Is she perceiving herself to be a
national leader acceptable to one and all?
(c) The fiercest political enemies, Samajwadi party and the Bahujan Samaj party coming together
in the upcoming Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha bypolls in UP.
(d) K Chandrashekhar Rao embracing Owaisi and announcing that Rahul Gandhi, as an
opposition candidate against Narendra Modi, was not acceptable to them for the general
elections of '19.
(e) Desperate calls for the communist parties to forge a grand opposition alliance for the purpose.
Certain other connected happenings are:-
(a) More and more murky details surfacing in the INX Media and the Aircel-Maxis cases,
tightening the noose around Karti Chidambaram.
(b) P Chidambaram's role in promoting his son's interests getting unearthed every day.
(c) Raghuram Rajan's statement that he'd issued warnings to P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi
about diamond merchant, Nirav Modi's shenanigans.
My take.
- Vandalising/destroying statues of anyone is bad, be it that of Lenin, EVR, Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar or Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. They're monuments and are to be treated with respect. Those who indulge in such churlish actions are only betraying their narrow mindset!
- The opposition, if it wants to have a combined front against Narendra Modi, do so and fight him
politically with the alternatives that they propose for the good of the country.
And how's Sonia Gandhi so sure of not letting BJP to come back to power in '19?
Tailpiece.
1. The heat has gone up to miserable levels. The water in our well has receded to the 6th rung - there are three more remaining - and it's only the beginning of March. There are predictions about water scarcity in the state, a situation that was unthinkable about 20 years back! Global warming has, indeed, reached our backyard!!
2. Today was the last day of the annual festivities of the Guruvayur temple. Went for a 'parikrama' of the Guruvayur temple on the outer ring road, after 2000 hrs for about an hour in Anto's auto rickshaw, to have a feel of the festivities. The entire area was decorated with festoons, arches and multi-coloured lights; the premises thronged with people! Earlier, in the morning, Lekha had gone for a 'darshan' along with her assistant, Preetha.
3. Anto also showed us the photograph of his would-be-son-in-law......the wedding is gonna be solemnised this December.
Having been bested by Narendra Modi in all departments of the political game, there seems to be a concerted effort to show him in bad light by whipping up a state of anarchy within the country. Or am I unnecessarily reading things that are non existent? Consider these factors:-
(a) Telengana's K Chandrashekhar Rao's moves to make a national alternative to both the BJP and
the Congress. How he has assumed that he'd turn out to be a national leader, acceptable to
everyone, beats me. His dictatorial tendencies within his state is no secret.
(b) Mamata Banerjee's endorsement to such a move and her efforts to rope in Naveen Patnaik of
Orissa and the Shiv Sena have been going on for a while. Is she perceiving herself to be a
national leader acceptable to one and all?
(c) The fiercest political enemies, Samajwadi party and the Bahujan Samaj party coming together
in the upcoming Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha bypolls in UP.
(d) K Chandrashekhar Rao embracing Owaisi and announcing that Rahul Gandhi, as an
opposition candidate against Narendra Modi, was not acceptable to them for the general
elections of '19.
(e) Desperate calls for the communist parties to forge a grand opposition alliance for the purpose.
Certain other connected happenings are:-
(a) More and more murky details surfacing in the INX Media and the Aircel-Maxis cases,
tightening the noose around Karti Chidambaram.
(b) P Chidambaram's role in promoting his son's interests getting unearthed every day.
(c) Raghuram Rajan's statement that he'd issued warnings to P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi
about diamond merchant, Nirav Modi's shenanigans.
My take.
- Vandalising/destroying statues of anyone is bad, be it that of Lenin, EVR, Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar or Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. They're monuments and are to be treated with respect. Those who indulge in such churlish actions are only betraying their narrow mindset!
- The opposition, if it wants to have a combined front against Narendra Modi, do so and fight him
politically with the alternatives that they propose for the good of the country.
And how's Sonia Gandhi so sure of not letting BJP to come back to power in '19?
Tailpiece.
1. The heat has gone up to miserable levels. The water in our well has receded to the 6th rung - there are three more remaining - and it's only the beginning of March. There are predictions about water scarcity in the state, a situation that was unthinkable about 20 years back! Global warming has, indeed, reached our backyard!!
2. Today was the last day of the annual festivities of the Guruvayur temple. Went for a 'parikrama' of the Guruvayur temple on the outer ring road, after 2000 hrs for about an hour in Anto's auto rickshaw, to have a feel of the festivities. The entire area was decorated with festoons, arches and multi-coloured lights; the premises thronged with people! Earlier, in the morning, Lekha had gone for a 'darshan' along with her assistant, Preetha.
3. Anto also showed us the photograph of his would-be-son-in-law......the wedding is gonna be solemnised this December.
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