Friday, March 24, 2006

Boomerang!

Mark Twain once said - 'Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.' This holds true for our Congress party as well.

And this was not said by Mark Twain - 'Those who dig pit for others, fall themselves inside."

It may appear(or made to appear) to be another sacrificial gesture by the once again 'victimized' Sonia Gandhi, but no my not-so-dear congressmen, I, and most of the countrymen who are not congressmen, refuse to buy it.

Now we all know, Gandhis' animosity towards Bachhans has been there long since, but add to that the closeness between latter and Mulayam brigade, and this animosity breaches new heights.

Resultantly, in another ill-advised step, this Jaya Bachhan controversy was raked up. If Sonia Gandhi were to be shrewd, or rather I should say intelligent, she should have peeked inside her own Gireybaan first.

As if that wasn't enough, there was another ill-advised step - that is adjourning Lok Sabha sine die, and hastening to pass an ordinance in order to save her skin. And we thought it was a democracy ?

If Abhishek Singhvi is to be believed, this is all under the law. But then we should also remember that aforementioned Mark Twain quote! Former Solicitor General Soli Sohrabjee clearly says that this all but not law especially when some very important bills were yet to be passed.

If this was to be a sacrifice, then a person surrendering to court after getting issued a non-bailable warrant will be an example of supreme sacrifice. Hadn't she resigned, she would have been kicked out anyway, so where is the sacrifice and victimization. This is nothing but a face saving exercise.

But again this exercise of public resignation has lost its novelty now. Last time, it was unique when she refused the Prime Ministership(and in a way accepted extra constitutional Super Prime Ministership), and there was an impact. But it got repetitive, hence lost the punch.

Clearly idiots like Gurudas Kamat, and other sycophants in Congress are bad news for India. This is taking us back to days of idol worship which was prevalent at the time of late Indira Gandhi.

Idol worship of extreme kind still exists with likes of Jayalalitha and Mayawati, but luckily they are just fringe players.

All in all, when the hunter became hunted, the moral of the story will be - Jinkey Ghar Sheeshey Ke Hotey Hain, Woh Doosron Par Paththar Nahin Phainktey!
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