Yesterday I saw a picture of an apparently forlorn Sonia Gandhi, a nonchalant Rahul standing next to her surrounded by CHAMCHAs (obsequious sidekicks) at a save democracy rally organised by the Congress party. It was protesting against BJP's indulgence in horse trading in Karnataka to break the state government. Congress is hell bent on saving at the last resort - literally so.
But this act of Congress simply reeks with hypocrisy. I am reminded of this Odia proverb - CHALUNI KAHUCHI CHHUNCHI KU TO GA**IRE GOTE KANA (The sieve accusing the needle of having a hole in its ass). It simply means the kettle calling the pot black.
Yes, BJP led by its henchman Man Friday Amit Shah is in full action to destabilize the Congress - JD (Whatever) Alliance in the Southern State. It will be hypocritical not to see it. This is no Rama Rajya (Utopia). A dozen or so MLAs are not just pissed off with their leaders and have gone into hiding inside a Hotel in Mumbai on their own. I bet a lot of money is changing hands and no prize for guessing who is behind this.
But Congress protesting to save democracy simply reeks of hypocrisy. One fine night, Rahul's great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru dismissed the first democratically elected Communist government in Kerala in 1957. His daughter Indira has least respect for Democratic institutions and was a champion of dismissing the opposition ruled state government at her whim. The Congress party under her perfected the art of AYAA RAAM GAYAA RAAM (Came Johnny, went Johnny) politics where opposition legislators would be bought, cash stuffed suitcases would change hands and governments toppled overnight using a pliable governor acting as a stooge of the Center.
In 1984 a few months before she was assassinated, Indira dismissed the duly elected government of Andhra Pradesh led by actor N T Rama Rao, forcing the later to resort into resort politics. He packed his MLAs to Bangalore, one of the handful of non Congress states in that time when the Grand Old Party of India ruled the roost. Arguably, it was the first instance of resort politics in India. Ironically the same state of Karnataka is now at the center of the ongoing histrionics.
Karnataka then was ruled Janata government of RK Hegde. Indira lost no time in trying to dislodge the government in Bangalore. Her local henchman Moily offered Rs.2 lakh or $20,000 (this might sound hilarious these days as junior level clerks in certain government positions easily make that much in a month when crores in Rupees, equivalent to millions of dollars are used to buy). An MLA recorded the conversation and delivered the audio cassette to the media. Indira Gandhi was smart to use her local acolytes to do the dirty jobs, then hands off and make them the fall guy if her best laid plans went wrong.
During my student days in REC (Now NIT) Rourkela, there was a conflict between two batches of students. A professor who used to be an alumni of our institute blamed it on the liquor and BHANG (Cannabis) culture - especially consumed during the Ganesh Puja immersion leading to the skirmishes. He was curtly reminded by my friend that it was their generation who started these unhealthy traditions and it's nothing but hypocrisy to blame it on the incumbent batches who were simply replicating a bad tradition.
Americans invented cars, but Japanese mastered the art of improvisation of the vehicles. BJP led by Amit Shah has not only learnt skill of Congress, but has perfected it to the next level. Sorry Congress - As you sow, so you reap. Your bad Karma is just catching up to you.
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