“My Dog Millie got better knowledge of foreign affairs than both these Bozoz”’ remarked Sr. Bush during his election campaign for the second term, referring to both his opponents – Bill Clinton the presidential candidate and Vice Presidential candidate Al Gore,.
Never in the history of American presidential election campaign were more ugly and filthy statements used by the contestants as it was done during the second term of Sr. Bush and by Bush only even questioning Clinton’s parentage. Though it was very insulting yet Clinton never retaliated by using Tit for Tat policy.
Clinton was the first American Scholar president having studied at Harward and at Oxford and as such he showed his intellectual wisdom to remain calm and cool. For this characteristic of his voters liked him and voted him and his partner to power while Bush went home with a resounding defeat. American voters by voting Clinton said that they did so because Clinton has cool temperament to face the difficult road ahead with calmness and coolness.
Sr. Bush fresh from the victory in the Gulf War thought he will easily defeat Clinton by attacking him personally but Clinton went on attacking Bush on issues especially on economic front. This strategy of Clinton was well accepted by the Americans who ultimately opted for Clinton with his partner Al Gore.
When Valente Sequeira from Candolim and the then Calangute MLA along with his other 5 MLA colleagues in mid- sixties defected from UG and joined Bandodkar’s MG, UG under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Jack Sequeira immediately following this defection organised a public meeting at Calangute Soccer ground where during his speech of condemnation of Valente, asked the Calangute constituents gathered in thousands for this meeting thus:
“Where is your Valente Sequeira gone now? Why you keep your silence on his defection? Go to his house and bring him out if he is hiding, by pulling his goatee beard”. This was very piercing and insulting statement made by Dr. Sequeira. And when asked why he used such a harsh language, replied the great doctor saying, “Valente’s defection is a harsh action and harsh action deserves harsh rebuttal”.
It is very common now for the corrupt and third grade Indian politicians especially during the election time to criticise their opponents with piercing personal insults. Instead of harping on Issues they harp on candidates’ personal affairs. This is what Narendra Modi is doing to Rahul Gandhi by calling him very mockingly and sarcastically in Hindi thus:“Are Rahul Babu, apku politics kya samazta?”
Another top politician of Samazwadi Party called Narendra Modi as “Tea Vendor” and as such he is not fit to be the Premier of India. Narendra Modi retaliated by telling the country’s poor that this is a personal insult to them as well and asked them to show their solidarity by being with Modi.
I disapprove of the statement of Samazwadi Party leader but coming from the poor background I will never support Narendra Modi and will never show my solidarity with him in the coming election. Narendra Modi’s communalism in Gujarat was an insult to the poor who did not approve of his communal politics. I coming from poor background and millions like me condemn the “Tea Vendor” statement but still oppose Modi because like a “goonda”he created crimes against Muslims in Gujarat.
Such a criminal politician will never make a good Premier of India and as such he and his BJP party should be punished in the hustings especially by the voters coming from poor background because Modi brought bad name to the poor in India by acting communal. Overwhelming majority of the Muslims killed in Gujarat were poor. I show my solidarity with them and not with criminal Narendra Modi.
As a matter of fact to become somebody big in life one need not necessarily come from elite family background and doing elite work Abraham Lincoln the then president of USA was coming from low family background doing the family work of Wood Cutting and finally where he reached? He attained the highest peak in USA.
Narendra Modi’s low family background and the work of a “Tea Vendor” should not be a hindrance for him to reach to the post of premiership but his “goondagiri”, roughness and rudeness associated with thick communalism should deny him the attaining of premiership of India. India’s image in the world will suffer if such a man is elevated to the post of premiership. He is not a decent man nor an intellectual giant enjoying dignified respect from the world leaders.
He is very arrogant and still keeping his silence on the killings of Muslims in Gujarat. Still he is not repenting for what he has done for Muslims in Gujarat and as such he is proving himself that he was not changed in his attitude towards communalism, neither he is apologetic for what he did. Indian voters must demand an apology from him and a promise that he will never raise the issue of Ayodya again and will never do anything that hurts the sentiments of Muslims in particular and other minorities in general.
According to what I noticed till now, the coming election will be fought not on Issue basis but on personal attack basis. Congress ruled India but refrained from enacting good laws to change the corrupt system when power was with them for about 4 decades uninterrupted. Even to enact Anti-defection law Indira Gandhi had to be assassinated to replace young progressive Rajiv Gandhi to make him a way to enact this law though it was not a complete one but something is better than nothing otherwise "Aya Ram and Gaya Ram" system would be still existing in India as it was happening earlier. Congress Party was one of the beneficiaries of this system "Aya Ram and Gaya Ram".
Nehru’s Congress government since independence in 1947 followed many of the Soviet Russia’s laws except one, that is“Right to Work” which was the fundamental right there but to do the same in India Nehru and his Congress party had no wisdom. Indian leaders have no knowledge and wisdom to create avenues for employment for this reason best of manpower in India remain unemployed and simply rotting or working as slaves in other countries.
There are no laws still banning tainted persons from contesting election for this reason corrupt people are entering parliament and robbing the nation’s wealth for themselves and for their families while major portion of Indian populace suffer. The whole problem in India is that Indian system is corrupt thereby encouraging corruption and this has to be changed by enacting good laws without keeping any loopholes. Which party can promise to do this? And which person will question the national leaders about this when the leaders come for campaigning at the door step of the voters?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.