Three Real Idiots
Posted : March 10, 2010 at 4:23 pm [IST]
The media reports refer the three-Lalu, Mulayam and Sharad as trinity, and troika. I call them the three real idiots. Many may not like it. But after reaching the peak, they, at least the two of them, are on the journey downhill. Why are they failing to guess the political currents? What worked for years will not work anymore to remain as political force.
Why should they allow their MPs to use all terrorist’s means to block the house proceedings? Can any sane person accept snatching the bill tabled from the chairman’s hands, tearing it into pieces and flinging it in air by the elected members of the house as democratic right of protest? Why couldn’t they participate and debate with reasoning instead of slogan shouting? Perhaps that is the only thing they can do well. How can any system allow just a group of 10 persons to obstruct the house proceedings like trade unionists? What happens if they go further and start burning the papers and furniture? Will that also be the democratic right? It appeared shocking to use 100 marshals to move them out in a democracy. But perhaps that is the only way the democracy can go on.
I am against all reservations. But I am excited about the women’s reservation bill. In one go, India will leapfrog many countries that were better off in women’s representation in their parliaments. I don’t wish to appear skeptics to expect any huge material gains out of it for the women folks or the girl child, or change in the political ethics, improvement in better house attendance or reduction in corruption.
I don’t know why their clan people keep on clinging to them, when they have seen the political power getting shared only by family members, be it in Bihar or UP. Lalu could replace himself only by his wife as chief minister in Bihar. He couldn’t find any better candidate in his party to be appointed as leader of opposition when he lost last assembly election. The eviction of Amar Singh from Mulayam’s party proved the importance of the views of his family members. How can they still hope to be considered as a national leader?
Let them remain content with the sycophants of the community that they claim to represent. I only wish they learn the call of changed time and use the leadership skills to the development of the region they represent.
It is important as they affect the image of the two important Hindi states with a great past.
Sharad Yadav is a minor player. I don’t know if he can pull on with Nitish, if he continues to be in company of the other two.
I wish the trio and even the Congress drops the politics of caste and community. The country can’t become globally competitive with reservation. It can only do that by developing a knowledge based society growing only on merit and education.
Will the politicians particularly of these states change their mindset?
- Indra
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