Few days ago, I saw a clarification made by Rahul Gandhi on his Khadi remark made earlier at the executive meeting of Congress party. This was not the first time when Rahul was facing this situation. Since the day when he entered in active politics controversies have always surrounded him. He has been the target of leaders from other parties or at times even from his own party leaders. So, is Rahul the person who creates controversies or it is just that he is the soft target??
After leaving his regular job of financial consultant in UK, Rahul returned India in 1999. In the 1999 general parliamentary election he appeared alongside his mother in the election campaign. But, still that time it was not very clear that when will he become the part of active politics?Later he became the member of Congress party and then contested the election form Amethi parliamentary constituency in 2004 and currently representing Amethi as an MP. He joined politics and moreover Congress party during a period when it was going through its worst time. But, since the day he became the part of Indian political system a long run debate has started. He has always been questioned about his capabilities. Some people just expected a miracle from him while others were busy flashing his failures and mistakes. Were this all hypes because he was the son of former Indian prime minister and moreover the fifth generation person from a family which has ruled independent India for more than thirty years? All these tags which Rahul was carrying since his birth have certainly helped in entering and rising in Indian politics very fast but at the same time because of these tags he has always been surrounded by critics and controversies.
If some unconfirmed news are to be believed then Rahul has paid really a heavy price to become the part of Indian politics. His split from his long time Columbian girlfriend Juvenita was the huge cost he paid to be in Indian politics as suggested by his mother Sonia Gandhi. He did this in order to avoid controversies but even this price proved of very little use in keeping him away from controversies. Some of these controversies were of such nature that Rahul could have hardly help himself.
One controversy started with a cheap remark on Rahul by Gujrat chief minister in an election campaign. By calling Rahul "the hybrid bachra of jersy cow" Modi has crossed all the limits of cheap political publicity stunt. But, was this controversy making any sense or it was just made to check the temperament of an aspiring young politician who has hardly experienced the muddy and dirty roads of Indian politics? Before making such remarks Modi must have thought about its validity. If Rajeev Gandhi opted to marry a foreign lady then what was wrong in this? If Rahul's mother is of non-Indian origin so, what unconstitutional scenario does it create? Modi must have feel ashamed on him by making such irresponsible statement.
Another major controversy came in picture during March 2005, when a PIL was filed by a group of lawyers in Allahabad high court to set up a formal inquiry in Rahul encounters with FBI almost four years ago. Following are the reports from TOI.
Rahul's $0.2 mn encounter with FBI
8 Mar 2005, 2043 hrs IST, IANS
LUCKNOW: A suit has been filed in the high court here seeking information about the alleged detention of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and his Colombian girlfriend by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001. The petition, filed by four lawyers, is likely to be heard Wednesday.
According to the public interest litigation, Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and his companion were released after being detained at Boston airport following the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office.
At that time, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Indian prime minister and Gandhi was not a member of the Lok Sabha. "Vajpayee's principal secretary and then national security adviser Brajesh Misra spoke to top US authorities to enable Rahul Gandhi and his girlfriend to get away," claimed Prem Chandra Sharma, who moved the court along with three others.
Sharma claimed to have gathered this information through the Internet and said he had downloaded certain documents to substantiate his allegations. The petition alleged that Gandhi was found in illegal possession of about $200,000. And it was in that connection that the FBI had detained him along with his girlfriend Sep 21, 2001.
The FBI was said to have sought an explanation about Gandhi's possession of such a huge amount of money, which he was unable to provide, the petition said. The petition sought a writ of mandamus to the Indian ambassador to the US as well as the union home secretary to make a disclosure about the entire episode.
After this date this episode never came in limelight again. Don't know what was the real case??
The real test started during the UP state assembly elections earlier this year. It was wellknown for a long that in UP the condition of Congress party was worse than ever this time. Despite the fact that there were many complex fundamental problems were the reason behind the party's current condition many congress party leader were expecting miracles from Rahul. They were thinking that by projecting Rahul as the face of Congress in assembly election they can overturn the party's fate in a short span of months. but, was this expectation of magical change (jaadoo) in this real world was justifiable? After all Rahul is not a superman, he is also a normal human being. On the other hand the leaders from other parties who were busy in relating the failure of Congress party in the UP election to Rahul's political capabilities should have thought rationally.
How the failure of a party as a whole can be related to a newcomer of politics? That also at a time when party is already going through lean patch, the overall political landscape of the nation has taken a major shift and the just the charisma of Nehru-Gandhi family was no more enough to win an election. Again Rahul was victimized for none of his mistakes.
During the UP election campaign itself, Rahul's statement at a rally created another major controversy. This time it was something which Rahul has given birth to. He made a statement mentioning that Babri demolition would not have happened if anyone from Nehru-Gandhi family have been in the power. By making this statement he undermined his own party great leader and former prime minister P.V. Narsimha Rao's capabilities. Also, he forgot the very basic fact that India is a democratic nation. It is another story that his family has ruled this nation most of the time in post independence era but that doesn't change the India's status as a democratic nation. by making this statement he was not helping his party. In fact he was attacking his own party's failure. He also quoted the division of Pakistan as one of the achievements of Nehru-Gandhi family. Again he didn't realize the sensitivity of this issue. He also forgot that this kind of statements may lead to communal vote-bank shift. These statements created a major controversy this time with people from opposition and from his own party questioning these remarks. This time Rahul's political immaturity was uncovered and he had to face its consequences.
The most recent controversy was something that doesn't make any sense. In the Congress executive committee meeting Rahul has asked for major reforms in party's charter. He raised the points which are genuine and practical in nature. He questioned the validity of few code of conducts mentioned in the party's charter. Wearing Khadi all the times, abstain from taking alcohol and perhaps land ceiling and a few more code of conducts were under the scrutiny. By raising these points Rahul tried to be more practical and realistic. But he was forgetting that we live in a gernotocratic country where people are not ready to easily accept reforms instead they were happy in carrying legacy. The time when these conducts would have been introduced these were making sense. But, change and reform is inevitable. But, a nation as a whole we are very much allergic to change and reforms. So, again a progressive statement made by this young man created hue and cry inside his own party. Finally, he retracted from his statement or moreover tried to cool down the situation by making the statement that he has found Khadi as the most comfortable dress to wear and he never made any such statements regarding removal of Khadi from Congress party's code of conduct. Clearly it was an act of damage control.
Rahul has climbed the steps of political ladder of Indian politics very fast though not as comparable to his father, because of his family and a number of trusted followers of his family in the party. But, because of this Gandhi-Nehru tag has made the public life of Rahul much more vulnerable to controversies. It is not always the case that he creates controversy instead he is made the soft target. But, Rahul has to learn to face these controversies boldly and to rise in the Indian politics with all these misfortunes.
After leaving his regular job of financial consultant in UK, Rahul returned India in 1999. In the 1999 general parliamentary election he appeared alongside his mother in the election campaign. But, still that time it was not very clear that when will he become the part of active politics?Later he became the member of Congress party and then contested the election form Amethi parliamentary constituency in 2004 and currently representing Amethi as an MP. He joined politics and moreover Congress party during a period when it was going through its worst time. But, since the day he became the part of Indian political system a long run debate has started. He has always been questioned about his capabilities. Some people just expected a miracle from him while others were busy flashing his failures and mistakes. Were this all hypes because he was the son of former Indian prime minister and moreover the fifth generation person from a family which has ruled independent India for more than thirty years? All these tags which Rahul was carrying since his birth have certainly helped in entering and rising in Indian politics very fast but at the same time because of these tags he has always been surrounded by critics and controversies.
If some unconfirmed news are to be believed then Rahul has paid really a heavy price to become the part of Indian politics. His split from his long time Columbian girlfriend Juvenita was the huge cost he paid to be in Indian politics as suggested by his mother Sonia Gandhi. He did this in order to avoid controversies but even this price proved of very little use in keeping him away from controversies. Some of these controversies were of such nature that Rahul could have hardly help himself.
One controversy started with a cheap remark on Rahul by Gujrat chief minister in an election campaign. By calling Rahul "the hybrid bachra of jersy cow" Modi has crossed all the limits of cheap political publicity stunt. But, was this controversy making any sense or it was just made to check the temperament of an aspiring young politician who has hardly experienced the muddy and dirty roads of Indian politics? Before making such remarks Modi must have thought about its validity. If Rajeev Gandhi opted to marry a foreign lady then what was wrong in this? If Rahul's mother is of non-Indian origin so, what unconstitutional scenario does it create? Modi must have feel ashamed on him by making such irresponsible statement.
Another major controversy came in picture during March 2005, when a PIL was filed by a group of lawyers in Allahabad high court to set up a formal inquiry in Rahul encounters with FBI almost four years ago. Following are the reports from TOI.
Rahul's $0.2 mn encounter with FBI
8 Mar 2005, 2043 hrs IST, IANS
LUCKNOW: A suit has been filed in the high court here seeking information about the alleged detention of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and his Colombian girlfriend by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001. The petition, filed by four lawyers, is likely to be heard Wednesday.
According to the public interest litigation, Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and his companion were released after being detained at Boston airport following the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office.
At that time, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Indian prime minister and Gandhi was not a member of the Lok Sabha. "Vajpayee's principal secretary and then national security adviser Brajesh Misra spoke to top US authorities to enable Rahul Gandhi and his girlfriend to get away," claimed Prem Chandra Sharma, who moved the court along with three others.
Sharma claimed to have gathered this information through the Internet and said he had downloaded certain documents to substantiate his allegations. The petition alleged that Gandhi was found in illegal possession of about $200,000. And it was in that connection that the FBI had detained him along with his girlfriend Sep 21, 2001.
The FBI was said to have sought an explanation about Gandhi's possession of such a huge amount of money, which he was unable to provide, the petition said. The petition sought a writ of mandamus to the Indian ambassador to the US as well as the union home secretary to make a disclosure about the entire episode.
After this date this episode never came in limelight again. Don't know what was the real case??
The real test started during the UP state assembly elections earlier this year. It was wellknown for a long that in UP the condition of Congress party was worse than ever this time. Despite the fact that there were many complex fundamental problems were the reason behind the party's current condition many congress party leader were expecting miracles from Rahul. They were thinking that by projecting Rahul as the face of Congress in assembly election they can overturn the party's fate in a short span of months. but, was this expectation of magical change (jaadoo) in this real world was justifiable? After all Rahul is not a superman, he is also a normal human being. On the other hand the leaders from other parties who were busy in relating the failure of Congress party in the UP election to Rahul's political capabilities should have thought rationally.
How the failure of a party as a whole can be related to a newcomer of politics? That also at a time when party is already going through lean patch, the overall political landscape of the nation has taken a major shift and the just the charisma of Nehru-Gandhi family was no more enough to win an election. Again Rahul was victimized for none of his mistakes.
During the UP election campaign itself, Rahul's statement at a rally created another major controversy. This time it was something which Rahul has given birth to. He made a statement mentioning that Babri demolition would not have happened if anyone from Nehru-Gandhi family have been in the power. By making this statement he undermined his own party great leader and former prime minister P.V. Narsimha Rao's capabilities. Also, he forgot the very basic fact that India is a democratic nation. It is another story that his family has ruled this nation most of the time in post independence era but that doesn't change the India's status as a democratic nation. by making this statement he was not helping his party. In fact he was attacking his own party's failure. He also quoted the division of Pakistan as one of the achievements of Nehru-Gandhi family. Again he didn't realize the sensitivity of this issue. He also forgot that this kind of statements may lead to communal vote-bank shift. These statements created a major controversy this time with people from opposition and from his own party questioning these remarks. This time Rahul's political immaturity was uncovered and he had to face its consequences.
The most recent controversy was something that doesn't make any sense. In the Congress executive committee meeting Rahul has asked for major reforms in party's charter. He raised the points which are genuine and practical in nature. He questioned the validity of few code of conducts mentioned in the party's charter. Wearing Khadi all the times, abstain from taking alcohol and perhaps land ceiling and a few more code of conducts were under the scrutiny. By raising these points Rahul tried to be more practical and realistic. But he was forgetting that we live in a gernotocratic country where people are not ready to easily accept reforms instead they were happy in carrying legacy. The time when these conducts would have been introduced these were making sense. But, change and reform is inevitable. But, a nation as a whole we are very much allergic to change and reforms. So, again a progressive statement made by this young man created hue and cry inside his own party. Finally, he retracted from his statement or moreover tried to cool down the situation by making the statement that he has found Khadi as the most comfortable dress to wear and he never made any such statements regarding removal of Khadi from Congress party's code of conduct. Clearly it was an act of damage control.
Rahul has climbed the steps of political ladder of Indian politics very fast though not as comparable to his father, because of his family and a number of trusted followers of his family in the party. But, because of this Gandhi-Nehru tag has made the public life of Rahul much more vulnerable to controversies. It is not always the case that he creates controversy instead he is made the soft target. But, Rahul has to learn to face these controversies boldly and to rise in the Indian politics with all these misfortunes.
2 comments:
Dude you know shit about politics, so, it is better putting you writing efforts in something constructive or productive you can do. The entire blog seemed Pr0-Rahul, what actually do you know about him? You need to cross-check your knowledge; you have claimed that he was working as financial consultant in UK, let me tell you, he was failed in one of his subjects in which he did is M Phil from Trinity college, where is name is enrolled as Raul Binci. And let me tell you one more classy fact about him, He is still an Italian citizen not Indian, just by putting an Indian name he fails in proving himself an Indian. He is the same guy who right after Mumbai blast thrown a party in his farmhouse in outskirts Delhi. He is the same guy who claims right if LeT support Indian Muslims for anything wrong happened to them, Go check out the history of Pakistan, more than a crore Hindus are still missing, they are being killed, tortured, they still cannot participate in any election, how many times Hindus went there in Pakistan to blast,,, so how dare he is putting LeT and supporters right, so just update yourself and then think of writing anything about politics. It’s shameful to see youngster trusting that traitor blindly, A big Shame on you,,
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