Look look who's here, the writers!!! Yes, it's been a while since this blog was written on, and I've, meanwhile moved on to another blog - bitmechanics.blogspot.com. But it's primary purpose is technical/*nix-y, and today I felt like saying something that would be out-of-context for a technical blog.
So, unless you live underneath a cave or something, you might've heard about the Supreme Court decision "mandating immediate disqualification of lawmakers convicted for a criminal offence punishable with a jail term of more than two years", the attempt to counter the decision via the parliament route, and the subsequent ordinance the government passed, and Rahul Gandhi's comments terming the ordinance as "complete nonsense".
People say, Pappu pass nahi ho sakta.
I say, brilliant move, Mr. Gandhi. *slow clap*
Okay, this is not about me supporting any political party or a person whose only achievement till date is being born in the right family. It's all over the media how Rahul Gandhi has "embarrassed" the UPA government. I doubt it - I seriously doubt it. In a party/government where a minister can't scratch his ass without first clearing it up with Madamji, I seriously doubt if an ordinance like this can be passed if the Vice-President and the next Prime-Ministerial candidate feels it's "complete nonsense" and "should be torn and thrown out". I think it's a brilliant PR move. (I also think who needs saas-bahu shows when our politics is such an entertainer, but I digress.)
Consider this - lots of educated people, the blogosphere, the tweetosphere, the quorosphere (basically the Internet - I just made up half of those terms to sound more svelte) think that Rahul Gandhi does not deserve to be a Prime Minister. After all, what are his achievements? Where was he when the UPA Government was embroiled in one scam after another? What experience does he have at ANY post in the government? He is basically being handed the Prime Ministerial post on a silver platter. Not a very favorable sentiment for the Congress 6 months before the elections.
Rahul Gandhi single-handedly aims to change that perception. He's trying to say "Forget those idiots who pretend to be in power now. Unlike our Sardarji, I'm truly in power within my party, and I can actually get things done. I don't subscribe to the 'political reasons' school of thought that my party members use as an excuse. I will change things." Consider this - if any other member of the party had dared to say so (anyone but Mrs. Sonia Gandhi), he'd have been pwned. Now Rahul Gandhi says this and suddenly the official party line changes and the government is reconsidering its decision. This is a show of power and an assurance of change. Nice try, Mr. Gandhi.
So, unless you live underneath a cave or something, you might've heard about the Supreme Court decision "mandating immediate disqualification of lawmakers convicted for a criminal offence punishable with a jail term of more than two years", the attempt to counter the decision via the parliament route, and the subsequent ordinance the government passed, and Rahul Gandhi's comments terming the ordinance as "complete nonsense".
People say, Pappu pass nahi ho sakta.
I say, brilliant move, Mr. Gandhi. *slow clap*
Okay, this is not about me supporting any political party or a person whose only achievement till date is being born in the right family. It's all over the media how Rahul Gandhi has "embarrassed" the UPA government. I doubt it - I seriously doubt it. In a party/government where a minister can't scratch his ass without first clearing it up with Madamji, I seriously doubt if an ordinance like this can be passed if the Vice-President and the next Prime-Ministerial candidate feels it's "complete nonsense" and "should be torn and thrown out". I think it's a brilliant PR move. (I also think who needs saas-bahu shows when our politics is such an entertainer, but I digress.)
Consider this - lots of educated people, the blogosphere, the tweetosphere, the quorosphere (basically the Internet - I just made up half of those terms to sound more svelte) think that Rahul Gandhi does not deserve to be a Prime Minister. After all, what are his achievements? Where was he when the UPA Government was embroiled in one scam after another? What experience does he have at ANY post in the government? He is basically being handed the Prime Ministerial post on a silver platter. Not a very favorable sentiment for the Congress 6 months before the elections.
Rahul Gandhi single-handedly aims to change that perception. He's trying to say "Forget those idiots who pretend to be in power now. Unlike our Sardarji, I'm truly in power within my party, and I can actually get things done. I don't subscribe to the 'political reasons' school of thought that my party members use as an excuse. I will change things." Consider this - if any other member of the party had dared to say so (anyone but Mrs. Sonia Gandhi), he'd have been pwned. Now Rahul Gandhi says this and suddenly the official party line changes and the government is reconsidering its decision. This is a show of power and an assurance of change. Nice try, Mr. Gandhi.
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