Aaj Rahul Ne Kya Kiya ???

Indian politics has perennially been obsessed with the term Gandhi. Gandhiian dynasty post independence has predominantly ruled India as their own cultivation, forced ill-treated Indian junta to fallaciously fantasize a fancy that Kashmir borders stretch as shown in 50 paisa maps while conceding to continual threats of China/Pakistan, defying self only acknowledged theory of Panchsheel, under the pretext of non violence and hence projecting India as big girl’s blouse. The purportedly prescient Congress, that always opposed birth based casteism, prophesied century’s greatest precognition by introducing portentous reservations – new discrepancy to end old disparity. Indian junta - Habitual of pursuing a leader, was brainwashed to believe that Nehru (Father of POK) and Indira (Mother of emergency) took India to world’s centre stage. Remarkably none of them was chosen because of his/her leadership abilities. Nehru was biased against Sardar Vallabh as he was the most favorite disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. Indira Gandhi wasn’t the best party worker available to Congress. Obviously when one is born in a family as royal as hers, she would get plenty of opportunities to convince general public and henceforth prove that her candidature is the mandate of Indian public. This entire drama is played with the help of media. Next to join this league of extra ordinary politicians is Mr. Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi was a born introvert and the early deaths of his grandmother and father made his life traumatic at a premature age. He was very shy in his college as well and was talented enough to graduate from Trinity College (he failed in one of the subjects though). He wasn’t interested in joining politics but always had dreams of a developed India. How he decided to join politics is still a debatable issue but perhaps the plight of Indian politics or the mandate of congress party workers, made him change his mind. We know all this either by calculation or by virtue of media coverage. Once Rahul decided to join and decided to put forth his candidature, this coverage saw exponential increase. If one looks at past editions of any newspaper, one can easily tell when Rahul ate sweet at a dalit’s residence, when he spoke first in public or Lok Sabha, when he decided to step down as minister and when he decided to give himself some more time. Many a times it came to my mind that instead of scripting small columns speckled here and there at newspaper’s visage, newspaper should commence a devoted column titled “Aaj Rahul ne kya kiya”.

Surprisingly, I don’t know any of such detail about the daughters of Advani or Pawar. I admire media for the way it gave public a chance to look into the tragic lives of Rahul and Priyanka. But I know many persons who lost their parents in childhood and henceforth fought not only with fate but with poverty as well while Rahul remained under the aegis of his royal family. So who is more of a leader and more educated? Is it Rahul or the common middle class man? Here media instead of looking for unique abilities, put forth Rahul as a cultured educated youth based on most prevalent virtues. If these facts alone make him eligible for PM candidature then 99 % of the Indian masses deserve to be PM. A common man fights with the hardships to give proper education/food to his family. Who is tougher? I feel Middle class youths should take pride in hardships they face every other moment; they are no less than Mr Rahul.

Rahul’s coyness and vision has always been highlighted. It sounds astonishing that at a point where the media should have condemned him for the lack of leadership aptitude, it always treated him as if he is in some ‘How to be a PM’ classroom and would improve in next to no time. Rahul was always the undeclared PM of media. No wonders why they gave so much coverage to his first speech in Lok Sabha as if Indian politics was waiting for his speech alone. Several other MPs give their first speech every other day, then why this preferential treatment? Introversion should have made him an ideal husband but definitely not the PM of India, but alas! Our media didn’t learn a bit from the blunder that our shy PM made at recent balochistan issue. No reporter points out the need of a good debater in Indian politics and no channel mentioned that when Rahul appreciated Nitish, it was pure politics and nothing more than that. Even today media found praise in the fact that Rahul did trekking; however was worried about results of state assembly elections (But why he took a cameraman there?)

After 2009 general elections, congress got the clear verdict. Rahul Gandhi was once again extolled for his sacrifice as he repudiated the post of minister and preferred working as a party worker. Had Sachin pilot made such sacrifice, I would have appreciated it because as long as Rahul captures the center stage, he can only imagine becoming a minister at most. But if Rahul makes such sacrifice, that is more of a premeditated move. Congress is ordained to be in power for next 5 years and hence instead of making hasty moves, projecting rahul as a “Tyaag ki murti” is a much safer bet. Had congress failed to get majority, Rahul would have been the next PM without delay after a pre-intended drama of party workers demanding youth participation blah blah.

If Rahul Gandhi, destined to be the PM of dumb headed Indian junta, sacrifices his ambitions of becoming a PM and prefers to stay at ground level, I would be the first person to vote for him. If he really is what he showcases during his India tour (in which he is always accompanied by a reporter), I challenge him to step down from PM in waiting.