Sunday, November 21, 2010

Criticize at your own peril

Yesterday one vernacular news channel telecast a show that allegedly criticized Sonia Gandhi. And hell broke loose in AP today. Congress activists across the state are protesting against this and are demanding unconditional apology from the channel. It is not just the activists who took to the streets but also ministers in the state cabinet. One woman leader was even crying before the cameras; she should have been in movies. Two weeks ago when ex-chief of RSS launched a diatribe against Sonia Gandhi, there was even more hullabaloo, with the chief minister of AP himself taking part in a 'dharna' on the street. We hardly see any criticism of Sonia Gandhi. When some rare voice criticizes her, it is coerced into silence by these cheap pressure tactics. I always felt there was only one person in the history of India who cannot be criticized. Now I am afraid she has become only the second such person.

I am intentionally leaving out the name of the first such person. I am afraid of mentioning his name here as it might be seen by some people as criticism. One hint: He was not Mahatma Gandhi, nor was he a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family.

5 comments:

bhargavi said...

good one..its always a pleasure to read ur blog..

Anonymous said...

Good evening

Awesome post, just want to say thanks for the share

Anonymous said...

Good point, though sometimes it's hard to arrive to definite conclusions

Su said...

Good one Vijaya Gopal!!! Will ask you the name of the first such person you have mentioned ..personally :)

Changa Reddy said...

Soniaji is more than a political figure. She is more like a cult to the absurd religion of Congress party. Hell breaks loose whenever she is criticized and this recent episode was just at its worst.