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| In Delhi rally, Rahul lambasted Congress, UPA Govt | | 1999 Pak Intrusion In Kargil | | NEHA
JAMMU, Nov 5: AICC general secretary and AICC president Sonia Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi, who is also being projected by the party as its prime ministerial candidate for the impending Lok Sabha polls, committed two faux passes at the much-hyped rally the party held yesterday at Ramlila ground, Delhi. He was one of the three main speakers at the rally. Others were Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. It is hardly to reflect on what the Prime Minister and the AICC president said, as what they said has been reported by media. Suffice it to say that what they said was not at all inspiring. To be more precise and blunt, they evoked only a negative response both from people and media, especially electronic media.
It was Rahul Gandhi, who has never been very impressive and who has, in fact, failed to click despite the fact that the entire Congress organization and the UPA Government are at his back and call and sections of media have also been giving him extensive coverage, who attracted more attention both of media and the main opposition BJP. The media expressed surprise over one of the statements made by him. His statement was to the effect that the existing political system in the country has nothing to do with common people and that the doors of the Congress party are also not opened to common men. Sections of media even went to the extent of saying that "Rahul Gandhi wants to become Arvind Kejriwal of the Congress party".
Remember, it is social activist Anna Hazare, former Army chief V K singh, India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev who have been attacking the system from right and left for months now saying that it is anti-people, insensitive and corrupt to the core and that if the country is to make progress and people to get a fair, just, corruption-free and sensitive government, the existing political system has to go lock, stock and barrel. Indeed, Rahul Gandhi committed a great faux pass by attacking the system his party is regulating and controlling since May 2004. It would be only fair to say that he unwittingly censured the existing political system - system that has been helping and shielding him and others in the Congress and outside allegedly involved in serious corruption cases. It would also be fair to say that he unintentionally censured the Congress party - party which, like the political system, has been promoting him and his political and economic interests as well as economic interests of his relations, including his brother-in-law, Robert Vadra, who has allegedly amassed huge wealth and set up a business empire allegedly with the help of authorities in the government and administration.
If sections of media questioned his statement on the political system and Congress party vis-à-vis common man, the BJP lambasted Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Congress' attitude towards the BJP-led NDA Government during the 1999 Pakistani intrusion in Kargil. Rahul had said in his speech that the then out-of-power Congress party had given unstinted support to the NDA Government and that the BJP "has been opposing" the Congress-led UPA Government on almost every issue. It was the second faux pass that he committed. The BJP took no time in taking on him and telling him that the Congress party did not do a favour to the government by supporting it and its policy during the Kargil conflict, as that was an issue of a national import.
All this only serves to prove that Rahul Gandhi doesn't know the meaning and implications of what he says. It is a different story that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit patted Rahul Gandhi for the speech that he delivered. Sycophants behave like Dikshit behaved. Nothing surprising.
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