| At 43, Rahul needs lectures from Sonia to learn the basics of speech | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 4: On September 27, AICC vice president and Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi, who also happens to be the Congress's Prime Ministerial candidate, dismissed as complete non-sense the decision of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet to send an ordinance to the President of India which was designed to protect convicted lawmakers. On September 27, he said: "Now, I will tell you what is my opinion on the Ordinance. It is complete nonsense; it should be torn up and thrown away. It is my personal view". He made these remarks at the Press Club of India, New Delhi, when Congress's chief spokesperson Ajay Maken was addressing reporters and defending the ordinance which was dismissed by Rahul Gandhi as complete non-sense. His intervention dumb-founded everyone present at the Press Club for obvious reason.
Rahul Gandhi, in fact, disgraced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet. It is a different story that the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues swallowed the insult, instead of showing him his rightful place taking into consideration the fact that Rahul Gandhi was just an MP and vice-president of a party. They further disgraced themselves and negated the Cabinet system of Government by deciding to withdraw not only the controversial ordinance but also the bill which was pending with the Rajya Sabha.
However, what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet colleagues did on October to oblige Rahul Gandhi is not the issue, notwithstanding the fact that their decision was consistent with the national mood. Even otherwise, they had to withdraw the highly atrocious ordinance because there was tremendous pressure from below. The real issue is what Rahul Gandhi publicly said yesterday in Gujarat about the language he used on September 27. Rahul Gandhi, who is 43, among others things, said: "My mother told me that the words that I used were strong. In hindsight, I feel maybe my words were wrong…but the sentiment, I felt, was not wrong". He thanked her mother because she taught him right from wrong, as also taught him the basics of speech. Will the young India rally behind Rahul Gandhi who still needs lectures in the use of provocative, strong and wrong words or someone who will correct his blunders after being chastised in the manner Rahul Gandhi by his mother? Can such a leader be described as a youth icon? |
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