Who's Minding The Store? - Part 1

It’s nearing that time of the year when nominations will be made for all kinds of awards, including the Padma awards of the GOI. There are many honourable men and women who have won the Padma awards; Girish Karnad, Shekhar Gupta, Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt, Teesta Setalvad. The list is really in thousands. Sometimes an honour list is intriguing because of the notable absence of some names. MKGandhi’s name doesn’t have a Nobel against it. In an informal poll CNN once checked with film-direction students who they would like to interact with the most. The answer was unanimous: Martin Scorsese. Surprisingly, this legendary American director didn’t win an Oscar for 30 years. When they finally did give him an Oscar it wasn’t really for his best film at all. Ironically, most of the guys who won over Scorsese were actually actors who turned directors. This is one of those enduring Oscar conspiracies. The good thing, though, about the Oscars is that it it’s not a govt award. Conspicuous by absence in the list of Padma awards are some great names from Indian industry. No Samir Jain, no Vineet Jain – both media leaders and heads of the Times Group (TOI). I’m not sure, but I don’t think the current Ambanis figure either. Most shocking of all; Dhirubhai Ambani doesn’t figure.

I often find the clamour for the Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar excessive and not entirely warranted. I also believe in due course of time Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be awarded the Bharat Ratna following Nehru, Indira and Rajiv. They are far more “entitled” to it than Sachin. Yet the one man who changed the face of Indian industry, got the ‘Aam Aadmi’ to participate in the equity cult, never failed to reward the small investor and is truly an extra-ordinary business story never got any such awards. Businessmen have been involved in politics from the time of our independence movement but it’s largely to the credit of Dhirubhai that politicians were turned into servants of big business. In this part let’s deal with DA and in the next part we will get to Samir & Vineet Jain of TOI.

I am a great admirer of Dhirubhai. I share something with him but that is of no public interest. Despite all his faults he is truly the Aam Aadmi who inspired a whole new generation of Indians and Indian businessmen. I consider DA a far bigger legend than even Bill Gates. This is simply because DA succeeded in what was nearly a “business prison” called India for private entrepreneurs. So it wasn’t surprising that all our news channels so quickly jumped to defend Reliance and the Ambanis when Arvind Kejriwal made his latest allegations on Black Money. In normal course, if allegations are made against anyone our media would never present the facts or alternative points, at least not so promptly.

There are a thousand times that Digvijay Singh has uttered nonsense that our news channels have reproduced without a challenge and without scrolling the facts when they carried his moronery. For all the frequent accusations by a Manish Tiwari they never fact-checked anything. Rajdeep Sardesai was more than happy to carry MT’s nonsense over and over again even in interviews with others without bothering to present facts. But when it came to the Ambanis CNN-IBN was the first to flash headlines that HSBC had apologised for wrongly listing Mukesh Ambani in their Swiss accounts list. This was even as AK was speaking at his presser on November 9. How the HSBC list was made, stolen and got out and the allegations are not of any interest in this post. What is of interest is that this time AK had touched a raw nerve and life-line of our TV channels. If CNN-IBN was the first, TimesNow and NDTV weren’t far behind to immediately carry the HSBC apology to Ambani as part of the headlines during AK’s presser.

If you thought only TV channels were pointing to HSBC’s apology, correct yourself. From some corner of the world someone woke up to tweet that information without any loss of time. In this century it’s not just the politico-business complex but it’s the politico-business-media complex that threatens the nation. Of these, I consider the media, at least parts of it, the gravest danger. They are the specialist cover-up agents for all other crimes. Recently someone suggested jokingly that Mukesh Ambani runs the GOI much to the discomfort of the Congress. Although it was meant to be a sarcastic comment it’s not really that far from the truth. So how did all this come to pass? Let’s start around the same time something was changing in America. USA, the temple of Capitalism and Free Market. USA the liberal democracy that our media can’t help orgasming over. This small clip is from Michael Moore’s documentary ‘Capitalism: A love story’ (2.20 mins):

Don Regan, the late Chairman of Merill Lynch, became Treasury Secretary under President Ronald Reagan and then his Chief of Staff. As the Treasury Secretary, Don worked hard to get tax cuts for the rich. Somewhere in this video clip above Don even tells the president to “speed it up”. Nice, eh? Who runs the govt? Now is it hard to understand how much corporate America influences the govt? Is it any surprise then that corporate India virtually runs the GOI?  This same Merill Lynch crashed in 2008 along with many other companies and was sold to Bank of America for less than a dollar per share.

Dhirubhai not only started the culture of rewards and gifts for politicians but also for journalists. Post the Emergency when the Janata Party govt wasn’t friendly to his businesses he helped Indira Gandhi to unseat Morarji Desai. Who runs our govt? He helped Indira Gandhi to install Charan Singh as PM. The story includes trading of huge amounts of cash. Who runs our govt? And finally Charan Singh too was brought down and Indira Gandhi returned as PM. Naturally it would be fair for Dhirubhai to be rewarded for his help and support. When Pranab Mukherjee became the FM in 1982 things got even better. Now, can you imagine Dhirubhai telling Pranab: “Speed it up”? Quite possible, isn’t it? Since then Reliance has grown bigger and bigger. It now has a wide web of petroleum, communications, education, retail and many other businesses. It has also a strong web of media investments. You expect a CNN-IBN or NDTV to ever report on Reliance or Ambani? Even if Ambanis didn’t have direct or indirect investments in these media companies they are simply too big as even just advertisers.

I sent out this tweet last evening and quite a few were perturbed. No, not because they disagreed but because they believed Ambanis aren’t “invincible”. Well, nobody is. But let’s try and deal with realities rather than hypothesis. Even if the govt had any proof for Kejriwal’s allegations and wanted to raid or investigate RIL why would they dare? In all probability RIL or Ambanis would have more dossiers on politicians and media persons than any govt investigating body. That’s conjecture but not far-fetched. Dhirubhai had to do business in a time when he not only had to fight the system but also circumvent it and also take care of many politicians and politics. After the Janata Party experience it didn’t matter which govt was in power.

So why wasn’t Dhirubhai given any major awards? Interesting question! When he died in 2002 every Congress bigwig and every BJP bigwig was up and strongly recommended a Bharat Ratna for Dhirubhai (Read Here). He directly changed the lives of millions of Indians far more than some of the recipients so far. Not just govts but many small and big entrepreneurs depend on Reliance for their livelihood and earnings. Dhirubhai didn’t create the systems or the govt. On the contrary I would say if not for him many other entrepreneurs who would have been victims of our systems may have never sprouted. One way or other our media survives on crumbs from RIL as much as any politician or political party. Why would the media be interested in biting the hands that feed them? As for who really runs the govt and minds its store, your guess is as good as mine. AK would do far better first investigating the media before fiddling with big business houses. But he too believes the media is his friend.

To be continued..

Sangma Slaps Karan 'TheTool' Thapar

In the American-Italian mafia business everyone had a nickname. Among the famous ones is George ‘Babyface’ Nelson. Then there’s the introduction to the GoodFellas: Nicky ‘Eyes’, Frankie ‘TheWop’ (A slur for those of Italian descent meaning  ‘Without Papers’), ‘Fat’ Andy, and the best one had to be when Henry Hill introduces Jimmy: “And then there was Jimmy ‘Two’Times’, who got that nickname because he said everything twice”. And the typical response by Jimmy TwoTimes: “I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers”.

Sometime back I had already explained why the MSM is ‘India’s biggest mafia’. One of the ‘honourable’ members of this MSM just got a new nickname: Karan ‘TheTool’ Thapar. This was in his interview of Presidential nominee of Opposition parties, P.A. Sangma. Anyone who saw the interview would easily agree it was indeed motivated, sometimes in poor taste, and mostly ‘Karan The Tool’ clearly seemed to be campaigning for the other ticket, Pranab Mukherjee. Such is our criminally biased media that far from interviewing Sangma, The Tool was actually ridiculing him on many counts. That Sangma is an ‘underdog’ is not good enough reason for the media to campaign for Pranab, which they have been doing so far.

There’s a reason Justice Katju once said our so-called journalists are not well-versed in History (or Science or anything). Take a look at the picture on the left. The headline says “Dewey defeats Truman”. The man holding up the newspaper and smiling is definitely not Thomas Dewey the Presidential candidate against Harry Truman in 1948. Truman was the underdog in that election and almost everyone had predicted he would lose. No one gave him a chance. The presidential elections were held on November 2, 1948 and even before final results were announced the Chicago Tribune had released its early morning edition of November 3, 1948 with that headline. Many newspapers even ridiculed Truman’s campaign and candidature, just like Thapar The Tool and the rest of Indian MSM do with Sangma. A New York Times article editorialized that "If Truman is nominated, he will be forced to wage the loneliest campaign in recent history". Everybody loves an underdog. Fact: Harry Truman won the election. You won’t find a bigger slap on the media in history than that headline carried by the Chicago Tribune. But the likes of Thapar TheTool, CNN-IBN and others in the Indian MSM don’t seem to learn from history.

Even if a candidate is an underdog, even if the media favours Pranab Mukherjee journalists would tread a bit cautiously in making extreme statements. The Tool’s interview of Sangma smacks of arrogance, extreme bias, motivated and in very bad taste. Here are some of the questions and statements (in blue) from the interview  (Read the full transcript here):

Mr Sangma I have spoken to many people and practically all of them, including many of your sponsors, say that you have very little chance of winning. Then, why are you contesting..

I guess nobody taught Thapar The Tool, that in a democracy it is almost a ‘Sin’ to not contest elections and allow any candidate to be elected unopposed. This is the very foundation of democracy. But slaves like CNN-IBN, The Tool and others in the MSM want Pranab to be elected unanimously. Was democracy created for unanimity? Shameful!

Mr Sangma let me put it to you, people are fond of you, they indulge you, but they are laughing at the fact that you believe that you can win. Nobody believes it but you.

By sheer logic why was The Tool’s channel breaking so much sweat over Lee-Hesh and Tennis players for the Olympics. Does anyone seriously expect them to win a medal? What is the motive for deriding a person’s candidature? It can’t be mere bias or sympathy for the other ticket. It has to be a lot more than that. And those who play or contest elections must firmly do so with the belief they can win. If not, they should behave like losers like The Tool.

Are you a little worried that by standing in the face of such odds and they are incredible odds, you might make yourself a laughing stock?

A laughing stock? Where does such language come from? Only uncouth, uncivilised and badly reared journalists talk to a presidential candidate in this filthy language. I wonder if such journalists are becoming the speciality of CNN-IBN. In reference to BJP’s support for Sangma, The Tool comes up with this:

Mr Sangma are you reducing the killings in Kandhamal, the killings in Dang, the Graham Staines, as a few incidents?

And then morons like The Tool and his channel keep screaming about “Secularism” and “One nation”. What has Kandhamal got to do with Sangma’s candidature? Has The Tool asked Pranab about Emergency? Given that Pranab was directly involved in certain actions during that time? Has The Tool asked Pranab about favours and offences relating to benefits allowed to some corporate bodies?

Mr Sangma, even if you look at the BJP, who you said a moment ago had increased their support for you to 26-28 per cent, are using you… as a stepping stone over the bridge to Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik. Mr Sangma you are a tool. You are a part of a strategy that supports their convenience. That’s why they are supporting you, not because they believe in you.

Those are not questions. Those are inferences and theories spawned by the interviewer himself. That’s CNN-IBN journalism for you. But Sangma responded with a resounding slap for The Tool: “You think we are ignorant of which media is whose tool? Mr Karan, you think we are ignorant of which media is whose tool. Mr Karan don’t talk about tools”.

Karan‘TheTool’Thapar:  Are you suggesting that my questioning is motivated?

Candidate PA Sangma:   Yes, yes, you are also a tool….

In trying to campaign for the Congress candidate Pranab Mukherjee, Thapar The Tool ended up making up an absolute fool of himself. I always knew that Thapar The Tool is a motivated, biased and a journalistic moron. Sangma just confirmed all of it and exposed him to the whole world. However, there is always this bright side. Given that the MSM is India’s biggest mafia, Karan Thapar has a first to his credit. He is the first one to be nicknamed by a Presidential candidate like in all mafias and the nickname suits him in many ways. He is now Karan ‘TheTool’ Thapar. He and CNN-IBN can celebrate! 

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Shekhar Gupta - Doctoring & Nursing The Congress

The title might seem a bit harsh on Shekhar Gupta. Well, there are many sporting events and matches which are inspiring. There are individual and team performances that simply stun and overawe us as a miracle. Above all, there is nothing more enjoyable than an underdog turning the tables on a favourite. That is how Shekhar Gupta analyses UPA-2 in his article ‘Decide on the Doctor’ in IE, October 1. It sounds like Gupta wants to nurse the UPA back to health. Hmmm, playing nurse, eh?

Okay, so he starts with an analogy and theory of Test Cricket with a team following-on and facing defeat. Miraculously the team following-on wins, and that’s the probability that Gupta applies to UPA2 to put it back together. So here’s his honest theory (Quotes in blue):

“A recovery is not impossible. Some of the most stirring fightbacks in cricket history have come after follow-ons. But team managements and captains have to do something bravely different to make that happen. Like, for example, changing the batting order. Or threatening some irresponsible batsmen with the sack. Is the UPA (or rather Congress) management capable of doing that?”

I completely agree with Gupta there. But first, let me bring him up on some facts about Cricket. As of date, there have been over 2000 test matches played. A team following on has won only on 3 occasions. Alright, so if you think that is not a fair look into the facts then here’s more: there are over 290 matches where follow-on has been enforced and the number of victories by the team following-on still remains 3. So while the possibility cannot be denied, Gupta doesn’t  really examine the theory of probability or past experience in any way.

Two of the greatest victories after follow-on were in 1981 and 2001. In the first, Eng V Aus, an out of form Ian Botham had been removed from captaincy in an on-going series and in the first innings had scored a fluent 50 while his team crumbled. After follow on, even when his team was slipping he scored an amazing 149. In the second match at Eden Gardens, India V Aus, V.V.S. Laxman scored a fluent 50 and then went on to score 281 in the second after following on.  That is as much for statistics. Now let’s really examine how his theories pan out.

One of the most brilliant minds of our times has to be the scientist, Richard Feynman and here’s what he had to say:  “In general we look for a new law by the following process. First we guess it. Then we compute the consequences of the guess to see what would be implied if this law that we guessed is right. Then we compare the result of the computation to nature, with experiment or experience, compare it directly with observation, to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It does not make any difference how beautiful your guess is. It does not make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is - if it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. That is all there is to it.” That was said in quite a different context but can fairly be applied to any major theory like the one of Gupta. It is not ‘decide on the doctor’.. In fact Gupta IS playing the “doctor” himself.

“First of all, the Congress has to decide whether it wants to continue with Manmohan Singh as its prime minister.” Aha! So who exactly does Gupta mean by Congress? The party? The CWC? The Congress parliamentary party? Shekhar Gupta feigns ignorance of the basic qualification required to be a Congress PM, and WHO decides it! The unwillingness or inability to identify the exact person/captain who must make the decision is the first flaw in his theory. Of course, that is easier in Cricket, isn’t it?

“Next, tell Chidambaram, who has been keen to get back to Finance, to wait just a bit, that he will move sideways into his preferred half in North Block as Pranab moves into Rashtrapati Bhavan. That will settle the issue with — and between — these big two.”  So Dr.Gupta’s advice is to gently get rid of Pranab and get the unartful Chidambaram back into finance. Well, this clearly reflects the concern not of a journalist opining but that of a politician playing games. Hmmm! It is exceptionally dishonest not to admit that PC not only needs to be kicked out but also faces serious trouble with the SC sword hanging over him on 2G and a court case on election fraud. Even discounting those issues PC has simply failed as a performer both as a Finance minister and as a Home minister. It has to take an extraordinarily bad captain to retain him unless the merit is ‘loyalty and protecting family jewels’! Ambitious as he may be Pranab is still the one who has fought many battles for the Congress successfully on many fronts. Even L.K. Advani is on record stating in the parliament that he wouldn’t know how Congress would face all its troubles without Pranabda. No mean compliment that! No matter how thorny he might be, only a bad captain would throw him to the Rashtrapati Bhavan just yet. But Dr. Gupta would.

“Who will then replace Chidambaram in Home? Start now, by bringing Sheila Dikshit into the cabinet. S.M. Krishna, one of the nicest, most gracious people you’d meet in politics, has to be most respectfully offered a Raj Bhavan. Sheila Dikshit’s induction will achieve several things. One, you will bring an experienced, true-blue Uttar Pradesh politician, with experience and thick skin, in the cabinet. See how skilfully she handled the CAG report on CWG compared to how many other Congressmen blundered. She would be the first woman in the Cabinet Committee on Security since the passing away of Indira Gandhi, and she would also be the first member from the Hindi heartland in this most powerful body in UPA 2. By next year, she can be a deserving replacement for Chidambaram in Home. Of course, the second benefit would be the end of blood-letting between her and Ajay Maken, provided he is appointed Delhi chief minister. The challenge of winning Delhi for the fourth time in 2013 will keep him busy and quiet."

Okay, I was already under the impression that Krishna was brought into the cabinet from a Raj Bhavan and Gupta wants to send him back to one. Reason? Unclear! So I have to assume that of all in the cabinet he has been singled out as a non-performer and should be rewarded with the Raj Bhavan. Pretty much Congress style isn’t it? And cleverly, Sheila Dikshit must be promoted because she has handled the taints of CAG and CWG smartly. And that itself is supposed to have cleared her of all the taint. Bravo, Dr. Gupta! And no matter what, Chidambaram must return to the ‘old boys club’ as Finance Minister. He has failed as Home Minister and wanting PC as Finance Minister is like asking a bad wicket-keeper to open the bowling.

The rest of Gupta’s article is dedicated to how these shuffles and foot work might help win the general elections in 2014 or 2012, whenever they happen. This is where Dr.Gupta’s analogy with the cricket follow-on fails miserably. He forgets, the follow-on happens in a ‘current’ match and winning it and not about winning or losing the next match. A strong political leader recently said in a rousing speech that most political parties on coming to power get busy with how to win the next election instead of focussing on good governance. I wonder if Gupta heard that speech. I suppose not, but he falls into the same category of politicians who is very concerned about the next election and not the current match on hand. The current match is about returning to good governance, punishing the corrupt and getting rid of the tainted and accused. The one thing Gupta doesn’t dare to question or answer is – should Manmohan Singh remain or not. He leaves that to the ‘party’.  He has recommendations for all others. That’s the perfect doctor prescribing shoulder surgeries for brain tumours.

If you carefully go through his whole article the names of Sonia and Rahul are mentioned only once. That is in reference to the CWC as their being LS members. This is servantile journalism at its best. Dr.Gupta does not dare to even estimate what should be the new role for Sonia or what decisions she must take. He does not dare to question or decide whether Rahul Gandhi should be in the team or the water-boy. Frankly, any discussion on changes, shuffles and foot work in Congress is at best disingenuous if it does not include a discussion on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Rahul has, by his own stupidity, proved beyond doubt that he is no PM material. Dr. Gupta won’t recognise that or even deal with the question who should be the PM if not MMS. As for Sonia Gandhi, she is untouchable and out of bounds for him. So for all that his ‘doctoring’ is worth his article only yearns to see Congress remain in power. Politics maybe a game, Dr. Gupta, good governance and country are not.

2G Scam: There Will Be Blood

Newer scams, Wikileaks, Cricket, other crimes have helped push the Nira Radia case to the back-burner. This would, of course, come as a relief for the Congress which is still embattled on many other issues. As days pass the 2G scam cases get more curious coupled with the even more strange case of Hasan Ali in the black money scandal. The black money case is an entirely whole topic for a separate post but let me start with a refresher of my previous posts.

Nira Radia was considered central to the 2G scam case. The ED followed up with raids, interrogation etc. So let’s look at this post I made in Nov. 2010:

Nira Radia – A Real Hero : Who’s Behind The Tapes Conspiracy? (Nov. 28, 2010)

"Nira Radia has to be considered a real unwitting hero of sorts. The public has long suspected a politicians–corporate houses–media nexus in the ongoing season of scams. In one single stroke, with a partial release of her tapes, she has inadvertently exposed the powerful and the corrupt in the nation......... I can’t help imagining Ram Gopal Verma rubbing his hands in delight. He would have liked some blood, of course. And who knows, that might even follow."

Sure enough, there is blood. First is that of Sadik Batcha, a former aide of A. Raja. His death is reported as suicide. Only time and proper investigation (if any at all) will reveal if this was indeed a suicide. One does not know how many such Batchas are involved in various transactions or how many more will die in the course of the investigations and possible trials. It may sound far- fetched but it may be safe to assume Nira Radia herself may be in danger.

The phones of Nira Radia were reportedly tapped on a complaint to the Finance Ministry. Who indeed is that mysterious complainant? That single piece of information can solve a lot of puzzles surrounding the 2G scam. Is anyone in the media following up on that? Let’s go back to another post I made in December 2010:

UPA Govt. May Not Have A Case Against Nira Radia ... (December 14, 2010)

"Hasty to call Nira Radia a spy. Thus spake Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister. The phone tapping was started precisely for that reason – spying.  If Pranab Mukherjee, the man in the middle of everything could say that, one can safely assume the complaint to the then Finance Minster, P. Chidambaram, on the basis of which the phone tapping commenced might as well be fabricated. Else, Chidambaram can and should reveal who the complainant was. That is neither a matter of national secrecy nor a matter of grave danger. I wonder if the complaint was signed by anyone or was an anonymous one.......It is extremely probable that the phone tapping was initiated and meant to be used by the Congress to embarrass, expose or even blackmail some businessmen, media-persons and political allies or enemies.  It seems more and more likely that the government may have no real case against Nira Radia. The exposures are welcome, but the motives remain suspect. Will the media now push Chidambaram for facts?"

In developments so far there has been nothing against Nira Radia. No FIR, no evidence of any conspiracy, no indication of an international spy ring. Nothing! The last report in January 2011 according to Rediff: “A top official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, currently investigating the 2G spectrum scam under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court of India told this correspondent in an informal conversation that the bureau has not registered an FIR against lobbyist Niira Radia, because "there is no case against her....Asked why the CBI had then raided Radia's offices and residence, the official said, "The agency had conducted the raids in a bid to look for evidence in the 2G scam." The official, however, refused to answer questions relating to the kind of evidence the agency was looking for or whether they were able to pick up evidence that would prove useful to in proving its case in a court of law”.

Recent publication of the Justice Shah Commission reports (about the Emergency) also show Pranab Mukherjee in a very dark light. 2G, black money and other scams may well turn out to be a serious conspiracy of dangerous proportions. The likes of Nira Radia, A. Raja may just be small pawns in a much larger and dangerous conspiracy. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, P. Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee have a lot to answer for.

Among other things the JPC is looking into, it must reveal who lodged the complaint against Nira Radia that initiated the phone-taps. It may not be good reading, but there will be more blood.

Fascist Congress (Islamic) Abuses Hindus Instead Of Introspection

The plenary session of the Congress (I) party throws up some very interesting comments from its participants.  The headline of the TOI reads ‘Sonia launches 5-front assault on corruption’.

First and foremost both the Congress (I) and the media should stop referring to it as the GOP or as the INC. This is neither the same party nor worthy of being associated with the Congress party that fought for independence.  The current Congress is the creation of Indira Gandhi and its name is Congress (I). Associating it with the old Congress is as disingenuous as mistakenly associating the ‘Gandhi’ family with Mahatma Gandhi as many in foreign countries do. The ‘I’ can stand for many things – Indira, Independent, Irrational, Incompetent and, of course, Islamic depending on the topic one might be discussing. The last 3 seem more appropriate in the current context of the Congress.

For a start, it is heartening to note that Sonia Gandhi has woken up from her deep slumber to realise there is corruption. All the fancy speeches are made to a bunch of sycophants who will neither question nor debate the utterances of those who speak. This is the real sign of a fascist party. Nobody will remind her that corruption was institutionalized by none other than Indira Gandhi’s governments. Ever since, it has plagued India. Hmmm, what about her own foray into Indian politics indirectly? This was the time when Rajiv Gandhi first became a PM. His government is most remembered for the Bofors scam, with some of Sonia Gandhi’s Italian friends alleged to be involved in that scam. Obviously, that to her isn’t corruption. The CWG, Adarsh Society, 2G and all the other scams were happening right under her nose and surprisingly she just got enlightened for an assault against corruption. And the best way to fight corruption is to reinstate tainted ministers yet again into positions of power as they did with Vilasrao Deshmukh. Appointing a tainted officer as CVC, that’s fighting corruption. And to top it all, blame the Opposition parties for all the evils.

Stung by the scams and also the unbelievable rout in Bihar elections, the party is simply inflicted with hallucination. Therefore, instead of introspecting and looking at ways to reorganise itself or cleanse itself, the Congress chooses to attack Hindus and Hindu organisations as terror outfits and Nazis. What are the signs of fascism? When a party president says “Indira is India and India is Indira” that is fascism, that is almost like saying ‘Hail Hitler’ ! When a Rahul Gandhi takes no responsibility for Bihar and the sycophants blame everyone else, that is fascism. When Digvijay ‘Dhimmi’ Singh compares Hindu outfits with Nazis, that is fascism. When a party, as an ideology, paints a majority community outfit as a terrorist group lending support to the nation’s enemies that is fascism!

In no country in the world is the majority community associated with the ideology of terrorism, except in Islamic countries.  It is only in India that the Congress (Islamic) accuses Hindus of terrorism. Not just accusations, Digvijay Singh even patronises a book launch. A book with the title ‘26/11 An RSS Conspiracy’ and the only ones smiling are the Pakistani terrorists. The Bihar election results, one thought, would have taught a lesson or two to the Congress that divisive and identity politics may be out of fashion. But will they learn? Let’s see if abusing Hindus well help their future.

In her times, Indira Gandhi often blamed a ‘foreign hand’ for all the evils she and the country faced. Oddly enough, we can blame the ‘foreign hand’ even today.