How often have we seen those accusing others of doing something doing the same thing themselves?
Mayawati has for long been under fire from the Congress for putting up statues of dalit leaders, including herself, in UP. But now, the Congress party is all set to to outdo Mayawati who has only
six statues of herself in Lucknow.
As per Health Minister Danam Nagender,
at least 30 statues of YSR Reddy are going to be installed in Hyderabad alone. Not hard to imagine how many more will come up in the rest of the state. This is on top of a
massive 1,412 hectare memorial that is being set up in Nallamalla forest where Reddy died in a helicopter crash.
At this rate, India will soon be filled with statues and memorials of politicians. What a shame.
When I read that 67 people died on hearing the death of YSR, I wondered if such an incident could happen in Kerala.
In Kerala we do have ardent supporters who will kill another for the party’s sake, but never have I heard of anyone committing suicide or dying on hearing about death of a political leader. Is it because the state is 100% literate/ more developed/ does not have a leader worth dying for? Or is it because the caste system is thinning out and many social norms have been thrown out?
Perhaps in states where desperate needs are met even to the barest level, people tend to elevate their leader to the status of God.
One wonders how a leader who has been accused of so much of corruption got into the hearts of the common people.
Try as I might, I just can't pretend I am sad when I am not. So, when YSR Reddy was killed in a helicoptor crash, I didn't exactly feel depressed. Here was a goonda who had allegedly
amassed billions of dollars abusing his position of power for the past few years, and this very guy is now no more. At the risk of sounding insensitive, I would say it is good news for the country. Poetic justice - as some may say.
Following the disgusting way the media went into a frenzy paying "tribute" to this goonda, we are now entering into another episode of this sordid drama where YSR loyalists are trying to get his political greenhorn son Jaganmohan anointed as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who, it seems, is a goonda his daddy would be proud of.
Andhra CM YSR Reddy has died in a helicopter crash that has claimed four other lives too.
Yesterday evening, almost 9 hrs after the chopper disappeared, Chief Secy said that pilots flying YSR would be some “x,y,z” pilot. Today, Sonia Gandhi and the PM also remembered only YSR. It was as if the other four who died did not exist
I forgot. This is India and not the US. Here, faceless Indians don't count. Didn't we see that after 26/11 too, when the media went into an overdrive only because people who they knew and identified with had died, and not some poor Indians travelling in local trains? Now too, TV is doing an overkill.
Our heartfelt condolences to the families of YSR Reddy, P Subramanium, ASC Wesley, Gp Capt SK Bhatia and Capt MS Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy has been missing since 9:35 AM today, when the helicopter in which he was travelling lost contact with the ATC. The Emergency Position Locator of the chopper is also not sending any signals. Rescue helicopters have not been able to locate the missing chopper till now due to bad weather and thick jungles. More than eight hours have passed.
In 1991, former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the midst of a come-back election campaign. In 2004, former Chhatisgarh CM Ajit Jogi was critically injured in a road accident and almost paralysed. In 2004 itself, Sonia Gandhi failed to become the PM at the last minute despite winning the election. Now Reddy has manifestly met with a serious accident.
All these individuals, except one, are Christians; Rajiv Gandhi was married to one.
Is this another meaningless coincidence?
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