There were different
justifications put forward by his party members to ‘justify’ the visit
of the angry but silent man of Indian politics to Uttarakhand when the
miserable chief minister of the disaster-hit Uttarakhand had said NO to further
VVIP visits as these were hampering the rescue and relief operations. But how
could a lesser degree of politician like Vijay Bahuguna have ordered someone
like Rahul Gandhi, one of the mightiest of the lot, out.
So, we were talking about
justifications. Digvijay Singh, the Congress spokersperson, said Rahul didn’t
use the airway and went instead by the road and so he could not be alleged of
hampering the rescue operations. We are not talking of Rahul’s intent here as
intent of politicians is always questionable but Digvijay’s white lie was yet
another instance telling the nation why the likes of Digvijay Singh are not and
should not be taken seriously. TV channels were showing visuals of Digvijay
Sing defending Rahul Gandhi (shielding behind the lame road-route logic) and
Rahul Gandhi boarding a chopper in Uttarakhand on split screens.
Yet another defender of Rahul
Gandhi (and there were plenty of them), Renuka Chowdhury said Rahul was
concerned and he went there as a common citizen to help in relief efforts
carrying with him truckloads of relief materials. The justification further
said Rahul Gandhi was monitoring the relief and rescue operations in
Uttarakhand. See! Rahul doesn’t believe in efficiency of his own party’s
government in Uttarakhand!
It was a lame logic again but the
brazen disregard to the values concerning humanity was exposed out in the open
when some media reports said the relief trucks sent by the Congress party
failed to reach the destination in absence of clear guidance.
See! This is the monitoring being
done by Rahul Gandhi. Trucks are stuck in Rishikesh; are running out of fuel
and the drivers are running out of money and might be forced to sell the relief
material to meet their day to day needs. Reports say there is no one from the
Congress party to guide them.
All belied and disproved –
arrival of Rahul Gandhi and his entourage in Uttarakhand did hamper the rescue
efforts. The manpower and the precious manpower hours that the Rahul Gandhi’s
sortie of the state and the demands of his SPG security consumed hampered the
rescue operations at a time when the weather was not good and when there were
thousands still stranded.
During the visit, Rahul Gandhi
said he delayed his visit to the state as it could have hampered the relief
operations but his visit did hamper the efforts as reflected in the natural
anger of this victim:
(Clip taken from ABP News)
In face of all this, Rahul’s
delayed visit and so the response sounds more like a political gesture to address
debates on his absence and silence than a sincere humane response on a calamity
of such a huge scale.
Also, why couldn’t Rahul issue a statement?
After all, the Congress party is
projecting him as the next prime minister of India. And silence from the next
prime-ministerial candidate from the ruling party of India gives rise to valid points of
doubt.
WHY? Why Rahul Gandhi had to do
it?
WHY? Why do we ask this question again
and again?