Silly, isn't it?
This is an Indian
parliament that witnesses unholy site of currency notes being waved in the
House by some of its Parliamentarians.
This is an Indian
Parliament that makes false promise to bring the Lokpal Act and later ducks the
massive outrage of the public that had forced it commit on institutionalizing a
tough Lokpal in a time-bound manner. This is an Indian Parliament that doesn't know how to honour its ‘Sense of the House’ pledge.
This is an Indian
Parliament that is witnessing increasing share of politicians with criminal
record – term after term.
This is an Indian
Parliament where the last many of the Parliament sessions have seen nothing but
unceremonious and heated arguments, walkouts and adjournments.
Some of the parliamentarians who don’t
care for the dignity of the Parliament!
And so, this ‘act’ by
our parliamentarians, something that puts the country’s image in negative
light, is not surprising at all.
It is being hotly debated if some of our
parliamentarians have let down the sovereignty of the country by writing to the
US President Barack Obama to deny US visa to Narendra Modi.
Certainly they have! No need debating it.
As the reports say, it (this silly act) is
brainchild of an Independent Rajya Sabha MP
Mohammed Adeeb.
Mr. Adeeb says
the letter, with signatures of 65 MPs, was sent to the US President and the
British Prime Minister last year and its recent dispatch to the White House was
in response to the lobbying by Rajanth Singh, who is on US visit, to get Narendra Modi US
visa.
A silly and deplorable act that it was,
and, therefore, was bound to get booed!
As the letter surfaced in the media and as
the frenzy over the issue grew, denials started pouring in shielding behind a serious
allegation like signature forgery.
Mr. Adeeb is
maintaining his stand and so are the parliamentarians who are denying their
complicity in the act, or rather say ‘crime’.
Yes, it is indeed a crime to commit such a
silly act compromising nation’s reputation and self-respect and it becomes all
the more condemnable when we see that some of the members from the highest
policymaking body of the country, the Indian Parliament, are involved.
But why this silly act, that looks so ridiculous?
Okay, Modiphobia is an established fact by now in Indian politics but
why it should allow some of our parliamentarians to wash their dirty linen in
the US public. And why such politicians should be allowed?
Why to let the anti-Modi frustration drive
of politicians tarnish the already compromised image of the nation?
Why such an abysmally substandard ‘creative’
idea in the name of political opposition and pseudo-secularism?
There are and there should be enough of
the ‘creative ideas’ to target Narendra Modi and to deal with Modiphobia. Isn't it?
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
