The latest 'Kaun banega Rashtapati' turmoil looks like the classic Mahabharat scene from the much acclaimed movie 'Jaane bhi Do Yaaro'!Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat or Dr.Abdul Kalam?At the end of the day its,'ye sab kya horaha hai'!
Well this is what I have observed!the last time when Dr.Abdul Kalam was elected as the President of India, there was no such sensationalism or what they call "The not quite libel" kinda attitude of the media. Again the media guys are doing a great job and theres no pun intended in that statement.With the kind of competition, its fair enough to say that the white papers are painted for yellow journalism and that it cant be avoided!But wait a minute...blame it all on the Media...?na!Very inappropriate.
Lets see!The Italian born Sonia Gandhi decides that Pranab Mukherjee(The wannabe Prime Minister of India) or Shivraj Patil(The home minister, now sent home) would be the nominees for the 2007 presidential election. It was obvious that the ever grumpy BJP(Buzurk Jeevith Party) had a chance to cry again!They desperately kept searching for their candidate.I heard Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was their candidate. But no Sushma Swaraj said that we would support Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but he should stand independently!(I had no idea of what she meant).The Left(In my opinion, the critics who bare no responsibility in Indian Politics) were waiting for someone to take a move.
Suddenly the UPA says guess what its Pratibha Patil.(I immediately googled to see who Pratibha Patil was).Shes the Governor of Rajasthan. So the Left who were waiting and didnt know when to strike said oh yeah its Pratibha Patil.Now Pratibha Patil( whose known to talk to ghosts and is now the probable President of India) also has a Shekhawat in her name.But then she also has a Patil in her last name.So Shiv Sena was all for Patil. In a rare event yet again, the BJP was frustrated and thought they were betrayed by the sons of the soil.The sena supremo also hinted that he wants Sharad Pawar as the Prime Minister.But rumour has it that Sharad Pawar wants to be the President of ICC. Holy cow! somebody stop my mind from where its gonna go next.Meanwhile UNPA(Underperformed national progressive allaiance) says, wait we have a new candidate and that's Dr.Abdul Kalam. Now am sure even Dr.Kalam was surprised and thought wow I didn't know even I was in the race. This reminds me of Shehanshah Akbar making an entry in the Mahabharat scene in 'Jane Bhi Do Yaaro'!
Well the depressing fact is that, its a shame that the presidential race is being made a mockery of! The politicians could at least pretend and not make it so blatantly conspicuous of what their motive is!The commander in Chief is the supreme power and lets respect it!
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nice observation . good article .
president and governors are a total waste of taxpayers money in india . more posts more chances of corruption and dirty politics .
Dude
Seems that u have active interest in day-today affairs.
hats off buddy
u r crying foul at everything and everyone
where will ur quest end dude
there is some one or something that must stop ur agonies
what do say
The president's chair gained the halo glow with the ascent of Mr. Abdul kalam. The politics surrounding the chair is a race to push political parties personal agenda than making an attempt to maintain dignity of the chair. It would not be a surprise to watch Mr. lalu prasad Yadav commandering our armed forces and his buffaloes grazing Mughal gardens.
OOh darling.. Yeah hai India.. :)
well written as usual..cant comment on ur views as i hv no knowledge about our dirty politics..i like the title though!!
slurp slurp!!! waiting for some more!!
Hi,
First of all i am really suprised u could find enough time to think,mull over,ponder and write about a topic which had lost its significance rite after Mr. Ambedkar had copied from the british and decided with his colleagues the powers to be given to this nominal statuory head.
The other point which you are trying to make is that all the parties should bow down to the wishes of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi without making a hue and cry about it.(even if its a trivial issue)
but dude thats what Politics is!!!!
The culprit really is the media...which blows things out of proportions rite from making Amitabh Bacchan(can u beat it...that poor soul) a potential candidate to almost giving away the seat to a not so keen Mr. Murthy(Thank God for that)
a recent survey also said that presidents worldwide when leave their temporary office,its glittering opulence,its maddening power end up dead in the next two years.
they just cant believe their merry days are over.
remains to be seen what happens to Mr.Kalam though.
in the end i am suprised myself that i ended up writing on such an insignificant subject.
guess we both have a lot of time to kill!!!!
I think it's fair to say that politics in general has become dirtier than the coovam (for those who do not recognize it, it's a river in Chennai). Not limiting it to India cos that's what we're exposed to. There is a very prominent stench of corruption and BS when you "sniff" the political scene anywhere.
Though, your insight was very interesting... liked the little "sunder'ing" of the article!
I guess the little comfort comes in the fact that India isnt as fucked as some of the other governments around (you would know what I'm hinting at).
Peace and keep the shtuff rolling.
-K
well written sunder..
The media just needs something to fill up there time slots...so for them presidental election...or abhishek bacchans marriage creates the same impact..as such...getting elected as president of india is like a vacation...all the president does is inaugurating functions and gng places...so now its the turn of Mrs.Patil..! lets c who enjoys more..
jeeze ... UPDATE !!!!!
jeeze ... UPDATE !!!!!
great observation dude..very well written too
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