Last Saturday, watching Rahul Gandhi’s interview on Headlines today at
2100 hrs and thereafter the QA session of Narinder Modi in Aap Ki Adalat at
2200 hrs I was reminded of the Husband’s
Night, the once an year party hosted by the ladies for all members of the
Officers Mess of an Air Force Stn in the Indian Air Force. The interview with RaGa
was like the much hyped “Punch,” a trumped up concoction of various soft drinks
and juices, at times lined with some whisky/rum/brandy/vodka, served as a
welcome drink. Since ladies generally refrain from drinking alcohol, the
untested concoction despite the hype and a magnanimous helping turns out to be
an avoidable insipid cocktail.
Once in the party, one is free to have a drink of his choice,
in abundant measure to one’s satisfaction. And that’s what happened at 2200 hrs
when I started watching the Aap ki Adalat with NaMo.It was like what I enjoy the most, a “single
malt”, nice, crisp and heady served with abundance of ice to cool the frayed
nerves and sinews after the ”Punch”.
RaGa, although he acquitted himself far better than what he
did with Arnab, seems to be wedded to the eighth deadly sin, a soch, a vichar, as
he refers to the Congress’s ideology for now and forever. In his not so
illustrious political career he seems to have mastered the art of dealing in
ambiguity by paying pious lip service to various “Rights” that he repeatedly
alludes to in all his interactions. He was heavy on rhetoric and light on
analysis, long on emotions and short on reason. That there was no mention about numerable issues that
plague the nation like, eradication
of corruption, population control, unemployment, poverty alleviation, lack of
infrastructure, healthcare, education etc, reflected the well scripted and duly
edited questions that were put forth..
On the other hand, Modi who possess
a different level of national consciousness, than any congressman, was able to
connect well and handle every question and retort from the Anchor and the
public with the flourish of a magician. It is his grasp over the essentials,
culled from the experience of Gujarat, that enable him to express himself with
clear conciseness and lucidity. He reflects a creative mind with high octane
passion for perfection.
Comparing the two would be nothing short of sacrilege. I
therefore leave it to the judgment of millions who watched both the programmes.
But one thing is certain, Congress will have many years, after 16 May, to mull
over their follies and misdeeds,the most outstanding being the culture of
subservience and sycophancy that compelled them to project an unworthy
delinquent against a statesman.
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