In one fell stroke with a few well-chosen and well-spoken
words, Rahul Gandhi has achieved for India what no other person in any
developing country could even hope to achieve: He has eradicated poverty from
India!
The Crown Prince of the second most populous country in the
world has declared: “Poverty is a state of mind”. Who would have imagined that
no poverty really existed? That it was all only in the minds of people? That no
one is really poor in India? That all studies by all national and international
bodies were just imaginary tales? That the indices to measure poverty were just
mithya.
The Great Indian Hope, Rahul Gandhi, has proved himself to
be even more capable than anyone could have ever hoped for. He has practically
hit a sixer in the very first ball he ever faced in his political life. What an
achiever he is!
Maybe after all, Rahul Gandhi is truly a spiritual messiah
who has completely understood and imbibed the ancient belief: Sab maya hai. His understanding of the
basic truth of the transitionary nature of life as told by Krishna in the Gita is that of Arjun sitting right at
God’s feet drinking in the truth.
Jokes apart, this is probably the most clueless statement
made by Rahul Gandhi in a career strewn with ill-informed and ridiculous
observations. He is so far removed from any realities of India, he could well
be in another city, country or planet. Is this seriously the person that Indian
National Congress sees as the Prime Minister of India? Agreed that India had
monarchies and servility to kings and their families is embedded in the DNA,
but Jawaharlal Nehru’s lineage is not,
most definitely not royalty. There are plenty of royal families still
existing, but the crown and halo bestowed on this family is unfathomable and,
as proved resoundingly over 66 years of independence, undeserved.
The onus now lies with the votary to ensure that this
servility is not perpetuated further – Indian National Congress, on its part,
is too busy bending over backwards trying to gain favour to ever be able to
even think of the people of India.
Sujata Garimella