Today(11th May, 2007) on NDTV at around 9:30 AM.
Barkha Dutt to Abhishek Singhvi: Yesterday there were rumors that the Congress could offer Mayawati a ‘deal’ on the Taj Corridor Case if Mayawati were to involve Congress in the process of Government formation and if she were to lend support to the Congress’ candidate for the post of the President of India. What is your take on this?
How do you think Abhishek Singhvi (Spokesperson of the Congress and one of the top most lawyers of India) responded to these ‘allegations’ of his party trying to meddle with the CBI in a high profile corruption case?
You would naturally expect Mr. Singhvi to be indignant and deny that any such ‘deal’ was on the cards, right? Sample what Mr. Singhvi had to say on the issue:
Abhishek Singhvi: Well, yesterday was Thursday (when there was speculation that BSP would need Congress support for govt. formation in UP and hence would be willing to share power with Congress) and today is Friday. Today she doesn’t need our support. So, there is no question of any deals!
More ironical than the statement itself is the fact that the panel on this show found nothing wrong whatsoever with the statement made, accepted the statement as a matter of fact and moved on to discuss other ‘important’ issues like which party could now be the potential ally of the BSP and which portfolios would the ally ‘bargain’ for. (The interview/discussion was held before it was clear the BSP would get a majority in the UP Assembly on its own.)
What a statement on the realities of Public Life in India!
Now in which country other than India can you expect a politician to get away by making a statement like that (indicating that his party, the party currently in power, was willing to ‘silence the Central Investigating Agency’ in a criminal case against the Chief Minister designate of a state, in return for a favour)? And in which country other than India can you expect the press and public not raise so much as a murmur to such statements?
Lagta hai – “Sau mein se Sau Beimaan, Phir bhi Mera Bharat Mahaan!!” – Hey Bhagwaan!
Barkha Dutt to Abhishek Singhvi: Yesterday there were rumors that the Congress could offer Mayawati a ‘deal’ on the Taj Corridor Case if Mayawati were to involve Congress in the process of Government formation and if she were to lend support to the Congress’ candidate for the post of the President of India. What is your take on this?
How do you think Abhishek Singhvi (Spokesperson of the Congress and one of the top most lawyers of India) responded to these ‘allegations’ of his party trying to meddle with the CBI in a high profile corruption case?
You would naturally expect Mr. Singhvi to be indignant and deny that any such ‘deal’ was on the cards, right? Sample what Mr. Singhvi had to say on the issue:
Abhishek Singhvi: Well, yesterday was Thursday (when there was speculation that BSP would need Congress support for govt. formation in UP and hence would be willing to share power with Congress) and today is Friday. Today she doesn’t need our support. So, there is no question of any deals!
More ironical than the statement itself is the fact that the panel on this show found nothing wrong whatsoever with the statement made, accepted the statement as a matter of fact and moved on to discuss other ‘important’ issues like which party could now be the potential ally of the BSP and which portfolios would the ally ‘bargain’ for. (The interview/discussion was held before it was clear the BSP would get a majority in the UP Assembly on its own.)
What a statement on the realities of Public Life in India!
Now in which country other than India can you expect a politician to get away by making a statement like that (indicating that his party, the party currently in power, was willing to ‘silence the Central Investigating Agency’ in a criminal case against the Chief Minister designate of a state, in return for a favour)? And in which country other than India can you expect the press and public not raise so much as a murmur to such statements?
Lagta hai – “Sau mein se Sau Beimaan, Phir bhi Mera Bharat Mahaan!!” – Hey Bhagwaan!
2 comments:
Hey - Come on......
We want more such fun. Please do not write such posts. You never know...some politiican may read it and then we will not have these funny quotes :)
Yeah!
So, my first attempt at blogging did draw some comment! :-)
And don't worry man, the proportion of our politicians who 'can' read blogs should be very low. I even tried to work out the probability of a politician visiting our blog amongst the millions of blogs available and then the probability of him/her reading this post on the blog - the probability is abysmally low....(But wait, I'll check with Bob if I have my calculations right!!)
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