Former prime minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee once on a lighter note had said “I am not married, but I
am not a bachelor either”. He was referring to his private life, which he felt
should be known to his people as he believed there was no private affair in public
life.
But times have changed
since!
The modern day
politicians enjoy a dual life, which has both private affairs as well as public
life.
The new salvo of the
Indian politics has emerged after the recently found video of Congress big gun
Abhishek Manu Singhvi illegally leaked on the social networking site.
As the leader claims
the ‘morphed’ video to be his private affair, which has nothing to do with his
public life the debate over such conduct in public life has grown.
This is not first such
leaked video. In the past there were instances of a former governor of Andhra
Pradesh seen in a similar explicit video. He had to resign and was shunted back
to his home state.
Another CD of a former
minister in the Rajasthan cabinet was found. The MLA is facing a trial in the
same case.
Is this reflecting the
moral depletion of Indian politics or has this surfaced due to the
technological advancement. This is really tough to comment in the scenario when
a cover up of immoral act is quoted as a private affair.
Showing oneself as a
holy cow to garner the support of the common man and then stepping on the
pedestal of success with that support and then getting into the ‘act’ and then
calling it private affair is this not a sick ‘act’, which would further dent
the faith in the politicians among the people?
Certainly the
holy cow had no clue when was gulping down the faith and morals in the presence
of a hidden intruder tracing their reality. (If you have seen the cow in video)
It has (holy cow) lost
more than what it seems. Belief of few and faith of many.
Time has come for the
political class to choose between the private ‘act’ or the public life as in
the era of awareness if faith falls then an uprising is in making.
