Does one have to graduate from being a chaiwallah to a PM to get some kind of a respect or recognition? Aren’t we a Nation of equals? This is not to support any political party or individual or formation but just to express disappointment over the sheer double standards that are visible on display today. When a Modi or a Gadkari or a Rahul Gandhi come to campaign, they become Modi-ji or Garkari-ji or a Rahul-ji and it then becomes a privilege to post selfies with them or of their rallies in Social media. But when ordinary people come from outstation to campaign, there is a big problem. Why? Are these people lesser mortals? India is a Land where spiritual leaders like Swami Vivekananda walked in simple clothing and captured the imagination of the World. If the hostility to such ordinary people is just to get into the good books of the high and the mighty and the powerful, it is indeed sad. Has the Nation become so subservient to money and power that it is losing its sense of ethics, direction and morality?
warm regards, Sandeep Heble