Few days ago
when I was reading a newspaper in the morning I happened to read an article in
the editorial section written by Nidhi Kaith and I can’t tell you how much I
coincide with the opinion of her about the ‘Aam Aadmi’. She believes that Aam Aadmi is divided into
two sections; one section is victim of the system and the other one is what we should
be wary of; a perfect hypocrite. The latter one is dangerous to the democratic
system like India. He idolizes someone who is fighting corruption like Kejriwal
or Ashok Khemka but craves to live aristocratic life. He demands equality when
he thinks he is victimized by inequality of some sort but also takes pride in being
a Hindu, muslim, sikh, etc.
The
worst of hypocrites are our politicians, they seem to oppose tooth and nail the
controversy surrounding the person on the opposite party but when similar kind
of controversy surrounds their own party person they try to make every possible
effort to defend him. Tune on to any news channel to watch discussions or
debate on those matters you won’t find any of the party representatives making
logical comments. Everywhere you go, anyone you see you will find everyone is
divided into party supporters, and there aren’t any issues, no concerns just
party support. They are loyal to the extent that they have almost turned blind
to their party’s wrongdoings. No matter what their party or the leader is doing
or saying they will support them in every case.
If I had to give award for the emerging
hypocrite award, I will give it to media. The same media who made Kejriwal ‘Apple of
everyone’s eye’ after winning elections now turned against him so aggressively
together and was trying hard to project
him as a devil, when he said ‘If he will come to power he will jail every
corrupt persons in the media”. Editor of a news channel went to such an extent
that he broadcasted an hour long episode, collecting and editing every footage
he was able to, doing everything which could be done to malign the image of
him. I don’t understand why he took the remark ‘corrupt person in media’
personally and was so agonized in anger that instead of showing ‘what was important
at that point of time’ (current news) he used his status to vent out his anger.
You guessed it right I am talking about the India news. Now what can we expect
from this media. The same media which
agreed to broadcast the edited version of video showing Shazia Ilmi, Kumar
Vishwas and other members of AAP party at negative side. Why did they agree to
play the edited footage why didn’t they ask for the raw footage and when the
truth was found out no one apologized. Don’t they have any responsibility
towards society? Aren’t they required to investigate about the authenticity and
reliability of the news and evidence they get before broadcasting it to the
general public?
Finally,
I am also little disappointed with Kejriwal as well. He looked determined to
change the politics and in some ways he has succeeded too some extent. We saw a
change in the faces of the opposition; every party was looking for honest
candidates in the Delhi assembly elections. But now it seems like Kejriwal is
also falling down with his standards which he himself set. Recently we can see
him hurling allegations and criticizing, he is still the best choice for us though;
one fault cannot surpass the million things which he did right. I would
certainly like to see him emphasizing on what good he will do to the society
rather than criticizing opposite party members.
Let’s hope this election, we will get rid
of our hypocrisy and vote for a better tomorrow for India.
