By D N Singh
There is no surprise that, the present day politics takes itself to some new lows for either hogging lime lights or for some strange reasons beyond the realm of ethics.
The most recent such aberration has emerged from Rajasthan where the chief minister, Ashok Gehlot, obviously blighted by his political hara-kiri’s two months back, have chosen to be back in the headlines by saying something that sounds so flabbergasting.
Gehlot, reportedly, has described the brutal murder of Shaddha Walker as an “accident’ and added a shame to it by telling the media in a press meet that it is ‘normal’.
Gehlot seemed wavering in-between incident and accident as his wisdom perhaps went awry so much that, he termed such a horrifying murder as accident.
“It is not a new thing. For centuries, marriages have been taking place in the name of inter-caste, inter-religion, it is not a new thing” was yet another shocking statement from a chief minister who wanted to paper over the brutal act calling it an accident.
This has not only offered a scope for the BJP to attack the Rajasthan CM for his laughable observation of the coldblooded act of Aftaab Poonawala but, such a statement at this time has stirred the conscience of the nation.
Gehlot went on “You (BJP) have targeted one community, one religion and on its basis, your politics is going on inside the country. You are getting its benefits. It is very easy to gather people, create mobs in the name of religion and caste. It is easy to start a fire, it is very difficult to put out a fire. It takes time to build a building, but it takes only half an hour to demolish it” such a comparison also neither relatable to the incident nor it has any relevance with the act.
When there is no iota of politics behind such a beastly act of chopping a woman, you lived with, to 35 pieces and strewn it at places, what made Gehlot to draw such conclusion on religion or community, before the incident’s probe is still underway.
What appears compelling at this stage that, the Congress high command should take Gehlot’s stand as unnecessary, prejudicious and he requires to be reprimanded for giving such statements.
Tomorrow, given a chance, Gehlot or some other politician like him can also describe the Morbi disaster as an accident and end up saying such tragic incidents happen everywhere!
Even there is no space for interpretations like religious divide between Hindu or Muslim and so on, it was purely an act of someone who had literally departed from humanity and morphed himself into a beast.
Gehlot not only requires a drubbing from his top boss but he loses on the moral part to continue as a home and chief minister, is the general perception.
