08-08-2008, 09:21 PM
Ashamed of Kargil?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Where were our "leaders", the people who, by the nomenclature thrust on them, are destined to lead us, to show us the way, on Saturday, July 26?
Where was the President and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Pratibha Patil [Images]? Where was the prime minister, Manmohan Singh [Images]? Where was the defence minister, A K Antony? Where was the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit?
Yes, there was a celebration in the BJP office with Rajnath Singh in attendance, but was there any commensurate celebration in the Congress office? Was Congress president Sonia Gandhi [Images] present? Was there any celebration in the CPI or CPI-M headquarters? Were Prakash Karat [Images] and A B Bardhan there?
And so on.
If the leaders and their parties did observe Vijay Divas, their media minders have done a splendid job of hiding it from public view. If they didn't, the nation is entitled to ask why: Has the Kargil victory become something to be ashamed of for most of our political parties?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Where were our "leaders", the people who, by the nomenclature thrust on them, are destined to lead us, to show us the way, on Saturday, July 26?
Where was the President and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Pratibha Patil [Images]? Where was the prime minister, Manmohan Singh [Images]? Where was the defence minister, A K Antony? Where was the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit?
Yes, there was a celebration in the BJP office with Rajnath Singh in attendance, but was there any commensurate celebration in the Congress office? Was Congress president Sonia Gandhi [Images] present? Was there any celebration in the CPI or CPI-M headquarters? Were Prakash Karat [Images] and A B Bardhan there?
And so on.
If the leaders and their parties did observe Vijay Divas, their media minders have done a splendid job of hiding it from public view. If they didn't, the nation is entitled to ask why: Has the Kargil victory become something to be ashamed of for most of our political parties?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->