02-07-2009, 04:27 AM
Ravishji, I havent been to Bangalore and Delhi recently, but from little that I understand, seriously doubt if pub-bharo andolans would be a good political gimmick.
I would be really interested in seeing any major political party take any major stand in favor of opening and flourishing of pubs. Renukaji will have (for eg) problems in explaining this to people who took out rally opposing the danish cartoons - their main constituency. Thats why i was really surprised to see Renukaji talking of making an andolan out of this. Her colleague Ramadoss wants to ban public smoking and Renukaji is advocating pub-bharo andolan !!
I think media had positioned it very well (in terms of INC) to concentrate on violence against women and ignoring the pub part. But I think Renukaji went one step further and wants to make an andolan out of this. Not sure how prudent this is politically. More stmts like this from her and INC will have problems.
I would be really interested in seeing any major political party take any major stand in favor of opening and flourishing of pubs. Renukaji will have (for eg) problems in explaining this to people who took out rally opposing the danish cartoons - their main constituency. Thats why i was really surprised to see Renukaji talking of making an andolan out of this. Her colleague Ramadoss wants to ban public smoking and Renukaji is advocating pub-bharo andolan !!
I think media had positioned it very well (in terms of INC) to concentrate on violence against women and ignoring the pub part. But I think Renukaji went one step further and wants to make an andolan out of this. Not sure how prudent this is politically. More stmts like this from her and INC will have problems.