Monday, June 19, 2006

Wipe out opponents - not good English Smt. Sonia!!

Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked her party workers to wipe out opponents. I was a bit shocked when I read this headline in TOI. A thought process started. With what mindset a person will use this language? Smt. Sonia has made this statement in connection with state assembly polls in UP, slated early next year.

Is election a battle which can be won only when all opponents are wiped out? Is winning an election is the end of the battle, the ultimate aim of a person or a political party? My answers to all such questions is a big NO. Election is not a battle. It is a process thorough which people elect their representatives. It is nothing more than a process. After he election, these peoples' representatives are required to privide good governance on the affairs of our country. Good governance is a governance which is effective, efficient and transparent. In such governing the principle of 'all-inclusive' is adopted. No body is excluded.

Then how the chairperson of a political party has talked in terms of wiping out the opponents? It is a negative mindset which looks upon the people as mere voters and subjects and not as people who have elected them their representatives. Smt. Sonia's statement is in a very bad taste. It instigates party workers to treat elections as a battle which has to be won and to win it all opponents are to be wiped out. It is certainly not good English. She could have said it in a better way by using some good words.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sonia's statement is in tune with congress policy. This party has a long list of wiping out opponents to its leader.