Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Rahul attempts to fill fissures

The MP from Amethi needs to stand up to his Punjabi promises

If the great charming grandfather penned the Discovery of India, the heart-throb great grandson is actually out to discover India. With eyes glued on the forthcoming Parliamentary polls, Congress party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi recently toured Punjab. The 38-year-old heir to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty discovered many skeletons inside (and outside) the closets of Punjab Congress and the state’s government.

Rahul’s visit to the state, and more so, the Sikh holy shrine of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, affirms that the Gandhi family wants to build bridges with the Sikh community, ending an animosity, which began with Operation Bluestar in 1984. His grandmother, former PM Indira Gandhi, in fact fell to the bullets fired to avenge the operation. Rahul’s father Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded his mother as Prime Minister, never visited the Golden Temple, but his mother Sonia Ganshi paid obeisance at the Temple in 1990. Rahul is the second member of the family to visit the holy Sikh shrine. Ignoring security threats, Rahul paid his obeisance at the temple adorning a saffron scarf besides partaking food from its langar.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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