Criticism if constructive can bring positive
transformations, but political criticism in India in fact even throughout the
world is cementing just the opposite. What
if a person who sacrificed his personal life, entertainment, liberty, peace etc.,
for the betterment of the society and the country which he lives in is termed
by the same people for whom he devoted his life as a mercenary? Not many digest
the allegations and continue to be an altruist. We (including me) are also good
in taking a broad view when it comes to criticisms, particularly in political
criticisms.
Have we ever thought before abusing a political
party as a whole for individual mistakes? I agree that the views or a mistake
of a politician represents his party. At the same time we fail to realise that
we are still the Homo sapiens who struggle to control our emotions. When a team wins or loses, we humans are very
good in giving credit/blame on an individual. Ironically, we do not follow the
same when it comes to political criticism. In politics, we credit the success
on an individual and failure on the team. Whether it was freedom struggle or
debacle of Congress in the recent elections or the success of BJP or even the
AAP’s massive win in Delhi we have followed the same trend. Is it wise to
generalise a party as corrupt? It doesn’t matter whether it is Congress or BJP
or any other party. If I call Congress as corrupt and selfish, then I also mean
the leaders of the past who sacrificed their own lives for the freedom of the
nation. If I call BJP as non-secular, then I am hurting the few leaders within
the party who are more secular than many self-proclaimed rationalists. I always
believed that every religion or political party is formed for a noble cause, but it is few individuals who misuse it for their personal gain.
AAP tasted its massive victory in Delhi, but
we the people who expected or dreamed for its win always focussed our emphasis
on Arvind Kejriwal. It was AK49 before election and AK67 after results. But
have we had a thought about the people who travelled from various corners of
the nation to work at the ground level and paved way for its win. Arvind
Kejriwal and Yogendra Yadav dedicated the victory to the Aam Aadmi and just
quoted themselves as vehicle used by the Aam Aadmi of Delhi to show the power
they possess. The point is here we
quoted the individual for the success just similar to how we did for NaMo in
Lok Sabha election. No doubt they are key players, but a key player cannot play in
all positions to win. When I mean “Win”, I just don’t mean the elections but
also the prime reason for why they are elected.
Let
us at least from now learn to wish the entire team for the success and blame a
corrupt individual for the loss. If your fingers are still towards a party as
whole, then let the criticisms be constructive just for the sake of few good men
on the other side.
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