Another CM - Intent Apparent

How our politicians are narrow-minded and petty is evident from a lot of repeated coverage of instances such as Mr. RR Patil downplaying the whole episode or Mr. Deshmukh with his son and RG Verma in toe at The Taj. Such instances need to be highlighted a lot more. This will help ensure that they start behaving and people start recognizing who they really are.

There is a similar instance which needs to be highlighted a lot more. This one relates to a live transmission from outside Oberoi when Mr. Narendra Modi had walked in. There are 2 very noticeable instances:

1. Mr Modi stating that he actually wanted to be driven in and out of Oberoi while the operation was still on. This is belittling a) the staff and guests taken hostage inside; b) the security agencies both on the inside and outside and c) the Press reporting live encounter. Is he the only patriot and a willing martyr? Are all the other citizens petty? What was his point? Shouldn’t he be there in Ahmedabad reviewing security which he himself says is under threat too?

2. And this one is pathetic. While he is facing a direction which is neither the hotel, nor the cameras directly, seemingly taking inputs from the police and in a tense environment, he actually notices and waves away 2 of his supporters (or security people, or someone) from the line of view of the press, such that no one is obstructing him from the line of the cameras. TV teams captures this wave of his hand live.

I think both need to be played a couple of times over.. And as many who can know need to know this.I repeat - Soft underbelly or not will depend on how we the people deal with such politicians.

Do we the people have the capacity to see through their ploys?