On the other hand in democracies where a family becomes so powerful that the descendents are almost expected to become heads of state. In the United States, The Kennedys and more recently the Bushes are such families. So much so that they are often referred to as “royalties”. In other words a young man born in this family like the late JFK Jr. was referred to as a Prince or “Shehzada” (in Urdu).
There are a lot of powerful families in India with sons often following their fathers into positions of power. However no family has dominated our unfortunate country as the Nehru-Gandhi family. Those of us with a few years under our belt remember the way Sanjay Gandhi used to behave. It was nothing short of a spoiled Prince. It is because it was almost expected that after Indira Gandhi, one of her sons was going to take over the country. Well, one of them did. SO if one expects Rahul Gandhi to be a candidate for PM’ship by virtue of being a Gandhi then what exactly should the term be?
Mr. Janardan Dwivedi who used to be a teacher at the Leftist Bastion of Delhi University should know that the term used by Narendra Modi for Rahul Gandhi could not be more apt (unlike the term used by his mistress for Modi). After which other simple MP in India gets to meet foreign dignitaries and is privy to national secrets. Please! Rahul Gandhi is not an ordinary MP. He really is more like the guy who thinks that he deserves the seat by virtue of his birth family i.e. a Shehzada.
It is not the term Shehzada used by Modi which has enraged Dwivedi and his ilk. It is the stark difference between the two PM candidates and the inability of the Congress to respond to Modi that is causing this anger. Dwivedi has famously said that Congress workers can stop usage of such words in two days. I do not need to hear that threat from him. Believe me Mr. Dwivedi, we all are scared of the Congress machinery and we know what you folks are capable of. I was young but I saw the brutality inflicted on Sikhs back in 1984. I am sure that Muslims in Nellie (Assam) also know the ferocity of an angry Congressman.
It is not Modi but the leaders from Congress like Dwivedi and Salman Khurshid (remember the threats made to Arvind Kejriwal?) who need a lesson a democratic decorum. It does not behoove senior leaders to behave like this and threaten violence. Who knows which Muslim terrorist may get encouraged and carry out bomb attacks in crowded places?
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Compare the civility of NaMo calling RG. Shezada with Congress MPs calling him scorpion,Hitler, massmurderer, fascist, Ravan, gutterworm, snake!
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