Raju Korti
Unlike the Left, which has a distinct ideology of its own -- acceptable or unacceptable -- the Trinamool can at best be described as Congress weed. Both of them do not seem to have any agenda in the state they have flourished except engage themselves in a war of words that often degenerates into a physical clash. A quick look at the Trinamool Congress' website shows that its main discourse is Islamic fundamentalism, Populism and Democratic Socialism, not necessarily in the same order all the time. Do not bother to exercise your grey cells what those mean because Trinamool leaders themselves have no clue.
The long-standing rivalry between the TC and the Left, amusingly, often brings them on the same platform to take swipes at each other. The latest trigger comes in the wake of the leaders of both parties desperately wanting to seek an audience with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani through an all-party delegation. Trinamool leader Saugata Roy hurriedly opted out of the delegation when he came to know that CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was also a part of the team.
The Trinamool has nothing to do in West Bengal despite being in power while the Left is gainfully unemployed in the state which was its bastion for decades. Having more or less a similar mindset and yet being political rivals, it would have been very amusing how the two parties would have taken their agendas further during the meet with Geelani.
For all their political wisdom, both did not realise that Geelani was fuming while he turned down J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's invitation for talks on the Kashmir issue. The delegation was reduced to a comedy of sorts with four of its opposition MPs breaking away from the group and deciding to reach out Geelani separately. Separatists meeting a separatist leader?
Obviously the all-party delegation with assorted biscuits like CPM leader Yechury, CPI leader Raja, JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav and RJD leader Jay Prakash Narayan headed by -- of all the people -- Rajnath Singh -- did not have the common sense to understand that a hardened separatist leader placed under house arrest would be the last person to meet them.
Roy did not miss the chance to take potshots at Yechury. He said "Yechuri had to do all this because the CPM has nothing 'left' in West Bengal now. But the tug of war between the two reminds me of an archetypal story I read in children's magazine as a schoolboy.
A king on the deathbed tells his prince son to tour the country, see how administration functions and gain some experience before ascending the throne. The prince sets out for the tour and after a hard day's horse-ride decides to sleep under a tree. When he is fast asleep, two cobras emerge, happy that they had someone to bite after a long time. However, they start fighting, hissing loudly over who should bite him first. Hearing the commotion, the prince wakes up and kills both with his sword.
Moral of the story: Strange bedfellows never make for holy alliances. The end.
Unlike the Left, which has a distinct ideology of its own -- acceptable or unacceptable -- the Trinamool can at best be described as Congress weed. Both of them do not seem to have any agenda in the state they have flourished except engage themselves in a war of words that often degenerates into a physical clash. A quick look at the Trinamool Congress' website shows that its main discourse is Islamic fundamentalism, Populism and Democratic Socialism, not necessarily in the same order all the time. Do not bother to exercise your grey cells what those mean because Trinamool leaders themselves have no clue.
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| Syed Shah Geelani (file grab) |
The Trinamool has nothing to do in West Bengal despite being in power while the Left is gainfully unemployed in the state which was its bastion for decades. Having more or less a similar mindset and yet being political rivals, it would have been very amusing how the two parties would have taken their agendas further during the meet with Geelani.
For all their political wisdom, both did not realise that Geelani was fuming while he turned down J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's invitation for talks on the Kashmir issue. The delegation was reduced to a comedy of sorts with four of its opposition MPs breaking away from the group and deciding to reach out Geelani separately. Separatists meeting a separatist leader?
Obviously the all-party delegation with assorted biscuits like CPM leader Yechury, CPI leader Raja, JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav and RJD leader Jay Prakash Narayan headed by -- of all the people -- Rajnath Singh -- did not have the common sense to understand that a hardened separatist leader placed under house arrest would be the last person to meet them.
Roy did not miss the chance to take potshots at Yechury. He said "Yechuri had to do all this because the CPM has nothing 'left' in West Bengal now. But the tug of war between the two reminds me of an archetypal story I read in children's magazine as a schoolboy.
A king on the deathbed tells his prince son to tour the country, see how administration functions and gain some experience before ascending the throne. The prince sets out for the tour and after a hard day's horse-ride decides to sleep under a tree. When he is fast asleep, two cobras emerge, happy that they had someone to bite after a long time. However, they start fighting, hissing loudly over who should bite him first. Hearing the commotion, the prince wakes up and kills both with his sword.
Moral of the story: Strange bedfellows never make for holy alliances. The end.
Assorted biscuits did it. I fell down with no available strength to laugh longer hashaskey mai phattgayaa.
ReplyDeleteI can only wash your feet do pranaam and say gurujee apnee guru shishyaa paramparaa banee rahey. Gurudev rajugaru pranaam.
Assorted biscuits did it. I fell down with no available strength to laugh longer hashaskey mai phattgayaa.
ReplyDeleteI can only wash your feet do pranaam and say gurujee apnee guru shishyaa paramparaa banee rahey. Gurudev rajugaru pranaam.