Rahul Relief; Lankan Lapse; Bullying British
Opinion Watch
Rahul Relief
The Asian Age has said in its Editorial that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was denied relief in the session court in Surat over the conviction in defamation case on the basis of a “generalized views”. The court reasoned that suspending the conviction Gandhi would “shake the belief in the justice system”.
The daily stressed that Gandhi is the first to be punished with maximum jail term for defamation, which otherwise is a norm for Indian politicians. It also stated that the world over defamation cases are dealt with fine. The daily underlined that Gandhi can now approach the High Court and the Supreme Court.
Gandhi’s conviction is setting up to be a judicial exemplar in India’s jurisprudence, and the case may soon land in the Supreme Court. Politics is unaffected by conviction, as even Lalu Prasad helmed his party from jail after conviction in a corruption case. But the final judicial commentary on Gandhi’s conviction could possibly set in motion cleaning the filth in politics.
Lankan Lapse
Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who lost her parent to terrorist attacks in the past, has said that Sri Lanka is a failed state for failure to integrate minorities in the mainstream, and The Telegraph in its Editorial sought to argue that she is showing mirror to India. The daily claimed that the minorities in India are drifting away from the mainstream for the past one decade and more.
The Kolkata-based daily said that Kumaratunga’s comment holds true for Pakistan and other South Asian countries. The daily lamented that India is desperate to repeat the mistakes of the neighbours.
The gory tales of medieval Afghanistan and lawless Pakistan can certainly be no comparison for a democratic country such as India. The Telegraph has certainly taken a flight of imagination to speak of India in the club of rogue Afghanistan and Pakistan. Factually, the minorities in India, largely, enjoy same rights as anyone, which certainly is not a case in neighbouring Islamic nations.
Bullying British
The Pioneer in its Editorial has stated that liberals enjoy a greater freedom to err while others are hauled over coal for lapses in the context of deputy prime minister of the UK Dominic Raab resigning over the charges of bullying against colleagues. The daily also said that this is in sharp contrast to India where the politicians believe that the rules are made for the fools.
The Noida-based daily stated that Raab was found guilty on two counts for bullying while he maintained that in the last four and a half years he never shouted, abused or physically intimidated any of his colleagues. The paper claimed that Raab was hauled over the coal because he was a foe to liberals while Kamala Harris escapes such scrutiny despite graver charges.
Such low threshold for bullying in the UK should not be lamented but celebrated, for the whole idea may sound foreign in India.
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