It seems that the coming few weeks will be very turbulent in Indian politics. Presently there are two very hot issues circulating in the electronic media. One Delhi chief Minister Mr. Kejriwal's confrontation with the Lt.Governor of Union Territory of Delhi Mr. Jung.
Second and most sensational is that PM Narendra Modi made a controversial comment about Indians living abroad who are ashamed of being born in India.
Indians were never ashamed even when Mughals were ruling the country rather were proud that India had so much potential. At the time many foreign businesses from many countries came to India to do business. I wonder from what source the Prime Minister gathered this information. So many Indian leaders and men of dignity visited other countries- Rabindranath Tagore, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and many more and we Indians feel proud of them.
Yes we feel ashamed now whilst living in the UK, some people ask me about the deteriorating law and order situation during the past one year in India. Yes we feel ashamed when someone asks how people with criminal records are in the Indian Parliament and how a person could fight the election whilst in prison on serious charges of murder and extortion. Yes we feel ashamed when we are told that our leaders made false promises to bring reforms during their election campaign which they do not fulfil even after a year of their being elected to govern the country.
Ahsan Ali
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