The Ministerial Slap
A deranged youth slapped the Union Minister of Agriculture and the nation was divided in its response. There were those who condemned the act unequivocally, while there were many who praised it. Anna Hazare, who has so wrongly been equated with Gandhiji, sarcastically asked why he was slapped only once, thus exposing the true colours of this cunning old man. I have always mentioned in the Vivekean Times that one of the chief reasons I hated the movement of the hypocrites popularly known as Team Anna was because of the potentiality of violence. This act of Harvinder Singh clearly justifies my approach. In Today's Times Of India, Shobha De as a columnist virtually justified the slap on Sharad Pawar. What if people who did not approve of her writings slapped her hard in public. How would she take it?Yes, we need to reject the kind of street democracy or annarchy marketed by Team Anna. The Lok Pal movement has degenerated from an anti-corruption drive to a nationwide street brawl. Ev...