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Political Morality and CPIM - Excuse me?
Funny, I always thought the words “politics” and “moralily” though not tangential, can definitely not be considered candidates for best buddies.
I gave a quick glance at all the sore-loser talk that the CPIM has given after losing the trust vote in the Indian parliament. Amongst expulsion of Somnath Chatterjee and criticism of the IAEA (I am not even sure they know what the abbreviation is for), something that stuck out was their statement made on “political morality”
A statement issued by the CPIM Polit Bureau:
It is reported that some of the Lok Sabha members who have been convicted for serious crimes and who are in jail are being mobilized to support the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha.
There are three such members:
1. Rajiv Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has been convicted for the murder of Ajit Sarkar, CPI(M) MLA. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
2. Mohd. Shahabuddin has been convicted in a case of kidnapping with intent to murder. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment. He is also facing charges in the case of the murder of Chandrasekar, a former President of the JNU Students Union and a CPI(ML) leader.
3. Suraj Bhan has been convicted in a case of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
While legally they may get the right to attend parliament and vote there is a question of political morality involved. The Congress leadership will be seen by the entire country as taking recourse to convicted criminals for sustaining their government.
While I definitely don’t extoll the election of these ruffians to power, hearing the CPIM talk about political morality and “goondaism” is nothing but amusing. For close to three decades the party has gone ahead with their “goondaism” in the state of West Bengal. I remember stories from my parents on how the CPIM used ingenious methods of rigging the elections in the state and practically beaten to death any voice of dissent. A very close family friend lost his ancestral home in the outskirts of Kolkata, to the CPIM whose workers made the place their “party office” while the family was vacationing in Delhi. Whatever they say, talk of goons getting to vote shouldn’t be one of the topics that come out of their mouth.
Sorry CPIM dudes, looks like you got beaten at your own game by bigger goons.
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