My first political rally

Tune: Tum toh Thehre Pardesi by Altaj Raja

Tum toh thehre pardesi...........
Des kya chalaoge........... (2)
Hamein apne desh ki politics kya dikhaoge..........
Tum toh thehre pardesi........
...and so it goes....

You dont need like an Einstein's brain to understand that this is a direct dig at Sonia Gandhi and her foreign origin.

The first political rally that I attended were filled with personal digs galore. The party workers set the mood for the campaign with songs and slogans like these. Narendra Modi (BJP), chief Minister of Gujarat came to campaign for Mr. Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena).

It was mainly bcoz of Narendra Modi that I wanted to attend the rally. I really wanted to hear that man talk. I just wanted to have a first hand experience of the speech of Modi who was so unpopular in the media. The rally started quite late........ 2 hrs late. But the party workers kept entertaining the people. Initially they sang all songs, national, regional, Shivaji songs etc. But later when they saw that thr wasnt any crowd response, they turned to cheap gimmicks. Personal attacks on Congress and NCP leaders were the mantra for the day. refernces to Chaggan Bhujbal, the ex-deputy chief Minister of Maharashtra in reference to Telgi scam were infact hilarious (Tel + Ghee.......oil + butter, literal translation). hehehehee.....But the gereatest irony was when the party workers sang a campaign song based on the song Pretty woman. Well, a hindutva based party upholding swadeshi values singing songs based on Hollywood movies..........hahahahaha!

Another sample......This is a dig on Sharad Pawar. Well a brief History...
Sharad Pawar was a member of Congress party but then left Congress because of his reluctance in accepting Sonia Gandhi (an Italian-Indian) as the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress Party. He went on to form his own party, Nationalist Congress party. This happened 2 years ago. But now that the Lok Sabha elections are fast approaching, he made a sudden u-turn and has joined hands with the Congres sparty under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi totally forgetting the fact that she was the main and probably the only reason why he left the Congress party in the first choice. They sung this song which I think was very apt........ehehehhee
From Koi Mil gaya...
Idhar Chala yeh Udhar Chala.......
jaane kahaan yeh kidhar Chala.....
arrey phisal gaya.................
yeh Sonia ke sang ho chala........

I thought that was funny.

In India all the main leaders have a set of followers, I think instead of calling them followers, I feel they are chamchas.....all are bloody sychophants. A certain Mr. Sbramaniam who was earlier with NCP, has currently joined the Shiv Sena. When this fact was announced there were people screaming "Bharat Mata ki Jai"...........Hullo what's the whole point?!?!?!?!?!?!.........Absolute nonsense!

Manohar Joshi's speech did not contain anything different and he basically spoke less. Then was the turn of the so-called hero of the day.........Mr. Narendra MORON Modi...........

Modi came dressed in a pristine whitekurta and a pant. Gross injustice to the colour which stands for peace. huh! Now I know why the media hates him. I just thought when the Indian media despises him so much, y the hell is he given so much coverage........Well..this is because he is controversial........anything controversial, has to have the media attention. Also he gives juicy bytes......absolutely controversial. Indian media will lap anything which has a slight hint of controversy. Well.....the start of his speech was quite sober. After a point of time I began wondering, is this the real Modi? But then he started spewing venom. He constanly referred to Sonia Gandhi as Begum Sahiba. I really didn't understand the reason. The tone with which he was referring to indicated was definitely anti-Muslim. Also he mentioned Sonia Gandhi and Mian Musharraf (note:Mian) in the same vein. Modi took extreme stands as in those who didn't "feel good" well are obviously not patriotic Indians. His logic was.......Sonia Gandhi isn't Indian......how will she feel good or be happy???I was like what rubbish. feel Good, India shining are all humbug. The interiors of India tell quite a different story and there are well thousands of people who are suffering.

Modi has an amazing knack of skewing up things. Well take this example.........
"In India, the home of a daughter is always husband's home (sasuraal)..(what nonsense!) Imagine a very rich girl from Mumbai gets married to a poor guy from Pune and after marriage starts living in Pune in penury and she happens to meet someone from Mumbai. She will always say that her home is Pune and will never flaunt her father's riches in Mumbai. They say Sonia Gandhi is Indian, but why does she acknowledge her property in Italy while declaring her assests? Y is she still the owner of properties in Italy? What does this signfy?"

I was at loss of words, when he started speaking likewise. I mean, did it make any sense to u guys? What nonsense! People, I am not in favour of Sonia Gandhi at all. I mean I think India deserves people much more talented than Sonia Gandhi. But I think the personal attacks are in a very bad taste. And in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai, NDTV 2-3 days before, Modi had declared on camera that he would stop the personal attacks. Well he seems to be suffering from temporary amnesia.

He also mentioned Godhra. He accused Congress's Kapil Sibal of trying to free the rioters involved in the Godhra train masscare. He accused them of being anti-national. Okies.....but what are u doing Mr. Modi? What is your party doing? All the Best Bakery victims are out scotfree..........just coz all the victims who died were Muslims? So many cases are being shifted outside Gujarat.....y? His speeches reflect so much hatred. So much hatred!!!!! I am at loss for words.

It was a very sad day for me as an Indian for a part of my India voted for such a man to power. God Save Gujarat! God Bless Gujarat! I again wish to say that I am not pro-Congress or anti- BJP or anything like that. But the scathing personal attacks and skewing up things, politics of hatred is just not acceptable.

Now the best part: There wasnt much of a crowd turnout for this rally. Yayyyyyyy! for that!!!!!!!!!!

The same day Thackerey says something like this," Wasn't there a single male in Congress party that they chose a Woman to lead the party?"
Excuse me!!!!!!!!Such a sexist comment. Gosh, get a life Mr. Thackerey! Please don't stoop to such levels. dhuh!!!!!!

Well I am voting for the first time. I am confused, frustrated. But exercise my vote I will! But its gonna be a choice between the devil and the deep sea. Or I might just hit the "None of the above" button!