Crude Power, Silent Complicity, and the Art of Blaming Rahul Gandhi
Crude Power, Silent Complicity, and
the Art of Blaming Rahul Gandhi
Every time a BJP leader opens
their mouth and something crude falls out, some of the media react like
this is a shocking new development. As if Indian democracy has just been
personally insulted for the first time. Let’s stop pretending. This isn’t a
slip. This is the brand.
To be clear, it is the independent
media that reacts with outrage, questions the language, and treats the decline
of parliamentary standards as news. The rest, the comfortably obedient section
now known as Godi Media, doesn’t react at all. It watches, ignores, and moves
on, as if nothing happened and nothing matters.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has
perfected a political model where volume replaces thought and abuse passes for
conviction. Dignity is optional. Competence is negotiable. And language?
Apparently, that’s for weak democracies that still believe words matter.
Indian democracy wasn’t dragged
down overnight. It was gently pushed down the stairs by leaders who confuse
aggression with strength and vulgarity with honesty. Leadership, once
associated with restraint and intellect, is now treated like an open-mic night
for people who never learned when to stop talking.
And really, why should we expect
better? When the gold standard of leadership is set by Narendra Modi and Amit
Shah, the rest of the party is simply following instructions. The fish rots
from the head, and this one didn’t even bother with refrigeration.
What happens next is always
predictable. Crude remarks are dismissed as passion. Abusive language inside
Parliament is rebranded as confidence. And when statements made at the national
or international level embarrass the country, the blame somehow lands on Rahul
Gandhi. It’s a remarkable trick: no matter who speaks, Rahul Gandhi must
explain.
Independent journalists try to do
the unfashionable work of journalism. They provide transcripts. They add
context. They ask why standards keep falling. For this, they are rewarded with
labels: anti-national, foreign-funded, urban Naxal. Truth is tolerated only
when it flatters power.
When Amit Shah casually uses
abusive language on the floor of Parliament, it should dominate headlines. In a
serious democracy, it would. Instead, Godi Media decides it’s not worth
discussing. Silence becomes editorial policy.
Leaders like Kailash Vijayvargiya
then follow the script. Once standards collapse at the top, there is no reason
for anyone else to pretend. Parliament starts sounding less like a house of
debate and more like a roadside argument, broadcast in high definition.
No one resigns, of course.
Resignation requires accountability, and accountability requires a moral spine.
The system functions better without either. Everyone knows everyone else’s
secrets. Corruption becomes a mutual insurance scheme. Speak up, and you’re
exposed. Stay quiet, and you’re safe.
Language is only the surface
decay. The deeper rot lies in how easily serious crimes are minimized when the
accused belong to the ruling party. Bail is granted. Time is bought. Public
memory is tested. Only when outrage becomes unavoidable does the Supreme Court
of India step in to pause the damage, not to deliver swift justice, but to
manage embarrassment.
Perhaps the most unsettling
defense comes from educated supporters. University graduates who can analyze
data but refuse to connect moral dots. Religion does the heavy lifting. Once
faith enters the conversation, logic quietly exits. Crimes become conspiracies.
Facts become narratives. Accountability becomes anti-national.
India is a civilization that gave
the world mathematics, science, medicine, philosophy, and debate. Today,
questioning power is betrayal, thinking is optional, and belief is mandatory.
In England, they once said, “God
save the Queen.” In today’s India, the line sounds less ceremonial and far more
desperate.
God save India. Because those in
power, the media that shields them, and the faith that excuses them clearly
won’t.
When ignorance puts on a suit and starts calling itself leadership, the result is exactly this circus. A man faking degrees, failing school-level basics, and compensating with noise, arrogance, and chest-thumping nationalism. Intelligence is replaced by volume, and confidence replaces competence. He fits perfectly into a party packed with loud, foul-mouthed bullies who mistake abuse for authority and shouting for strength. Every day, they drag Indian politics further down, erasing the tradition of intellect, debate, and dignity that earlier leaders actually stood for. This isn’t leadership. It’s a gang of underqualified, foul-spoken performers vandalizing democracy in public.
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