WHERE IS DOUBLE STANDARD

                         

It is an easy tactic to raise accusing fingers against ones enemy to malign him in public estimation and earn popularity. In recent years, in Indian politics, two persons have emerged strongly exploiting this plank. They are Arvind Kejriwal, CM/Delhi and Dr. Subramanian Swamy, MP/RS/BJP. However, a brief analysis of their methods would show the motive behind so that one can locate who is having double face.

We may recall the heydays of Anna Hazare when the Jantar-Mantar and Ramlila grounds used to receive massive public gatherings demanding Lokpal. Anna followed a policy of raising public issues without ever entering into the dirt of politics. Arvind Kejriwal (AK), Kiran bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, Sanjay Singh, and others used to address the crowd who lustily cheered them. Taking the lead, AK became more popular. Then he started diverting to build up his own image to jump into electoral fray to advance his secret political agenda. He started gathering unchecked corruption charges against the bigwigs in the Congress as well as BJP. He targetd Salman Khursheed, Sandip Dixit Robert Vadra, and Nitin Gadkari. He tried to prove that the entire ruling party was corrupt and if given chance, he would stem the rot. Did he take any one to court and follow up? On the other hand , Gadkari filed a defamation case and AK had to lick the dust. Even today, he is running to judiciary in connection with defamation case filed by Arun Jaitley whom he had called corrupt. We know that his charges are so baseless that even the  reputed legal brain of Ram Jethamalani will find it difficult to rescue him.

On the other hand, Subramanian Swamy (SS) is a one-man brigade. Without any trepidity, he has been puting the sharks of Indian politics to dock for last twenty over years. He is a qualified legal expert better than many practising advocates. He meticulously does his homework to marshal evidences so that the accused was not allowed any leeway. He has fired his salvos at Jaya  Lalithaa, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ahmad Patel, Motilal Vohra, P Chidambram, Oscar Fernande etc. Unravelling of 2G spectrum and coal scams are credited to him. While the AIADMK supremo, was convicted, jailed and is out on bail, Raja and Madhu Koda are still behind bars. others are finding the judicial noose tightening around their neck. At present he is very calculatedly following the National Herald case in which the authentic documentary evidences show the accused on a slippery turf. Oppose the wrong wherever it is visible, is his gospel. He joined the Rajya Sabha in the present session and next day moved a privilege motion against the leader of opposition/RS, Ghulamnabi Azad for misleading the House. Azad had wrongly claimed that the UPA had blacklisted Agusta Westland and that the PM had secretly met his Italian counterpart tp strike a deal on Agusta. He has declared to corner the corrupt so long he was alive.

In the above background, though both have been doing the same thing, the modus operndi makes their character open before the public. Yesterday, in connection with the Agusta Westland case, AK was charging that Modi will never arrest Congress President. Today, the court has framed charges against Navin Jindal in coal scam. Jindal is his friend and he is on record to have received contribution for election from him. Has not he got through the last Delhi Assembly election by dint of scam money? How does he propose to atone for?