Political Party that completes 125 years.

I am not politically inclined at all. But the events around these days, compel one to think and to comment. This is just one incidence. Congress is projected by its own hirelings to be the ONLY party that earned freedom for India. It claims to be the only nationalist, secular party that can do the country proud and help the poor improve their lot. Is this true?

Since a couple of day the debate in the press is about the reinduction of an alleged thug-Deepak Mankar in the party.

People in Pune KNOW Mr. Mankar too well to be misled by the unconvincing explanations being offered as justifications for induction. One is NOT interested if the decision to reinduct Mr. mankar was unanimous by the District Congress Committee or not! And even assuming it was a unanimous decision, it cannot change the character of a grossly WRONG decision. Mr. Mankar is the main accused in the land grabbing case. He is facing a few other criminal cases too. His arrest was bad news for Congress, especially as the Assembly elections were round the corner. He was promptly suspended from the party to get mileage in elections as a "clean" party-and it did get that mileage!! He had to contest the Assembly elections as an independent and he lost. He has been refused bail a few times and it seems now he has managed to be out on bail. Coincidentally, the elections to the Pune Municiple Corporation is now round the corner and Congress has reinducted in the party. The only justification being that it was a unanimous decision of the party. What rubbish!

This evening the State President of the Congress Party pleads complete ignorence of this development!! Is this possible at all? Either he is knowingly making a false statement or he thinks that the common man is a fool. He may be right about the common man. In the press conference the Chief Minister "educates" us on the difference between an "accused" and a "convict". He then goes on to say that there is no place for criminals in Congress party. What kind of a joke he thinks he is playing on us poor members of the "common man" fraternity? Did this knowledge happen to this modern day Goutam Buddha overnight? When the party suspended Mr. Deepak Mankar, he was an accused and even today he remains an accused. So what has spurred the new thinking, Mr. Chief Minister?

Its utter shame for the Congress Party to reinduct Mr. Mankar in the party. It needs to cause deep scrutiny to the role, if at all played by MP Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, who happens to be the Boss of Congress interests in far as Pune Municiple Corporation. And why are other parties, especially the NCP quiet on this matter? They share power with Congress in the state, the centre and the Pune Municiple Corporation too? Its a shame on the people of Pune who must demonstrate their anger in the imminent elections of the Pune Municiple Corporation.

I suppose the only action option open to the Natu family and the likes of them unfortunate members of the society, is to commit suicide since this criminalized government and/or the Congress party and/or Nationalist Congress party of Mr. Sharad Pawar and his supporters, will not protect the innocent.