FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014
The Loss Of Character Ethic
Elections are meant to be won or lost. Elections wouldn’t be fun if politicians didn’t trade barbs; some vicious, some humorous and some truly absurd. A little bit of twisting of statements, facts and trivia is considered normal in elections. After all, along with lawyers, politicians are not allowed to contest amateur lying contests for a good reason. Both these communities are considered “professional liars”. What a politician should prefer not to lose is the character ethic. It’s character that is permanent, election win or loss isn’t. Some of our major contestants are dependent mostly on “personalities” rather than character. Character ethic is much more permanent than personality ethic. The best explanation is offered by the late Stephen Covey (dealt with in his book “7 habits”):
“The difference between the personality ethic and the character ethic… The character ethic is the idea that a person advances on basis of their character. This was culturally the main idea expressed in the US up until about WWI, when popular literature began to focus more on short-cuts and easy ways to manipulate situations or to get what you want. Character ethic depends on deep changes within each of us, while the personality ethic falls back on methods or techniques. The personality ethic does not challenge us; neither does it bring about deep changes within us”.
Based on Covey’s book and by others, LK Advani too has written on the topic. I recommend you read the article. If you are anti-BJP or anti-Advani, just read the article and forget who has written it. In the post after the Patna blasts at a Narendra Modi rally I rephrased the old saying: “Character does not develop in a crisis, it merely reveals itself”. In this one we will discuss some of the key people or groups who have lost their character ethic during these elections.
The Gandhi-Vadra clan:
The Gandhis have never fought elections on issues of character. Their campaign has always been personality-driven. In the past there was far less scrutiny of the family in the public domain in absence of social media. But now the SM doesn’t miss what the MSM covers up for the family. SoniaG is responsible for injecting the most foul dialogue into political discourse with her “Maut ka Saudagar” rant. During these elections it was followed up by her daughter Priyanka Vadra with silly lines in desperation. Mrs Vadra danced and waltzed around Amethi with nothing to show for performance by the family and played victim. She referred to Modi’s politics as “Neech rajniti” without any context. It seems anyone criticising Rajiv Gandhi for his known stupidity and arrogance is an insult to her family. Do these people really belong in politics? The worst was to come on polling day. The behaviour was atrocious to say the least, take a look:
That is RahulG inside a polling booth in Amethi indulging in the kind of nonsense that a candidate is not supposed to. The Gandhi-Vadra clan is used to nobody questioning them; not even police or constitutional authorities. The situation in Amethi seems to be testing for the Gandhi and contributes to his bad behaviour and that of Mrs Vadra. The PA of Mrs Vadra was floating around at Amethi polling booths as if she was some royal observer from the queen’s palace:
Mrs Vadra’s PA had to be sent out of the area after Smriti Irani confronted her. The incidents are many to list here. The Gandhi-Vadra clan seems to realise an electoral loss is on the cards unless there is a massive electoral fraud. Being out of power is a crisis for them. And their response in such a looming crisis was not one of strength or dignity but crass behaviour and bogus political discourse of lies and victimhood. Character doesn’t develop in a crisis, it merely reveals it.
Mamata Banerjee:
Mamata Banerjee does have a good story. She started from scratch and battled the CPM for a long time. She was nearly killed once in 1991 by the CPM’s brutality. Her agitation tactics finally brought her to power in Bengal after 3 decades of CPM rule. However, it’s not where you started but where you’re finishing that eventually counts. And MB is finishing badly. One can understand her phobia with death-threats and everyone trying to kill her. What Bengalis did miss, however, is that they replaced the CPM with more of the same. Both TMC and CPM are cut from the same cloth and their policies and practices are not any different. What is alarming is the uncouth and uncivilised that is now emanating from MB and her foot soldiers. In response to a statement by Modi that TMC was funded by purchase of MB’s paintings at bogus prices, she and a moron called Derek O’Brien called him the “Butcher of Gujarat”. Fine, let’s pass that for anger. They threatened a defamation case when facts proved that the paintings were indeed purchased by the scam-tainted Sarada chit fund group.
From there, it only got worse. You need to combat political barbs and taunts with political language. What flows from MamataB is nothing short of an endless gutter. Here’s the first one:
So, even if Modi gets a majority she won’t allow him to become PM. I wonder if she ever sits down and reflects on her moronery and the stupid statements she frequently makes. It is increasingly becoming evident that the woman has no governance or political skills. Like the CPM or AAP she seems good only for street agitations and unfit for any mature leadership role. When Modi stated he will send back “illegal” Bangladeshis from Bengal back to Bangladesh she went into another rant. She said she would tie up Modi and throw him in jail and challenged him to send her to Bangladesh. She behaved like she was the champion of the illegal immigrants. What kind of CM or leader does that? Her stupidity and hypocrisy didn’t take long to be established because in another rally Modi reminded her how she had accused CPM of allowing illegal immigrants on the voter rolls whom she wanted to throw out. That horrible incident was in 2005 in the parliament when she was an MP and she hurled papers at the Speaker. She has a history of uncouth behaviour but one would have thought a responsibility like the CM’s post would see better behaviour.
Nothing has changed. MB’s behaviour has only gotten worse and so has her language. She now states that if she desires Modi wouldn’t be able to set foot on Bengal. Who the hell is this woman? Who the hell is this moron? In any other country the media would have slapped her in the front pages for this statement but not in India where such moronery passes unnoticed.
Simple fact is, Bengal too seems to have been caught in the Modi-wave that is being discussed all over and it threatens MB’s party in some seats. Regardless of whether one wins or loses some seats or elections such a situation shows up true character of the person. This election season, MamataB is another politician whose poor character has been on full display. Pathetic is the only way to describe her. I pity Bengal to have gotten such leaders.
The Election Commissioners:
This is a powerful Constitutional office with the serious responsibility of conducting free and fair elections. For a few years we thought booth capturing, rigging or violation of rules was a thing of the past. We were wrong. The present CEC, VS Sampath and his team have made a total mockery of the election process. I recommend read “The Quixotic EC” for some details, if you haven’t already. Millions of voters deleted from rolls is a serious crime (read more on the farce of voter rolls). Since then the situation in the last 2 rounds of polling has only gotten worse. While pulling up Modi for flashing a lotus badge, the EC turned a blind-eye to the total farce at Amethi where RahulG meddled in the polling booths. Take a look at this Amethi polling centre decked with Congress posters and flyers:
How in the world does such a fraud get to be allowed? On May 7 the EC at Varanasi banned some of the rallies of Modi in the town. This is where Modi is contesting from. One of the locations of the rallies was Benia Bagh, supposedly surrounded by Muslim localities. The local DM claimed it was a communally sensitive area and he had IB alerts on threats to Modi. This is the stupidest thing one has heard from the EC. On one hand the DM claimed the permission wasn’t given because someone else was already scheduled there and then later claimed there was an IB alert.I see this is as clear mischief by the local EC to deprive Modi the chance to campaign. This is obviously not being done independently but under advice of political powers. Effectively, this means Modi would not have a single public rally in Varanasi. When asked about action against RahulG’s violations in Amethi the CEC had a comic answer:
In the afternoon on May 8, VS Sampath held a presser where he claimed EC is fair, impartial and neutral. Everything we suspect they are not. He even claimed EC doesn’t contest elections. These are statements of a mature CEC? The presser was more to defend the EC as pure instead of answering legitimate questions raised by a political party. Obviously the EC thinks (like the Gandhi-Vadra clan) they are beyond questions.Ashok Malik describes the whining of Sampath perfectly. Arun Jaitley remarked 'Timid men can dwarf high offices”. I cannot help but agree. It is not mere incompetence which is evident. The CEC and some of his team members have disgraced their office and, when tested, shown their office to be of poor character ethic. This is one Constitutional office that needs dramatic revamp and reform.
I can go on and list more people and groups who have lost the character ethic during these elections but it would be a very long list. I have chosen to list the worst cases. Our MSM merely relays sound-bites like a box of parrots. The media too will take a huge revamp so that they start speaking the truth about politicians and Constitutional offices. The loss of character ethic will continue to destroy many democratic institutions in the country. We haven’t seen the last of it yet.
This stupid, semi-literate, loudmouth, airheaded cheer girl of Congress needed a good kick in her back like this from Modi to make her shut up. It is the right tactic when dealing with stupid and clueless Indians. Keep kicking them until they get the message and shut up.
Insurability of Congress and MSM morons are at stake, like switch hit in cricket, Modi using his oratory playing a unconventional election game. Which will take ages for congress to learn.
http://newsnewton1.blogspot.com/2014/05/insurability.html
Now time for Arnab to answer some questions - considering your conduct in the past -- can you define the term PRESSTITUTE? (it fits him so well) .............. how much did you sell your soul for to fake Gandhi family? ---- Why are so you fascinated with Priyanka Vadara? (TimesNow has covered this dumb housewife nonstop for 10+ days) ......... When will you begin to be objective and not be hyper opinionated? When can you appear for Interview with Mediacrooks
First time ever a man NaMo has courage to speak the CARDINAL truth although indirectly ,that gradual ISLAMIZATION of India which started 1000 years back is still going on through the backdoor, for e.g Sickulars of bengal are importing bangladeshi muslims to add huge chunks in their muslim votebank on cost of bengali hindus.Its an inconvinient truth that we communal folks ( hindus ) are most stupid community in the world , we never tried to unroll our religion to other regions of the world but on contrary allowed submission of our land to Islam.Well fools will be fools as the trend continues in form of AAPtards , who are so blind that they fail to realize what a scrofulous venomous man AK49 is .He is on mission to create space for jihadi sympathizers to facilitate their rancorous antiINDIAN activities.
Meanwhile, the characterless cheap MSM and Politicos (and their handlers) including their mafiosi will have to be exposed for what they are - these are capable of very high decibel street level distractions to emotionally manipulate the public at large! I would not be surprised if once NaMo is sworn in as PM, they start the dirty game of allegations, accusations, dharnas, bandhs, riots and what not across the country - to win back their victimhood first and then bring in the instability needed to further their cancerous agendas.
We, as well wishers of NaMo, have this great duty of supporting him in all the forums and opportunities in his efforts to realise a 'Shreshta Bharath'!
Kudos Ravinar for bringing this out timely - the scum of politico mafiosi stands naked just on this one parameter - character ethic! Those who have understand, and the rest - we should help nurture in them and help them appreciate the seriousness of the situations!
TS M
Modi's life is a testament to Covey's "character ethic". Modi patiently chipped away at his task to the best of his ability. He took no short-cuts. As a result, he speaks today with the confidence of someone who has been there and done that.
I am glad Modi did the Arnab interview. We got a chance to see him speak his mind clearly, without any apologies, without any BS. Of course he has done so on many other occasions, but yesterday was one of his best ones. His are words of someone who believes what he says.
After 16th, we get a chance to rebuild our nation...based on true values instead of flimsy leftist bullshit. Hard work ahead!
I am waiting for your 17th May post, Ravinar! :D
but let us all give modi a chance. He said something equivalent of 'positive energy getting unleashed on 16th May if BJP gets a majority'. I believe in that. Even if NDA gets a stable majority ( i am keeping my fingers crossed ), even then almist overnight/dramatic changes will happen . Modi has to become the PM of this country ( and nobody else) for this miracle to happen . And that Miracle is of HOPE. People would start believing in Good Character and Good deeds.
And then the change will be visible. And in Namo's success lies the hope and betterment for 125 crore Indians. Tathastu ( so be it )
You are right about EC.he appears to be a bird of passage and appears worried about some thing not related to elections.But yes. NDA will have to undertake massive electoral reforms, starting with de franchising illegal immigrants.
a. from cleaning voter list , it also needs to be maintained continuously.
b.The voter card should be linked to aadhar card and voting made mandatory .
c. the voting process should be integrated with audit trail slips handed over to voter as proof /evidence of him having voted to the specific option.
d. integration of all evms in a common network and having a single day polling or at best 2-3 consecutive days and overnight publishing of results across India ( on the last day of polling ).
amongst many other refinements around hygiene factors and discipline.
We can be confident that Modiji will not do these things.
I posted my comment on June 11,2013.
Modiji has a very very difficult task ahead. i am from west bengal and i can tell you that mamta has been trapped by congress. as a power hungry woman she knows the value of muslim vote in west bengal which has grown from 10% to 30% in last ten or fifteen years - courtesy vote bank politics of congress, left parties and now trinomool. secondly mamta and her men are already involved in innumerable scams. the day she will disturb congress she will be chased by CBI - just like mayabati and mulayam.
Remember the lanka issue few days back, when DMK pulled out of UPA TMC was first to response with a bizarre statement - "we are with UPA on issues related to foreign affairs". Congress didn't ask for it.Just after that mamata went to delhi to meet montek singh but the real issue was, 'sardha' . And it is more or less clear that if real investigation is done her whole cabinet may reach behind the bar. She is desperately trying to avoid CBI enquiry. And if you notice you will find that she is not at all vocal against congress what she was before 'sardha'. Now she is also trying to help congress like left parties by splitting anti congress vote. After 2014 election, the situation will be clear and i will be proved wrong if she does not help congress to keep Modiji out.)
“She was nearly killed once in 1991 by the CPM’s brutality.” – you are totally wrong as it was another fraud. And the main accused later joined TMC. There was always understanding between left and congress and at that time she was in congress. Later when they realized that BJP may gain ground due to their (cong&left) vote bank politics (her 2005 act in parliament was nothing but an usual drama), created TMC (just like AAP). You will realize it that during Vajpayeeji’s tenure she always disturbed NDA and in WB prevented BJP by accumulating anti left, cong votes. Just like AK she didn’t continue any ministry whether it is sports, railway, coal because she was not meant for that.
“Character does not develop in a crisis, it merely reveals itself”-it is also true for any kind of group also. Just look at NitishK-JDU and MamataB-TMC. In what circumstances they left NDA. But they are not directly with cong as Modi Tsunami & Strongest anti-cong(dynasty) wave ever, created a synergic effect.
A.B.Bardhan of CPI openly declared they are ready to support(!) TMC to keep Modi out of power. Time to play hide & seek is over. Modiji has already achieved so many things but to me one of the most important of those is, he has forced them to “reveal their characters”.
In my assessment the real loser in this fight between TMC & BJP would be Left parties who would neither get Muslim votes nor resurgent Modified Hindu votes. Although a Rowdee like MB cannot survive without central Govt assistance, but an equally opposite political ideology such as BJP is also needed to keep the Muslim flock voting for her forever.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/waleed-aly-avoiding-the-obvious-truth/story-fni0ffxg-1226909383829
1. Swato Ganguly in "End of Nehruvian Consensus" --"However, it may not be possible to accommodate Narendra Modi within NC. His social origins are as far removed from Nehru’s as possible. He isn’t a Brahmin but comes from the lowly Ghanchi caste."
How is that a difference to be noted? Why is it important?
2.Dileep Padgaonkar - If mission 272+ fails -- For president Mukherjee ..."And he won’t spare anyone who is likely to chip away at the foundations of the republic. Both have much to fear from a Brahmin of the finest Nehruvian vintage."
Again, is being a Brahmin a qualification. Is it relevant. If so why?
This is nothing but blatant casteism professed, propagated and proliferated by the people who call themselves intellectuals.It is no wonder that India is unable to rid itself from the curse of casteism.
Thanks to Modi they have responded in the manner it deserves. No wonder everybody is against him.
Mr. Modi has revealed his most moulded n artfully carved character ethic by not only enduring the hardest times any politician can Ever face (and I can only imagine n go no further into those darkest days of false allegations) but also emerging as a leader equivalent to a 100 Abraham Lincolns, who could n hence would be entrusted the hanumanian task of Now remodeling every sector n city of India when India is thrown into its worst condition Ever.
Mediacrooks, I have not followed you on Twitter, but after reading this character ethics analysis, I shall follow you. Very good analysis.