dawn/news/1151937/abuse-vs-invective THE first week of this month witnessed political discourse plumbing the depths of vulgar abuse. It can only undermine democracy unless it is stopped by severe condemnation. On Dec 1, the Union Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, asked the people “to decide if they wanted a government of Ramzadon (followers of Ram) or of “-----zadon”. The reader can guess the rhyming word. Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejected the opposition demand that she be sacked. Of a piece with Jyoti’s foul abuse was the language used by the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. She publicly threatened to wield a bamboo on the backside of her critics. In both cases, what was on display was neither wit nor political invective; it was vulgar abuse which should be visited with prompt and deterrent punishment.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:35:23 +0000
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