Gods of Modern Days

The most scintillating news since last evening is the proposed “privilege motion” by our Rajya Sabha MP on a “glorified driver” of an aircraft. While there is not dearth of issues in our country that needs to be debated and discussed in our Parliament, I fail to understand why should we waste the tax payers’ money in discussing such issues that is caused by ego-clash between two persons?

The story is more popular than our epics by now. The MP was asked to alight from the flight he was supposed to travel because he came late. The MP did so but not before creating a scene and when he got down he explicitly told the public that he is not ordinary man and his powers will be demonstrated as to teach a lesson for those who stick to their guns in terms of duty and not obliging politicians – self-calimed-Gods!

There are versions of stories told in this episode. One says the pilot summoned the airport manager and the other says MP took him to the flight. The MP waiting for the delayed air-craft decided to take revenge on the same by delaying to board the flight despite getting the boarding pass for the same. When he was refused, his ego hurt him and he behaved in the usual manner our parliamentarians are notorious for. He barged into the cockpit, abused, and coined a new name for pilots – “glorified driver”. If we have to buy the argument that the MP took the airport manager, then this is because he wanted to display his strength by garnering people with him and force the pilot.

• Had he taken the boarding pass well on time, why then he delayed to board the flight? – Did he want to teach the Pilot to wait because the MP waited for long?
• Does not the MP know that if he had availed the boarding pass, he should own the responsibility of keeping the track of flight and enter as to avoid unnecessary security agonies?
• Does not the MP own a responsibility not to delay the flight further from his part?
• Would MP have allowed the flight to wait if a common man delayed to board the flight (due to the traffic jam created by his political brethren)?
• If a pilot is a glorified driver then what is he – a representative, self-glorified servant?
  

The MP is a rich person and all the party needs his support. He is from a minority group that gives him a special status. He owned a Satellite Channel that was a mouthpiece of CPM. When his nomination was questioned (stating him as an NRI), those seasoned politicians were silenced and all of us knew that is because he had all the powers – money, channel on his side.

These had made him to behave so. He thinks that he is above everything because he is an MP who can flex muscles with politicians. If he thinks that he is privileged, are the citizens of India under-privileged? It is a fact that the politicians think that they are above law and they can get away with anything.

Such things will continue until we develop a system of accountability for these representatives. The tax payers’ money is wasted and they do not gather and discuss important issues that can do a world of good to our country. A leader is supposed to lead by example. Alas! One should be an idiot to expect such qualities from the present day leaders of India.