The Making of the new 'Gandhi'
The latest in this whole drama is the plot to murder the 'new' Gandhi which according to police reports was hatched by the D- company. A person was suspiciously arrested and Karnataka Police immediately declared that the guy in-charge was here to plot the murder of Pramod Muthalik and Varun Gandhi. Well, these two gentlemen have become very famous in the past 2 months and all of this has been made possible by media. The national media is behaving more like communist party (wants all the power with no accountability). It's the combination of sheer shortage of good news items and the 24 hour broadcasting compulsion. that they are bound to generate newer sources of stories and to fill the 24 hour schedule by repeating them time and again by adding different flavours. 'Re-usability definitely matters'.
Anyways Karnataka is a BJP ruled state so hardly anybody will buy this argument that D-Company is hatching a plot to kill Varun but, then at the same time the news becomes credible in the light of the fact that for more than two decades this constituency and the neighbour districts have been the recruiting ground for the A, B, C and D companies. There are folklores about these companies and their master henchmen. Though no sane logic can justify Varun's hate speech but then many people feel that this incident is all a media blunder and the only proof is a video footage which can not even be defended in a court of law.
Well, this case will definitely become a good example of how media can change a boy who use to write prose and poems to a man who can single handedly hijack the election campaign of a national party. Within a matter of one month Varun' s image has been overhauled and suddenly he is in the league of extra-ordinary (controversial) people in politics. Well, he will win election or not only time can tell but it is sure that this person will live his life on the edge now and nothing of this has been possible without the help of media.
Varun has denied making the speech and he is sticking firm to his stand partly because his legal advisers would have told him that the CD can not be defended in the court of law and partly because his political advisers would have told him that "make a small concise statement and wait for the media to interpret it. The more the merrier". Well, it is really surprising that though statements came into light after a gap of around 2 weeks, none of the TV channels actually dug deep to verify the source of the news item. They just broadcasted it like they broadcast popular "You Tube" videos.
More surprising was the fact that even election commission did not do any sort of verification and simply pronounced their decision against him. Had the decision based on some credible evidence (a bit more than what was already available in public domain) then probably this episode would have died down but then it was all about luck by chance. BJP stayed defiant against EC as no credible evidence was provided against Varun and also because they are already protesting against one of the members Navin Chawla. Congress who blatantly disregarded the advise of Chief Election Commissioner regarding suspension of Chawla is not upping the ante against BJP to heed to the advise of the election commission and criticizing them for inaction againt Varun. "Sab ek hee thaali ke chatte batte hain".
Varun was finally jailed and it just made the right kind of news. Article 144 was enforced in the town of Pillibhit and the entire national media covered the whole event. The live telecast and repeat telecasts made Varun one of the most talked about subjects of the month. The politics immediately followed. NSA was slapped against Varun and is mainly because BSP does not want him to campaign in the state. It's almost sure that he is not likely to repeat the same sentiments during his election speech but he will definitely snatch some Hindu votes from BSP. BSP is worried because the alienation of Brahmins from Brahmin-Dalit vote bank will severely dent Maya memsaab's chances of becoming the prime minister.
Well, the UP government's quick action which was supposed to keep this person behind the bars will definitely not succeed because, the same media which was talking about stern action against this man, will turn against Mayawati. They will telecast and repeat telecast stories of the political motivated action against him. One way or another, Media will keep getting their stories, news channels based on their broad strategies, will keep adding masala to simple news items and then at the end of the day, everybody will realize that a new Gandhi is born. Political analysts will soon start comparing him to his late father Sanjay Gandhi .The same Gandhi who commanded really strong influence over his late mother and at one point of time was regarded even more powerful than Indira. Time will tell whether Congress takes him in his fold (seems unlikely because of his mother) or BJP brands him as their reply to the Gandhi family. Either way Varun is set to make many more headlines. Good that he has discovered this art early on in his political life (like another cunning politician Lalu) and we all will see whether he can master this art over time.
Anyways Karnataka is a BJP ruled state so hardly anybody will buy this argument that D-Company is hatching a plot to kill Varun but, then at the same time the news becomes credible in the light of the fact that for more than two decades this constituency and the neighbour districts have been the recruiting ground for the A, B, C and D companies. There are folklores about these companies and their master henchmen. Though no sane logic can justify Varun's hate speech but then many people feel that this incident is all a media blunder and the only proof is a video footage which can not even be defended in a court of law.
Well, this case will definitely become a good example of how media can change a boy who use to write prose and poems to a man who can single handedly hijack the election campaign of a national party. Within a matter of one month Varun' s image has been overhauled and suddenly he is in the league of extra-ordinary (controversial) people in politics. Well, he will win election or not only time can tell but it is sure that this person will live his life on the edge now and nothing of this has been possible without the help of media.
Varun has denied making the speech and he is sticking firm to his stand partly because his legal advisers would have told him that the CD can not be defended in the court of law and partly because his political advisers would have told him that "make a small concise statement and wait for the media to interpret it. The more the merrier". Well, it is really surprising that though statements came into light after a gap of around 2 weeks, none of the TV channels actually dug deep to verify the source of the news item. They just broadcasted it like they broadcast popular "You Tube" videos.
More surprising was the fact that even election commission did not do any sort of verification and simply pronounced their decision against him. Had the decision based on some credible evidence (a bit more than what was already available in public domain) then probably this episode would have died down but then it was all about luck by chance. BJP stayed defiant against EC as no credible evidence was provided against Varun and also because they are already protesting against one of the members Navin Chawla. Congress who blatantly disregarded the advise of Chief Election Commissioner regarding suspension of Chawla is not upping the ante against BJP to heed to the advise of the election commission and criticizing them for inaction againt Varun. "Sab ek hee thaali ke chatte batte hain".
Varun was finally jailed and it just made the right kind of news. Article 144 was enforced in the town of Pillibhit and the entire national media covered the whole event. The live telecast and repeat telecasts made Varun one of the most talked about subjects of the month. The politics immediately followed. NSA was slapped against Varun and is mainly because BSP does not want him to campaign in the state. It's almost sure that he is not likely to repeat the same sentiments during his election speech but he will definitely snatch some Hindu votes from BSP. BSP is worried because the alienation of Brahmins from Brahmin-Dalit vote bank will severely dent Maya memsaab's chances of becoming the prime minister.
Well, the UP government's quick action which was supposed to keep this person behind the bars will definitely not succeed because, the same media which was talking about stern action against this man, will turn against Mayawati. They will telecast and repeat telecast stories of the political motivated action against him. One way or another, Media will keep getting their stories, news channels based on their broad strategies, will keep adding masala to simple news items and then at the end of the day, everybody will realize that a new Gandhi is born. Political analysts will soon start comparing him to his late father Sanjay Gandhi .The same Gandhi who commanded really strong influence over his late mother and at one point of time was regarded even more powerful than Indira. Time will tell whether Congress takes him in his fold (seems unlikely because of his mother) or BJP brands him as their reply to the Gandhi family. Either way Varun is set to make many more headlines. Good that he has discovered this art early on in his political life (like another cunning politician Lalu) and we all will see whether he can master this art over time.
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