Raja Pateria: Dangerous & Despicable Choice Of Words
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By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2022-12-14 06:15:02
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The
controversy over Congress leader Raja Pateriaâs call to âkillâ Prime Minister
Modi in a speech (which vent viral) to party workers in Panna in Madhya Pradesh
took a serious turn after Pateria was arrested by the state police from his
home in Damoh distirct. Earlier, the Congress party also took a stern decision
(it had earlier criticized him and distanced itself from his remarks) and
issued a show cause notice to Pateria to explain why he should not be expelled
from the party.
Pateria has
said that his words were âmisinterpretedâ. There is actually nothing to
misinterpret in the word âhatyaâ. It means murder or killing. Pateria said that
to save the Constitution, âModi ki hatya karne ke liye tatpar rehna hogaâ (we
should be ready to kill Modi). That he is reported to have later said that by âhatyaâ
he meant electoral killing is of no use. His choice of word was demonic and is
not acceptable.
The
political polarization and the abysmal depth political discourse has reached in
India is the reason why politicians do not have any control over their tongues.
It is indeed dangerous if people start using words like âhatyaâ (in whatever
context or meaning) against their political opponents. It is also a
manifestation of the inner frustrations that when someone is not able to deal
with his or her opponent politically, he or she thinks of killing them. This
will spell disaster for Indian democracy.
The law
should be applied strongly against Pateria. Congress should expel him. An
example must be set in his case so that others are deterred in future.
