Dear Editor,
Congress leaders including Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar staged protest on 12/07/2023 in Bengaluru city’s freedom park against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP. Congress has dubbed the disqualification of Gandhi as a vindictive politics. Disqualification of Gandhi is very much in accordance with the law following conviction by the court in a defamation suit filed against him. Gandhi became the victim of his own follies. Gandhi brushed all the Modis including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a single brush by calling them thieves. Prime Minister Modi took the utterances in lighter vein. Peeved by the slur cast on Modis, a Gujarat MLA Purnesh Modi filed a defamation case against Gandhi.
The law took its own course resulting in the conviction of Gandhi. If Gandhi had paused a little before letting lose his tongue, he would not have landed in trouble. He became a victim of his own follies. When Lord Rama killed the demon king Ravana, Rama’s mother asked Him if he killed Ravana. Rama said “No. Ravana is a great devotee of Lord Parameshwara. Because he swerved from right path, he became the victim of his own sins”.
Like that nobody could have created trouble for Gandhi. Gandhi courted trouble for himself by blaming all with Modi as surname. It is astonishing that the protesting Congress leaders are still believing that Gandhi has been victimised “by courts” for telling truth. In saying so, the protesters have stood solidly behind Gandhi much against the verdict of courts holding him guilty.
Protest in support of Gandhi in the defamation case in which he has been held guilty is a protest against the judiciary. The sanctity of judiciary must be preserved and protected. Congress leaders like any other citizens are at liberty to pursue the case to its logical end. Confrontational course with judiciary sounds death-knell to democracy. Ultimately court verdict must be respected.
K.V. Seetharamaiah.