‘No’ would certainly be your answer. Before I come to the
topic, I put another poser: Can a middle class Indian or a poor Indian afford Bvlgari
spectacle frames, Monteblanc pen and Swiss luxury watch Movado? I know you will again
answer in the negative.
Let me continue with my puzzle. Here are the words of a ‘strong’
leader: "We have lived poverty and have known the pain of the poor. When
someone makes fun of poor people, I feel the pain because I spent my childhood
in poverty. "
Almost at every major rally over the last two months this
man has talked about his tea-vendor background and ridiculed someone as ‘Shehzaada’, ‘Prince’ or ‘Yuvraaj’. Now, you’ve
got it and I need not tell you that I am talking about BJP's prime ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi.
The above words he has uttered at his Kanpur rally today
(Oct 19). At the rally he again made fun of Rahul by calling him ‘Yuvraaj’ and
saying "People who are born with a silver spoon do not understand what
poverty means and the pain of poor people."
But for your information, Modi gets 36 kurta-churidaars stitched
every year in khadi, khadi silk and khadi linen. And, he prefers Bvlgari spectacle
frames, Montblanc pens and Swiss luxury watch Movado.* Modi was not born with a silver spoon. But doesn't now he has the tastes similar to those of people born with a silver spoon? Maybe, if he comes to power we would all be able to live in luxury?
PS: Yesterday Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told us that Gujarat
has the highest per capita debt in the country.
*According to an article in The Week magazine (Sept 29, 2013)
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