18 April, 2007

Akhilesh Yadav on Rahul Gandhi

Remember how Rahul Gandhi shot his mouth off a couple of days ago? Well, Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son, has responded in an interview:

Q: What do you think about Rahul Gandhi’s comment that his family divided Pakistan?

A: See, our socialist values do not encourage division of society. In fact, we encourage a European Union model where everyone can live together. Rahul, who the Congress says is its prime ministerial candidate of the future doesn’t know anything.

Heh. Such options we have when it comes to political leadership, no?

Anyway, I was informed by Mint that my column last week, ”The Nehru-Gandhi Legacy of Shame,” got large amounts of appreciative mail. Here’s a cross-section of them. I thought N Bala Ganesan made a great point:

Ill-conceived policies and callousness can be as deadly as tyranny.

Indeed. The only difference is that you can’t count the lives lost due to the former.