{"id":4862,"date":"2008-04-22T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2008-04-22T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T00:43:00","slug":"its-not-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/its-not-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to a Congress sycophant referring to Rahul Gandhi<\/a> as “a ‘Yuvraj’ (prince) of the common man”, Balbir Punj of the BJP said in the Rajya Sabha:<\/p>\n

\n

Somebody being referred to as Yuvraj in a democratic country has to be a joke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps Punj misunderstood, and it was a cricketing reference. After all, Gandhi has also been compared<\/a> to MS Dhoni. Would Punj ever say:<\/p>\n

\n

Somebody being referred to as Dhoni in a democratic country has to be a joke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No, but seriously, every minute of Rajya Sabha proceedings amounts to large amounts of taxpayers’ money, and it is disgraceful that so much money is wasted on such nonsense. BJP’s goons and Gandhi-Parivar asslickers are quite welcome to bicker on their own money and their own time. But when the Rajya Sabha convenes, it should discuss matters of governance and legislation, and nothing else. No?<\/p>\n

(Rediff link via email from Vinjk<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to a Congress sycophant referring to Rahul Gandhi<\/a> as “a ‘Yuvraj’ (prince) of the common man”, Balbir Punj of the BJP said in the Rajya Sabha:<\/p>\n

\n

Somebody being referred to as Yuvraj in a democratic country has to be a joke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps Punj misunderstood, and it was a cricketing reference. After all, Gandhi has also been compared<\/a> to MS Dhoni. Would Punj ever say:<\/p>\n

\n

Somebody being referred to as Dhoni in a democratic country has to be a joke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No, but seriously, every minute of Rajya Sabha proceedings amounts to large amounts of taxpayers’ money, and it is disgraceful that so much money is wasted on such nonsense. BJP’s goons and Gandhi-Parivar asslickers are quite welcome to bicker on their own money and their own time. But when the Rajya Sabha convenes, it should discuss matters of governance and legislation, and nothing else. No?<\/p>\n

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