Congrats Indians, We got our First Women President in the form of Madam Pratibha Patil. We have a women President even before US. The ruling Congress party and their allied called it Empowerment of the Women. But then when I look back and see and ask myself a question, Among 400 or more million women in India, Why Sonia Gandhi could find Madam Pratibha only as Pratibhashali ? ( talented)
Was there no one else who was more deserving then Pratibha Patil to be our president. I am not sure if women in India should celebrate and feel happy with our New Women President. I feel they should feel sorry that once again the women of this country were exploited and on there name this time, Mrs Sonia Gandhi imposed an incompetent person as our head of the state.
There are so many sites which will give the good and the bad things which Pratibha Patil has done. I will not go into them, please go through them if you want to know more (http://knowpratibhapatil.com/).
But then I will like to point out the news which came into paper during the presidential poll.
Congress for Left's support for Pratibha agreed for a Vice president which was to be a person of Left's choice. Nothing wrong with it. Barter system has been in existence for ages, these days it is called consensus. What surprised me, was the comment of Mr Karat who belongs to CPM a major Left party
"While the party had insisted that the candidate for the President’s post should be a political leader with “impeccable secular credentials” the major Left party said the Vice- President should be secular, but he need not be a member of a political party.The Vice-President should be a person who has an “exemplary record in some field and should have the widest acceptance”.“We have said that the candidate need not have a political background. "
How does Mr Karat justify that a president must be a person with political background and a vice president may not ? Will Mr Karat like to explain this, no logic can explain this statement and it holds no merit. But then the best part is that such people are thrust on us and we all are sitting quiet.
The newspapers reported that Lalu Yadav got a piece of land for his party in a prime location in delhi. This news came on 21 st July. Is it con-incidence that land was allocated to him during this time frame.
The icing on the cake, was on the same day when The first women President was sworn in, The first women IPS officer Mrs Kiran Bedi winner of Magsysay award was denied the post of Police commissioner of Delhi and a person who is less experienced and junior was given the post.
I am sure the women of India will enjoy this empowerment and next time they go to vote, they do not get biased by such political gimmicks.
