The wonderful hobby of throwing mud at each other

We know that those who live in glasses houses should not throw stones. We have also been taught that when we point a finger at somebody, another four fingers point back at us. One also remembers the instance of a group of men and women who wanted to punish a woman by pelting her with stones. Jesus Christ stood beside the woman and said he who has never committed a crime could throw the first stone. And – no one threw stones at the woman. However, today throwing mud at each other has become the norms. Recently, a huge scam came to light in Bengal. The Enforcement Directorate ED believes that Partho Chatterjee, a senior minister of the ruling Trinamool Congress TMC, was involved. He had engineered the scam, along with Arpita Mukherjee, a celebrity of the film industry. The total value of the scam is yet to be ascertained by the authorities. They say it runs into several crores of rupees. It has come as a shock to the TMC and its leaders are trying to reduce the damages by throwing mud at other political parties like the BJP that is in power at the center. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TMC Supremo, has already sacked the minister. Mamata Banerjee sacks minister Partha Chatterjee after cash haul at his aide’s residence

Incidentally, there are leaders in other political parties, who are equally if not more corrupt. Those who are close to these politicians know the truth but prefer to remain silent spectators for fear of serious repercussions. Spilling the beans could end up in loss of lives for the men or loss of face for the women and girls. The fact remains that when there is a scam and it blows out of proportion, the opposition tries to divert attention. They draw a red herring across the trail to dilute the issue. Politicians treat these as wars and justify their actions by saying - everything is fair in love and war. The Ajay Devgan movie Gangajal of 2003 is a depiction of how those in politics treat others. Things have not changed much over the last nearly two decades.

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The Kolkata Police have a system of honoring twelve thousand senior citizens who get a card from Calcutta police every birthday – they would henceforth get a cake with it to sweeten up the occasion. This would be possible because of the largesse of Mayor Sovan Chatterjee who has announced an annual aid of Rs 50 lakh.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 3 June 2015.

Pronam is a welfare project for elderly people by the Kolkata Police in partnership with The Bengal and the announcement was made by the mayor at the annual day program of Pronam's south-west division at Sarat Sadan, Behala. The event was also attended by education minister Partha Chatterjee and Calcutta police commissioner Surajit Kar Purkayastha.
It may be recalled that last year, 3,000 Pronam members were taken pandal-hopping during the Durga Puja. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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