Politics: Wrong place for the right people?
Should good and decent people join politics? What became of those good and decent people who plunged into politics? Do they still remain in politics? As for Jayaprada, she has been as good as or as bad as any other MP. Then why single her out?
JAYAPRADA USED to be a fine and beautiful actress at a time when Amitabh Bachchan had become an icon – he was the angry young man of Indian films. I do not know what bugged her. She joined active politics, like many film personalities. Perhaps she forgot that her co-star of many films, Amitabh Bachchan, had quit politics, calling it a cesspool. Being a close friend of the late Rajiv Gandhi, he was slandered, following the detection of the Bofors scandal, which remains unresolved till date.
Jayaprada joined the Samajwadi Party (SP), headed by a former wrestler Mulayam Singh and run mostly by goons who have little respect for women. She contested from Rampur with the support of Azam Khan in the last election, won and became an MP. What she did for Rampur or what she was unable to do for Rampur is a different question and until the accountability of each and every representative of people is fixed, she has to be treated like any other MP in that respect.
This year, viz., 2009, like any other MP, she aspired to contest once again from the same constituency. But by this time, the equations in her party had changed. Janab Azam Khan, who supported her during her previous term, had become her foe for no apparent reason - except that she is an outsider. Thus, she had become an outsider in the same constituency that she represented earlier.
If she is an outsider in Rampur, what would one say of Manmohan Singh in Assam, Advani in Gandhinagar, Jaswant Singh in Darjiling, Sushama Swaraj in Vidisha, etc? Another of her rivals, Naqvi, who has little respect for women, calls her filmi aurat slanderously, as if women from the film world are untouchables and hence not qualified to contest the election.
The Rampur Lok Sabha constituency, from where Jayaprada is contesting, witnessed slander, sleaze, knives and backstabbing in their worst form. Jayaprada was subjected to character assassination; her morphed nude pictures were circulated and some videos showing her in bad light were also said to be in circulation .Her earlier guardian, Azm Khan, openly opposed her candidature and supported her rival Begum Noor Bano from the Rampur royalty.
This year, viz., 2009, like any other MP, she aspired to contest once again from the same constituency. But by this time, the equations in her party had changed. Janab Azam Khan, who supported her during her previous term, had become her foe for no apparent reason - except that she is an outsider. Thus, she had become an outsider in the same constituency that she represented earlier.
If she is an outsider in Rampur, what would one say of Manmohan Singh in Assam, Advani in Gandhinagar, Jaswant Singh in Darjiling, Sushama Swaraj in Vidisha, etc? Another of her rivals, Naqvi, who has little respect for women, calls her filmi aurat slanderously, as if women from the film world are untouchables and hence not qualified to contest the election.
The Rampur Lok Sabha constituency, from where Jayaprada is contesting, witnessed slander, sleaze, knives and backstabbing in their worst form. Jayaprada was subjected to character assassination; her morphed nude pictures were circulated and some videos showing her in bad light were also said to be in circulation .Her earlier guardian, Azm Khan, openly opposed her candidature and supported her rival Begum Noor Bano from the Rampur royalty.
She is contesting from Rampur on a Congress ticket. Jayaprada blamed Azam Khan for circulating her morphed nude pictures. Jayaprada was in tears, furious and gentle, by turns, adding to the melodrama. She fought at several levels and faced inter and intra-party clashes. She also fought bravely, for her honour and dignity. It is sad that the Election Commission took no notice of the disgusting level to which politics had deteriorated in this city. Seeing the plight of Jayaprada in Rampur, one wonders why good and decent people should join politics.
.Election Commission is undoubtedly a congress organization. It is quick to punish Varun Gandhi, but is silent in this case simply because it is to the advantage of congress to see opponents in difficult position - even when it is unethical. I have sympathy for Jayapradha who burned her finger by putting it in fire. Politics was definitely not her cup of tea. She should resign even if she wins the election.
Jayaprada has finally won and gave an apt haunting slap to her detracter Azamkhan,She inspite of being an outsider in Rampur had kept her low profile as MP and done some good work in her constituency and public rewarded her.Moreover keeping herself cool and composed while her foe was shooting her,was really very very appealing.She proved that right people can create some place for themselves in politics.
Interesting most of the criminal politicians and their associates lost the elction in UP this time.
It's good signe for Indian democracy.
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