Nothing shows a human being in his truest colours than the denial of power—or at least the tantalising possibility of attaining it.
Subhash Bharani, the high-falutin’ IPS officer who took voluntary retirement to put his hand in the electoral till, thought it was a foregone certainty that he would get a Congress ticket. When the Congress decided against entertaining recently retired officials, he joined the BJP, apparently after making sure that the JDS’s doors would be open if that party too had second thoughts.
But the new Congress “rule” of denying tickets to children of serving politicians has left many seething. Former railway minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief was hoping to sneak in his grandson Abdul Wahab Sharief, and Margaret Alva wanted a ticket for her son Nivedit Alva. But on not finding his potha‘s name on the list, Sharief has gone for the jugular.
“This policy should be followed at the national level,” he has said, hinting at you-know-who.
“If a farmer wants his son to be a farmer, a doctor wants his son to be a doctor, and an engineer wants his son to be an engineer, what is wrong if a politician also wants his son to follow in his footsteps? The only sin he has committed is that he is a politician. Only those who have worked in the constituency and have credibility among the people ask for tickets. Maybe we don’t have credibility,” said Sharief.
Photographs: Karnataka Photo News (left), courtesy The Hindu (right)
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The embarrassing answer to Jaffer Sharief’s seemingly rhetorical question is… “Well yes”.
except that the engineer has to study and become an engineer, the doctor has to study, practice and then become a doctor.
whereas for the politician, it is a matter of getting the ticket “because he or she is somebodys son or daughter – no other credentials are asked or expected or required…
Sharief Sab –If a doctor’s son can be a doctor, why can’t a car driver’s/cleaner’s son be a driver or a cleaner!
Four generations of one particular family making rules to deny sons/daughters of other politicians? Height of hypocrisy!
Politics is the most lucrative profession among them all, ABB train engines can vouch for it, no wonder your son wants to be one too, isn’t it Mr. (un) Sheriff?
Its a pretty good rule.
If all the big parties enforce it, ex-politicians who have nikkamma children who are fit for nothing other than politics will form their own party!
The politician caste party.
“But the new Congress “rule” of denying tickets to children of serving politicians has left many seething.” Really? Then how did Rahul get a ticket. Oh yeah, we know that Rahul isn’t from the family of a mere politician. He is a part of our royalty, and a family that dispenses meal tickets to the 1000s of Congress flunkies.
I thought politicians would have been smart enough to find loopholes:
1) After all, most of them do a “disservice.” Prove it and claim the ticket on the grounds that papa is not serving…right.
2) Announce retirement. Come back with a bang after maga gets in.
3) Parents/grandparents of serving politicians are not banned, are they? What about grandchildren?
4)You mean one family, one neta? Then disqualify spouses too.
5) More seriously, stay on in the party and fight to set some milestones for any and every aspiring politician to qualify for a ticket, instead of following policy of elimination for issue of tickets
6) Short-cut: Change party, but put in place an MoU which does not contain any son/sun-set clause.
Its all in a name. .
If only Margaret Alva was Margaret Gandhi. . Different story. .
All talk. If Jaffer Sharif has any of those spheroids made of tissue, he can field his mommaga as an independent right? If his work in the constituency speaks for itself it should be a no-brainer. Assumes a brain of course.
As for that IPS officer, leave aside his disgusting party-hopping in search of immediate power. I am actually glad that he is out of the police force where he could have done more harm with this mentality.
“….When the Congress decided against entertaining recently retired officials”. When did the Congress party decide on this score? One Dr. M.S. Gill (former Chief Election Commissioner) was made a cabinet minister at the Centre, a couple of weeks ago. Anyhow, it is all for the “High Command” to decide, as usual.
>>As for that IPS officer, leave aside his disgusting party-hopping in search of immediate power. I am actually glad that he is out of the police force where he could have done more harm with this mentality>>
G3S,
Subhash Bharani, is a very corrupt police officer who is known to have received his cuts(mamool) from all sorts of illegal activities in Bangalore. Another similar corrupt official is D’Souza of the commercial road police station.
Well, I think Shariff should be congratulated for having the balls to speak out, for whatever reasons at a time when a legion of sychophants from pawar to thiruka have started to root shamelessly for Raoul.
Shariff should be congratulated for having come up in life from the post of a Poor driver of a staff car, to an MP, ex. cabinet minister and as one of the Richest persons in Bangalore. I remember he did not have a house of his own in 1968. Later he got a house in Rajajinagara in 1971. Now ??!!
No doubt one is attracted towards politics.
donkey will give birth to donkey only
dog will give birth to dog only
thief’s son or daughter will be thief only?
corrupt father son will always be corrupt
so politicians son should be always poly-tician only.
no one has right to snatch these rights
if not congress JDS is always there for you. because minorities will not join BJP
Mr. Shariff very very shamelessly is asking ticket for his grandson abdul rahman shariff, who has not even i think passed his p.u.c, so a failuer like him is what you choose to represent the people of bangalore, a city which is growing in literacy, we have huge inflow of literate’s coming into bangalore, Bangalore is in the world map today, so Mr. shariff please do us a favour find someone atleast with a diploma, if not a proper degree. It is sad to now a leader of your stature has such shallow thinking.
DR SUBHASH IS NOT A CURRAPT, THE POLICE SYSTEM IS LIKE THAT,