A different type of question was put up by a television reporter roaming in the Ropar district of Punjab, which goes to assembly polls on 14th February. However, the date is reported to have been changed. The matter is related to the Aam Aadmi Party’s choice for CM candidate there.
He inquired of criticism exacted on AAP leader Bhagwant Mann’s alleged habit of drinking. Not one but almost all the persons whom the interviewer contacted said there was nothing wrong with it.
‘Everyone tastes it.’ ‘It was not uncommon for us.’ They even went on saying he was one among us. ‘He understands our problems. Therefore his addiction does not disturb us.’
The very question does not stir the qualms among Punjabi people. But, if this query is put before people living in other states, they will reject it by uttering it as a charge on personal morality.
Going through the history pages, we do find how Abraham Eraly, in his famous book, writes, “Self-control was the greatest quality for Shah Jahan. This is reflected in his attitude towards wine. At the age of 24, he tasted wine for the first time, too, when his father asked him to taste it. He seldom tasted alcohol for the next six years. In the year 1620, when he set out on an expedition to the South, he completely gave up alcohol and poured his entire stock of wine into the Chambal River”.
The query remains very vertical and, of course, comes as a sudden piece. It is up as a novel question. It is improper beneath the standard and someway in the category of mudslinging. Was it a way to confess for the party which finds it near the victory line in the state?
Arvind Kejriwal is back with the slyly magnificent idea by way of difference, describing the method of deliberately coming across more and more people. So his reach to more and yet more people looks obtained at last.
He discerns his success altogether and all at once. But, conversely, he cuts sharply from encountering the rivals by being away from them. The simple question works more than just reaction: some apply their minds as if not sleeping, some giggle, some move forward, and some look for a reply.