POLITICAL COMMENT The Ringside View

Economist Column Real face of Swadeshi economic Policy RingSide View Who care's for one's Origin?

Who cares for one's land of origin? Does anybody know many of our senior politicians, some of them having berths in the present Union Cabinet were born in the land which belongs to the foreign country now? Did anybody care to know what was the land of origin of Sister Nivedita? Even if there be any, BJP surely not. Was it because she was disciple of Swami Vivekananda? The Indian National Congress was founded by an English Man and chaired by persons like Annie Besant and Neile Sengupta of foreign origin. No Indian questioned nor was the INC taken to task for it. If the country's constitution permits and above all, if the electorate choose any person of foreign origin to be the Head of the Government what is there to make it an issue.

BJP knows its own track record. There is nothing to boast of. It has already alienated the people by its Hindutva programme and pro-MNC economic policies. Now BJP is in search of an issue. So has come handy the issue of so called "foreign origin." While kneeling down before World Bank - IMF - WTO and allowing international finance capital to enter the Indian market and fleece the people, BJP raises the bogey of "danger of a person of foreign origin heading the government." What a deception!