Tryst with Tomfoolery

Many years ago, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru gave a brilliant speech called Tryst with Destiny.

With due apologies to the great man, here is a spoofed up and highly abridged version of that speech to describe the sordid events of the Rajya Sabha not passing the Lokpal Bill, which has been hanging fire for more than four decades…

(Maybe Rahul Gandhi could read it!)

Long years ago we made a tryst with tomfoolery, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the Lok Sabha sleeps, the Rajya Sabha will awake to strife and tomfoolery…

At the dawn of 1968, India started on her unending Lokpal quest, and trackless decades are filled with her striving and grandeur of her failures. We end today a period of misfortunes and India trashes the Lokpal yet again…

On this day our first thoughts go to the architect of this freedom, the New Father of our Nation, Anna Hazare, who, embodying the old spirit of India, held aloft the torch of the Lokpal and lighted up the darkness that surrounded us. We have often been unworthy followers of his and have strayed from his message…

The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring more tomfoolery to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India…

(This spoof by Sunil Rajguru)

One thought on “Tryst with Tomfoolery

  1. I am not for Jan Lokpal bill which is unconstitutional. Government’s bill ttsrriceing it to high officials would do. In any case, if the investigation report reveals corruption and is made a public document, even if it is only recommendatory, government cannot brush aside. Supreme Court is able to order probe on mere paper reports on allegations where CBI was dragging its feet due to government pressure. So, when there is a full fledged investigation report, government cannot escape directives for prosecution from the courts. Otherwise too, anyone can file a PIL for a prosecution. More than Jan Lokpal, what the common man needs is full protection to bribe giver under all circumstances. So for all transactions which are personal and not commercial, bribe givers be given protection even if they are caught in the act of giving bribe. This will drastically bring down corruption than all these Jan Lokpals. I am also against the tactics of direct action by masses to force a legislation by the parliament, that too for an agency with investigation and prosecution powers, accountable to none. I am against the whole movement of Anna Hazare which tries to reduce governance to a farce and in this Congress spokespersons helped by their diatribes and arrogance. PM should simply tell the Parliament that Congress is not for Jan Lokpal Bill and however if the Main Opposition Party BJP is forJan Lokpal bill, the government will go ahead with the passing of it. This will expose the deceptive and destructive policies of BJP and other political parties.

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