Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again used the shoulders of students to fire at the government on Friday. In a daylong drama at the Parliament Street police station, Rahul Gandhi brought a student Sahil Lochab and his mother and demanded that Delhi Police register an FIR. During Jantar Mantar protest, pellets were fired from a gun and Sahil’s body bears marks of pellet injuries. His eyesight is in danger.
After a seven-hour-long dharna outside the police station, joined by Priyanka and a large number of Congress workers, police at last filed an FIR against unknown persons. Feat accomplished, Rahul came out showing the FIR copy to media as a sign of victory. He alleged that it was Home Minister Amit Shah who had directed Delhi Police not to file an FIR, but late in the evening, Home Ministry officials relented. I am surprised why police took such a long time in filing an FIR on the complaint of a victim. Where was the problem? Why the delay? What was the need in handing over an issue to Rahul?
It is a fact that pellet gun was used during the Jantar Mantar protest. Rahul Gandhi had shown this victim several times before the media. Who used the pellet gun? Why? On whose orders was the pellet gun used? The truth will be known after inquiry, but with more than a month gone after the incident, the probe should have been completed by now. It is not a huge secret which takes time unravel. Delay in filing FIR gave Rahul Gandhi an excuse to make it an issue. Obversely, it was Sonia Gandhi who gave BJP a handle to beat with, when she was shown on camera gesticulating when Vande Mataram was being played on I-Day at the party headquarters. The Congress handed over the Vande Mataram issue on a platter to the BJP.
We must learn discipline and patience from Japan
In Lucknow, on Friday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath spent time with Japanese students who had come to India with the governor of Yamanashi prefecture, Kotaro Nagasaki. Yogi took selfies with the students, cracked jokes and presented gifts. Yogi welcomed the 13 students in Japanese language. A group of UP students sang ‘Kaushalya Dashrath ke Nandan’ bhajan to the delight of Japanese kids.
Yogi said, India and Japan shared cultural traditions through ages and Indian kids should learn from Japanese youths the values of punctuality, teamwork and discipline. We need to learn a lot from the Japanese. There biggest quality is, discipline. They have the ingrained habit of waiting in queue; they never speak loudly in public places, and whether on trains or in the streets, they always take care of cleanliness. We in India lack these qualities. People in Japan have to face earthquakes frequently. This has taught them the art of patience during crisis. Our people need to learn a lot about patience. Japanese are famous for their punctuality. They carry a sense of responsibility. If our citizens acquire these qualities, India can make tremendous advances in all fields.