IS CHHOTA POPAT THE KEY ISSUE?
The Free Press Journal|November 19, 2024
The election season is always a spectacle, but this time it seems to be a trite slapstick comedy with theatrics that obscure the real issues.

The histrionics this time are courtesy Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, who stood under the arc lights on Monday in the year's most ham-handed performance.

Imagine this: Gandhi, looking more like a nervous teenager at his first youth festival than a seasoned politician, strides up to the podium. With all the flourish of a jaded magician, he unveils a steel box labeled "safe return."

The crowd waits in anticipation as he dramatically opens it, revealing... a poster. Not just any poster, but one featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a much-in-news business magnate. The message: "Ek hai toh safe hai"—they are safe as long as they are together.

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