Great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday I was seeing this news bit on Zee News - Abu Salem is all set to join politics. WHAT!!! Yes the notorious gangster who is in jail now decided to contest the upcoming UP assembly elections from the Mubarakpur constituency as an independent candidate. And the famous Shiv Sena party announced it’s support. It seems like present day bollywood stars would be campaigning for the don. Even local public too seemed to support his candidature.
Well, well - don’t you think it’s some news. Abu Salem - as you all know - is involved in the 1993 blasts, a dozen other extortion cases and also murders. But our good old constitution doesn’t stop him from contesting the elections. I am damn sure - with all the money he made in his hawala business, he would surely win - and we would have another criminal added to our leaders list. Remember Arun Gawli? Shibu Soren? the great congress netas involved in the 1984 Sikh massacre? the innocent Advani who toured all over India (Rath Yatra) and still innocent in the Babri Masjid case? Soooo … what more damage can this new entrant cause?
We Indians are so tolerant - it really doesn’t bother us. Right? I have never seen Abu Salem other than on TV/News; none of my family/friends are affected by the Mumbai blasts; i haven’t lost my money to his hawala business? Now - why should I bother if he is contesting elections - that too from a constituency which is 1000s of miles away from my home? When would we come out of this thinking?
