When the former US President George Bush was attacked by a scribe by hurling his shoe, the former just laughed out and quipped it was no 9. Likewise the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who is no more was attacked by a Sri Lankan guard, who butted him with his rifle. Rajiv Gandhi just ducked his head and moved away gracefully. Then father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi was beaten severely by British soldiers, when he was in South Africa. But he was unrelenting and he did what he wanted to do. Cowards are those, who use physical power to cow down the rivals. If you have taken up politics as a profession what is expected of you is to show perseverance in the face of provocation. If you have short temper you have no future in politics. There should be room for courtesy in politics. Even in the contact game, where a player is expected to box the rival with as much force as he can one cannot not go against the principle and rule of the particular game. If you defy the rule you will be ousted from the ring no matter how dexterous player or boxer you are. Politics is also a game but here in this game the rules can be stretched to some extent but not beyond the limit. When Abdul Nasir Agriculture Minister assaulted a Congress worker at the Sangai Festival site, where large number visitors thronged, he had crossed the limit. A Minister like him who was well protected with security personnel all around him could think of fighting like a street fighter. That is a shame. What provoked him to reduce to that role fit for street fighter will be interesting to know. Because the victim was not his equal? The victim was really confused and he could not grasp why he was at the receiving end. As the incident happened at a public place everyone desires to know why it happened. If Nasir himself refuses to speak out the Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, who also holds Home portfolio must throw light why it happened? Did the victim show disrespect to the Minister by turning back, when he visited the stall? Or did he murmur something, which was misconstrued by the Minister as a verbal attack on him. Or does the Minister consider him as a future rival. Speculations will be galore until the matter is put to rest. Now the opposition parties have openly demanded removal of Nasir from the council of Ministers. Congress Government in Manipur has had the first casualty. In the last term too many elected MLAs expired. In this term too many incidents of this nature may occur. Morning has shown the day. Senior leaders of the party having seen the crime might have felt the need for conducting orientation courses for these young Ministers and MLAs. These young legislators need to be told that they are too powerful even without security personnel and perhaps addition of security personnel to their status have put them in different world. But howsoever high they may be the law is above them. Nasir episode cannot be let go easily without being investigated. Such type of news is shameful. It drags down image of the state. Let it not happen again.
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