What if others copy Kapil Sibal's defence of the UPA Govt on 2G
Happened to see an article on Times of India (Kapil Sibal deflects 2G blame to NDA, Raja).
For those of you who don't have the time to read the whole article above, here are a couple of lines from the article, quoting Kapil Sibal:
Coming out with first government's reaction to the apex court's order cancelling 122 2G licences, Sibal said: "There is no indictment of the Prime Minister or the then finance minister (P Chidambaram) in the Supreme Court's judgment. If there is any indictment, it is the 2003 policy (first-come, first-serve) of the NDA government and we only followed it"
About losses to the government, the telecom minister said "there is no question of loss if the policy (FCFS) is right and if the policy is faulty then you will have to calculate losses from October 2003 onward when the policy was implemented."
And if there was loss, he said, the BJP, therefore, must apologize to the nation for causing huge loss to the government.
I'm sure Mr. Sibal is an honourable man. More importantly, he's an exceptionally smart legal expert. Perhaps, he advised his UPA Partner Trinamool based on which Ms. Mamata and her colleagues have been (directly or indirectly) blaming the CPM for the sad death of several babies in various Government hospitals in West Bengal.
I decided to let my imagination run riot - and started wondering what will be the quotable quotes from people from different walks of life if they were to learn a bit from Mr. Sibal.
Here are a few of those ideas (Please note - all the following bullets are entirely a figment of my own imagination, which may or may not have any resemblence to actual quotes by the concerned individuals on the issues under consideration - Any resemblence to real life situation is entirely accidental):
- Dhoni on losses in Australia - "Well, actually the blame lies squarely with Lalit Modi - If he had started a private Test league instead of starting all these IPL matches, we would have been better prepared. Also, I must admit that Ganguly should share part of the blame. By not scoring enough runs even in domestic matches in India, he ended up strategically retreating from the Test team - Had he been there, we could have transparently blamed him."
- Gilani on the Memogate - "Obviously, this is an Indian conspiracy. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a co-conspirator"
- Narendra Modi on the post-Godhra riots - "It was all because of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 - Otherwise, we, the peace-loving people from the birthplace of Gandhi would not have known how to indulge in riots"
- Kiran Kumar Reddy on Power Cuts - "This is entirely due to Mr. K Chandrasekhara Rao of TRS - For further details, contact KC Rao"
- Jayalalitha on the murder of a teacher by a student @ Chennai - "This is due to Sun Pictures - After all, they are the ones who come up with all kinds of violent pictures, corrupting young minds - Needless to add, part of the blame should be shared by Vijaykanth as his movies would stand testimony to all kinds of violent behaviour by the hero of each of his movies"
- Omar Abdullah on the recent resignation of his Education Minister - "Had this happened in other states, the media won't raise a hue and cry. All one needs to do is to look at Pondicherry. People are biased against J & K."
- Shah Rukh Khan on his "physically violent outburst" - "Hey, look at Harbhajan & Sreenath. If people don't bother about that, why are they after me?"
Well, folks! Before people start getting ideas and decide to look for me, let me start running - Away from the maddening crowds to escape from those who are chasing me!
Regards,
N
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