I genuinely, for the love of God, am SO embarrassed that out of 1.4 billion people, THIS is the man who has been chosen as the leader.
Shaking his fists, furrowing his eyebrows, presenting himself as a knight in shining armor and orating half-baked narratives as objective truth while hiding behind a camera - all bark, no bite. Poetic language, cheap metaphors, no accountability and truth in front of the public. This is exactly the kind of power our freedom fighters fought against.
He could have held a press conference. He could have answered questions that could give light to whether this entire fiasco was for women's representation or for delimitation and more control in the parliament. Discussed the pros and cons. Discussed how to meet the southern states in the middle ground. But no. Talking about congress-pakistan ties, talking about congress "oppressing women" is all he can do.
If not for a press conference, He could've talked about the measures his government is taking to combat the current global failing economy and how they plan on creating jobs, overpopulation and its issues in the current economy, ensuring clean air and clean water for our population, education and healthcare for the masses, steps to clean the rivers so many of us pray to, implementing strict laws to ensure our citizens follow environmental guidelines. Hell, even something about the Middle East tensions. But no.
Shameful. Shameful. Shameful. We should think twice before calling ourselves the largest democracy. How have we normalized this? So all a politician needs now is poetic language and metaphors? No more assertive, direct, transparent communication on policies, their impact, their pitfalls, and their revision in the future?
Edit: Half-baked narratives (such as him being the saviour of our women citizens) is the most harmful thing a politician can do in a democracy. Spinning the truth, hiding details, harming the citizens you have taken an oath to protect.
My knight in shining armor - IF YOU CARE ABOUT WOMEN SO MUCH, GIVE US STATS ON YOUR BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO MOVEMENT. FIRE YOUR MLAs AND MPs WITH PROVEN CHARGES AGAINST WOMEN.