Words of “a fish out of water”
…in other words, some light weekend reading.
*** Excerpts from a recent interview of Nafisa Ali ***
Why have you rejoined the Congress?
Because that’s my party.
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Why do you say that your decision to join the SP was ‘a mistake’?
I took a step which, if I was rational and calm, I would never have taken. I went against my principles. I made a mistake because I didn’t have political backing and the support I needed at that time.
Did you join the SP because you wanted a seat at any cost?
It’s not about that. I wanted my voice to be heard. When Amar Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sanjay Dutt asked me to contest from Lucknow, I agreed because I have a long connection with Sunil Dutt. After it was over, I felt like a fish out of water. They are good friends, but politics is about your country.
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After the election results you had said you were hopeful the SP might give you a position of importance within the party. Did you leave because that did not happen?
No. They did make offers, but I had zero interest.
In April 2009, you told TEHELKA, ‘Politics mein sab chalta hai. We should not take it seriously.†How seriously should the voters take this step of yours?
I don’t think I could have said that.
You did. It was in reference to the SP saying poaching you was revenge for Congress taking in SP rebels.
It happens in politics. Even Rita Bahuguna was an SP candidate. Many people do it. Pranab Mukherjee joined the NCP.
Have you spoken to the SP leadership?
No. It is my decision to quit. They don’t own me. I didn’t join the party, so the question of resigning doesn’t arise.
Why do you say you did not join the party?
Because you have to become a member, pay a fee, get a photograph, get a number.
How were you contesting then?
I just contested.
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Have a safe weekend.
Shantanu, a lot like the Reddy brothers joining the BJP in Karnataka, don’t you think?
How sick and irrational. What all those answers show is just the greed to get the seat by hook or crook. She don’t have a valid reason for contesting elections, she did not leave congress for people’s sake (on eventually vote her) but for her voice to be heard.
जय हिंद!
कृषीदेश
well, comment #1 wasn’t me. one of us has to change the pseudonyms, don’t you think commentator #1?
Well, if she herself is admitting she isn’t rational and calm, I don’t think she’ll get votes, whichever party she joins!
#1 – a dialogue of John Kramer/Jig Saw in the film Saw V:
Cheers!!! Happy Weekend!!!
Sridhar
Thanks for the post. Shouldn’t this question in the interview get more attention?
“Until last week you were part of the Samajwadi Party (SP).
No, I was in the SP for three weeks over the Assembly elections. I wrote to Sonia Gandhi after that and apologised.”
Servile Ali admitting to begging Mata’s forgiveness. Wonder if she had to convert too…
KK (@ #1): Pl. comment under a different name or initials.
kk (@ #2) has been commenting on this blog for quite a while under the pseudonym so I would like to avoid any confusion.
Thanks.
Sorry, I wasn’t aware that someone else shared my initials. My bad. However, the parallels between the Reddys’ Cong to BJP jumping were too evident to miss. The Reddys brought in millions of money looted from the taxpayer, of course, as well as a bunch of MLAs bought with that money. Shankarsinh Waghela in Gujarat also comes to mind.