View From The Right: Language issues

An editorial in Organiser holds forth on the protracted electioneering process and the kind of language that is permissible (or not) during the election

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An editorial in Organiser holds forth on the protracted electioneering process and the kind of language that is permissible (or not) during the election. It also states that the question being debated in Bharat (India) is who the person or authority should be to decide the language of the narrative. Though the Election Commission and the Supreme Court are making “judicious intervention as per the complaints received to these Constitutional bodies”, the editorial says it all boils down to the perception of the common voters and the self-restraint shown by the political leaders. It adds that whether a former Prime Minister can be invoked in a campaign can be discussed from different perspectives, but “if you can ask vote in the name of lineage from the same Prime Minister, then you also are answerable to the acts of omission and commission of your family.” The editorial further adds that, “What is most interesting in this battle of words is the invocation of an iconic villain from Mahabharata, ‘Duryodhana’. First of all, using such analogy for the incumbent Prime Minister is not in tune with the democratic ethos but those who have tried to draw this comparison makes it more interesting. It seems new kind of Mahabharat is being narrated in the battle for the future of Bharat.”