I sat glued to my television set all day, watching the debate in progress. I sat to judge how every speaker spoke, and I now announce the winning team of the debate and not the trust vote. Well, so the winner of the debate clearly is … the United Progressive Alliance. To brief you on their speeches, I present the gist of a few speeches that I really enjoyed watching:
The Economy and the N-Agreement: Mr. Palaniappan Chidambaram
The day began with the speech of Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, who began with announcing the UPA’s economic achievements of the past four years. He later explained how the current fiscal has been a watershed year for Indian agriculture, enumerating the record food grain production.
The hard-hitting part of his speech was the comparison between India and China on various fronts – which saw the Left leaders stand and protest(something that comes quite naturally to them). He made a below-the-belt statement that “there are some people in this country who do not want India to reach up to the levels of China” – ouch!
But his conclusion dealt with how the Left and the Right despite their contradictions on various fronts – economic policy, nuclear energy, strategic ties with the US – are voting together against the government.
Overall, a point-by-point, fact-by-fact analysis of the deal and of the general performance of the government was presented by him.
“I talk as an Indian” – Rahul Gandhi
I really couldn’t believe that this was his first major speech in parliament. Short, crisp and precise, Gandhi used his personal experience with families of Vidharbha well. It was rather amusing to see the BSP leaders erupt when Gandhi spoke to visiting a woman called Kalawati, as it sounded very similar to Mayawati! Ahem!
So Rahul conveniently called her Mrs. Kala thereafter.
However, the most noteworthy aspect of his speech was that it cut across the barriers of politics. He said he was speaking as an Indian and not as a representative of a political party. He also went on to thank Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Vajpayee in the same strain, for understanding the energy crisis and looking for a solution. Obviously, this had the house stunned. This silence was broken when Rahul very cheekily asked the Opposition to “clap for this at least”!
Overall, a speech that symbolized the expectations of the youth(though he did admit he was too old to be a part of the youth – no midlife crisis after all!) by focusing on the country’s benefit, the country’s welfare vis-à-vis a political party’s!
From class to crass – Lalu Yadav
If Rahul Gandhi managed to get the house to laugh, could Mr. Yadav be far behind? In fact Rahul’s speech notwithstanding, can Lalu ever stop being himself?
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