NOW A NEW TREND IN BIHAR ELECTIONS—CURE ANGER WITH CHOCOLATE

NOW A NEW TREND IN BIHAR ELECTIONS—CURE ANGER WITH CHOCOLATE

30-AUG-ENG 18

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-----------------------------On Saturday, the Voter Rights Yatra in Bhojpur district headquarters Ara suddenly took the form of a “political comedy show”. It happened that as soon as Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav’s convoy reached the Nagari Pracharini, BJP workers showed black flags. The air echoed – “Rahul Gandhi Murdabad!”

The security personnel got a little nervous and started pushing the opponents aside, then Rahul Gandhi raised his hand and said – “Wait brothers, let me meet him.” And then seeing what happened, people started smiling. Rahul himself reached the BJP workers and asked very comfortably – “Tell me, why are you angry?”

The BJP members raised a direct issue – “You abused the Prime Minister’s mother, first apologize.” The atmosphere became serious for a few moments, but Rahul’s answer turned out to be even more funny – “Abusing is not in our culture.” Saying this, he took out chocolates from his pocket and offered them to the opponents. And then, like a film scene, they sat in the car while doing flying kisses.

Now imagine, the people who had come to protest also got a little confused after seeing the sudden chocolate diplomacy and flying kisses. The sloganeering continued – “Murdabad! Murdabad!” – but a slight smile also appeared on the faces.

By the way, yesterday's effigy burning show of BJP had already prepared the script for this drama. The result is the entire political scene on the streets of Ara today – on one side black flags and angry slogans, on the other side Rahul Gandhi's smile, chocolates and flying kisses.