Rahul and Sharad…..

CAMPAIGNING for the remaining four phases of the six- phase Bihar assembly polls turned bitter with Janata Dal( United) president Sharad Yadavmaking a no-holdsbarred attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhion Monday.Addressing an election rally at Fatuha near Patnaand a few other places, Yadav said Rahul Gandhi should be thrown away into the river Ganga for being a symbol of dynastic politics.Making a scathing attack on the Nehru- Gandhi family, he said the Congress had perpetuated dynastic politics in India.” This family has had Motilal, Jawaharlal, Indira Gandhiand Rahul Gandhi. And now, a new babua ( kid) has come. He does it like this,” he said while imitating Rahul’s style of rolling up his sleeves while making speeches at his rallies.He said this was the misfortune of the country and the people here were sick.Hitting out at Rahul, he said, ” What do you know. Somebody writes on the paper and gives it to you and you read it out. you should have been picked up and thrown into the Ganga.” He also said the RJD was a party of husband and wife while the LJP was an organisation of brothers.Yadav’s comments drew a sharp reaction from the Congress.Party spokesman Prem Chandra Mishra said it was a violation of the model code of conduct which the Election Commission must take cognizance of.” We strongly condemn Yadav’s statements which reflect his standard in politics,” he said.In New Delhi, the party said as Rahul was drawing huge crowds, Congress’ opponents had lost their political balance, if not mental balance. Congress leaders attributed the attack on Rahul to his growing popularity among the minorities and the youth.Yadav later said he had not named any individual. ” I said the Congress, the RJD and the LJP should be tied together and immersed in the Ganga,” he said. ” I had essentially meant the parties. I do not know if I sounded otherwise,” he said to defend himself.Yadav’s attack came at a time when Rahul was addressing three rallies at Ramnagar in West Champaran, Kuchaikot in Gopalganj and Saran districts of Bihar.Rahul said the Nitish Kumargovernment had failed to implement the Centre’s welfare schemes. He said there was rampant
corruption and the benefits of schemes such as the NREGA and the Indira Awas Yojna were not reaching the poor.Lambasting Nitish’s secular credentials yet again, Rahul said Nitish was not allowing certain leaders of the BJP to come to Bihar but he had an alliance with their party.Rahul’s rally in Saran witnessed crowd disturbances when somebody shouted slogans against him. This resulted in a scuffle between two groups in which chairs were flung.Meanwhile, campaigning reached a feverish pitch on Monday with leaders like L. K. Advani and Sushma Swaraj seeking support for NDA candidates.Addressing two rallies at Bettiah and Hajipur, Advani exhorted the voters to return the Nitish Kumar government to power.He said the Nitish government had done good work and it should get another term.Unquote.

My reaction on this piece was to think of some words in Hindi, rhyming with Ganga and then compose a silly poem on this issue.

The words which came to my mind like a flash were  pangaa,

 changaa,dangaa,rangaa,hathkandaa,firangaa,tirangaa,lafangaa,

mushtandaa,dhandhaa,chanda,fundaa,gandaa, bheekhmangaa etc.

The next task was to use some of these words creatively to come out with a funny rejoinder !