Narendra Modi vs Kejriwal : Dharna, a deja vu for Arun Jaitley
Varanasi may 8 . For Arun Jaitley, sitting on dharna at the Sinmhadwar (main gate) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a deja vu. He might be arriving at this very spot after almost 40 years.
During JP movement , in 1974, an all India student convention was organised at the Simhadwar in which office bearers of students union from all over the country participated. A public meeting was organised here Under the shadow of statue of BHU founder Malaviyaji. Arun Jaitley (Delhi University), M Venkaiah Naidu (Osmania University) and Ravishankar Prasad (Patna University) were among the student leaders who addressed the public meeting. Four decades later These student leaders are known political leaders in the national politics.
Simhadwar, at the one end of the Lanka market is the political playground for the student leaders. It was a daily ritual decades ago to organize a meeting in the evening at the Simhadwar. For the students of BHU evening walk outside the sprawling campus was "Lanketing", where they used to chat with friends at a chai ki dukan and meet their girlfriends. "Lanketing" had additional attraction in public meeting in which student leaders, serious or non serious, used to criticize Vice Chancellor or Dean or Head of the Department. Police and Administration and Chief Proctor of the University were main target of attack.
There was a funny character called " Triple Singh" in Lanka locality, who was a regular speaker. Just standing on a stool or a table he would start speaking with a small or big crowd in front of him on any subject or problem plaguing mankind. He was a seasoned speaker- in the beginning of his career he was simply Singh, then after a decade he was promoted to "Double Singh" and before his retirement he was bestowed with the title " Triple Singh".
BHU alumni , scattered world over , still remember this great master who taught tricks of politics to hundreds of student leaders . Do you remember " Lanketing" and Triple Singh, BHU fellows?
Sadly, days of Lanketing were over and Triple Singh is no more.
Varanasi may 8 . For Arun Jaitley, sitting on dharna at the Sinmhadwar (main gate) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a deja vu. He might be arriving at this very spot after almost 40 years.
During JP movement , in 1974, an all India student convention was organised at the Simhadwar in which office bearers of students union from all over the country participated. A public meeting was organised here Under the shadow of statue of BHU founder Malaviyaji. Arun Jaitley (Delhi University), M Venkaiah Naidu (Osmania University) and Ravishankar Prasad (Patna University) were among the student leaders who addressed the public meeting. Four decades later These student leaders are known political leaders in the national politics.
Simhadwar, at the one end of the Lanka market is the political playground for the student leaders. It was a daily ritual decades ago to organize a meeting in the evening at the Simhadwar. For the students of BHU evening walk outside the sprawling campus was "Lanketing", where they used to chat with friends at a chai ki dukan and meet their girlfriends. "Lanketing" had additional attraction in public meeting in which student leaders, serious or non serious, used to criticize Vice Chancellor or Dean or Head of the Department. Police and Administration and Chief Proctor of the University were main target of attack.
There was a funny character called " Triple Singh" in Lanka locality, who was a regular speaker. Just standing on a stool or a table he would start speaking with a small or big crowd in front of him on any subject or problem plaguing mankind. He was a seasoned speaker- in the beginning of his career he was simply Singh, then after a decade he was promoted to "Double Singh" and before his retirement he was bestowed with the title " Triple Singh".
BHU alumni , scattered world over , still remember this great master who taught tricks of politics to hundreds of student leaders . Do you remember " Lanketing" and Triple Singh, BHU fellows?
Sadly, days of Lanketing were over and Triple Singh is no more.
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