Mr Tewari spoke of the ‘safety of daughters and sisters' in the light of the controversy that has erupted over the alleged surveillance of a woman in Gujarat, but forgot to mention that the horrific December 16 gang rape case happened in the Congress's rule and that Delhi's Congress regime passed the buck on to the Centre. He wondered whether the people should vote for a party and a leader that are allegedly Hitlerian in their attitude, but failed to notice that the people are unimpressed by such nonsense — the results of various opinion polls which have predicted a rout for his party in the coming Assembly and lok Sabha elections, are a testimony of that. Mr Tewari also said that Mr Modi would have quit by now had he any shame. That is a strong word, and the Minister must look at the utterly disgraceful record of his Government to understand what ‘shame' really means. The UPA regime has not just presided over various scams but also conducted itself in a manner that will make any respectable person to hang his head in shame. The brazenness with which it defended its tainted Ministers, and showed them the door only after it was battered to pulp from all quarters including the judiciary, remains unprecedented in recent political history. Perhaps the biggest shame for the Government of which Mr Tewari is a respected Minister came when Congress vice president tore into an ordinance which the Union Cabinet had approved; the Government was forced to recall it.
