Chidambaram making Gandhi

Home Minister P Chidambaram too has been elevated to position of shoe attack recipients. The first one was former US President George W Bush. He has been attacked with a shoe by an Al-Baghdadia television reporter. The reporter was punished for three years in prison. The second conspicuous chappal attack was Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala State Secretary of CPM. The attacker was his own comrade and was severely hustled by other comrades. Third one was against Chinese leader Wen jiao the attacker is under trial. And at the last a Sikh journalist lobbed a shoe towards Home Minister P Chidambaram at a press conference in New Delhi.

As shoe attacks catch good media coverage the type of incidents increases day by day. Nevertheless it is categorically to be put that shoe attack against Home Minister Chidambaram is an oafish act and against the basic culture of India. As the action of the reporter is heinous Mr Chidambaram or Congress party has no right to pardon him. If the offender is not punished under law it would sent wrong signals to others. It is undesirable Chidambaram making himself a Gandhi by saying:” Please take him away, gently, gently, gently, doesn't matter, please settle down, please settle down" to save the attacker free from criminal act.

K A Solaman