Rahul's Rhetorical Revolution Requires Receipts

Democracy is built not on faith alone, but also on trust. Faith is blind; trust is earned. Faith allows you to believe in gods. Trust allows you to believe in institutions, When leaders mistake democracy for theology, when they assume the divine right to declare, accuse, and pronounce guilt without trial, they are not playing politicians.

- Ravi Shankar

They are playing gods and jurors in the same breath, Standing not in court, not even in Parliament, but in the unmediated court of public opinion, Rahul Gandhi declared that “2,000 sq kms of Indian land is under Chinese occupation,” that “Chinese soldiers are beating up Indian Army personnel.” An angry Justice Dipankar Datta asked him the only question that matters, “Were you there? Do you have credible proof?”