“Ironically the political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir are bringing down their own reputation by using venomous language against their rivals in their speeches at public rallies and consequently loose the goodwill of the people whatever they have.”
It is often said that actions speak louder than their words and same holds good for the political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir. For all obvious reasons the civility and morality are two sides of the same coin and as such people bringing down the standards of civility in full public glare cease the right to deliver sermons on morality in public life. For all right reasons maintaining civility in words and deeds is one of the strongest ways of influencing people for the political leaders anywhere in the world and same holds good for the political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir. Ironically the political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir are bringing down their own reputation by using venomous language against their rivals in their speeches at public rallies and consequently loose the goodwill of the people whatever they have. As venomous language they used against their rivals during campaigning in the recently held assembly elections at public rallies hugely irritated people across Kashmir , most of them lost elections more due to the venomous language they used against their rivals at election rallies and less due to their poor performance as public representatives in past. While the fact remains that freedom of speech and expression does not give political leaders the liberty to hurl abuses on their rivals in full public glare, they are always expected to raise the standards of civility equally by their words and actions in both election and as well as post election periods. Experiences of the recent election campaigning show that leaders talking about performance of their rivals and not their private lives draw more crowds at public rallies than those hurling abuses on their rivals.
“Since political leaders are there to lead the people from the front, it is their moral duty to maintain the highest standards of civility at public rallies and as well as official events with the intent of developing the highest standards of civility in the society. Wisdom demands that political leaders give up the practice of using venomous language against their rivals in speeches at public rallies for the purposes of reforming the society and developing the spirit of ethics and good human relations among peoples of all shades and opinions across Jammu & Kashmir.”
Unfortunately ven in the post election scenario this time most of the political leaders on almost every public event hurl abuses on their political leaders without any rhyme or reasons. Since political leaders are there to lead the people from the front, it is their moral duty to maintain the highest standards of civility at public rallies and as well as official events with the intent of developing the highest standards of civility in the society. Wisdom demands that political leaders give up the practice of using venomous language against their rivals in speeches at public rallies for the purposes of reforming the society and developing the spirit of ethics and good human relations among peoples of all shades and opinions across Jammu & Kashmir.
