When Vidhayak Ji of Panchayat Fame tells a group consisting of Pradhan Ji, the Up-Pradhan, the Panchayat Sahayak and Sachiv Ji that a neta needs people and a mike to show his influence, he is simply echoing the psyche of Indian politicians. He was preparing to go to the local police station to secure the release of Pradhan Ji and his men following their detention while staging a protest demanding that a train stop at their station.
This mentality of the political class can be correlated with whatever has been happening on the streets of Delhi over the last couple of weeks. Netas of all hues, from RaGa to Cockroaches, are making all-out efforts to demonstrate their influence, no matter how much the lives of the common people, for whom they swear allegiance, are paralysed.
They flaunt copies of the Constitution on every occasion but forget that the government has to be fought inside Parliament, not on the streets. If they are really serious, then, as Leader of the Opposition, RaGa should move a no-confidence motion against the Modi Government and ensure that the motion succeeds. The present Modi Government is dependent on the support of other political parties for its survival. Once the government falls and another government comes to power, they can impeach the CEC and correct whatever wrongdoing he is allegedly committing in SIR.
But they will not do it. They will go to the President with their plaint, but without proof. They will try to meet the Chief Justice and receive a lesson in constitutionalism from him. Later, they will march with a crowd to the top court and file a petition. But their petition suffers from several hurdles: precedent-related constraints, a disconnect between political rhetoric and legal prayers, evidentiary infirmities, overlap with existing pending petitions and constitutional separation-of-powers concerns.
If the petition is dismissed tomorrow, be prepared to hear something like “Modi Court”.