The entire city of Kanpur was bedecked in hoardings, banners and kiosks. Teemed as 'Maha Rally' by the Congress workers, each and every Congressmen who mattered and even those who don't were seen vying with each other to put up the maximum number of hoardings, banners and kiosks. The rule was of course simple: put up Sonia and Rahul jee's photo and top and print your own face as large as large could be. Not to be left behind, Sri Prakash Jaiswal was a sure winner, with innumerable huge gates of flex flouting his superhuman-sized caricature.
Considering that the minimum rates for flex printing go by Rs. 12 square feet, the flex printers in the city surely must have surely become richer by lakhs and lakhs of rupees. This is so because a small 20x10 hoarding, going by the above rate, would come for Rs. 2400 (plus taxes). Upon surveying the city, one would have counted at least a few hundred such hoardings, if not more. Then there were flex banners, huge gates, kiosks at every possible place and lot more. Surely, there must have been an additional cost for the hoarding rental, some of which goes to the Municipality as well, in case the high and the mighty would have thought of paying.
The pomp and grandeur through the hoardings was of such an extent that it even reflected the internal feuds and rivalries of senior Congress leaders, so much so that the media was compelled to label it as 'Hoarding War'. The key players in this war were Salman Khursheed and Sri Prakash Jaiswal, both of whom choose to ignore the other in their respective hoardings.
This was most evident at the venue Phoolbagh itself where the two leaders, even tried to over-shadow each other. As per media reports, the rivalry became public with supporters of both of them bad-mouthing each other. Attempt was made to shift each other's hoarding as well, right in front of other Congressmen.
Who is close to whom too was amply reflected. For instance MLA Ajay Kapoor and Alok Mishra's hoardings had Salman prominently displayed while Sri Prakash Jaiswal was conspicuous by his absence. Perhaps to please Salman, there were hoardings with Louise Khursheed's picture as well, who has apparently nothing to do with this rightly. Likewise, supporters of Sri Prakash Jaiswal chose to ignore Salman.
Seeing all this money going down the drain, one's thought wanders to that directive issued by the high command in Congress, urging Congressmen to adopt simple living. It is not difficult to see that other than Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, the rest of the Congressmen are yet to put this directive in practice. But with the greatest show of ostentation and pomp being held to please none other than Madam herself, one is obliged to conclude that this directive of the Congress high command has been conveniently ignored.
All this when the majority of Congress voter's do not even get two square meals a day and a huge number of them live in slums. It seems even Congress has taken to follow the NDA Government's policy of creating as much as possible so as to impress the voters. Interestingly, the same Congressmen do not fail to criticize Mulayam Singh Yadav for his dole to unemployed graduates and young girls.
Considering that the minimum rates for flex printing go by Rs. 12 square feet, the flex printers in the city surely must have surely become richer by lakhs and lakhs of rupees. This is so because a small 20x10 hoarding, going by the above rate, would come for Rs. 2400 (plus taxes). Upon surveying the city, one would have counted at least a few hundred such hoardings, if not more. Then there were flex banners, huge gates, kiosks at every possible place and lot more. Surely, there must have been an additional cost for the hoarding rental, some of which goes to the Municipality as well, in case the high and the mighty would have thought of paying.
The pomp and grandeur through the hoardings was of such an extent that it even reflected the internal feuds and rivalries of senior Congress leaders, so much so that the media was compelled to label it as 'Hoarding War'. The key players in this war were Salman Khursheed and Sri Prakash Jaiswal, both of whom choose to ignore the other in their respective hoardings.
This was most evident at the venue Phoolbagh itself where the two leaders, even tried to over-shadow each other. As per media reports, the rivalry became public with supporters of both of them bad-mouthing each other. Attempt was made to shift each other's hoarding as well, right in front of other Congressmen.
Who is close to whom too was amply reflected. For instance MLA Ajay Kapoor and Alok Mishra's hoardings had Salman prominently displayed while Sri Prakash Jaiswal was conspicuous by his absence. Perhaps to please Salman, there were hoardings with Louise Khursheed's picture as well, who has apparently nothing to do with this rightly. Likewise, supporters of Sri Prakash Jaiswal chose to ignore Salman.
Seeing all this money going down the drain, one's thought wanders to that directive issued by the high command in Congress, urging Congressmen to adopt simple living. It is not difficult to see that other than Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, the rest of the Congressmen are yet to put this directive in practice. But with the greatest show of ostentation and pomp being held to please none other than Madam herself, one is obliged to conclude that this directive of the Congress high command has been conveniently ignored.
All this when the majority of Congress voter's do not even get two square meals a day and a huge number of them live in slums. It seems even Congress has taken to follow the NDA Government's policy of creating as much as possible so as to impress the voters. Interestingly, the same Congressmen do not fail to criticize Mulayam Singh Yadav for his dole to unemployed graduates and young girls.
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