Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was fined for not wearing a seatbelt while in a car. He obediently pays up after tendering an apology, advising the nation that it is important to wear seatbelts and that it was a lapse on his part. In contrast, Tejaswi Surya, the Karnataka BJP MP attempts to open the emergency door in flight and there is endless dialogue on whether it was the cockpit door or the emergency door, whether he did tender an apology to Aviation Minister or to the in-flight crew, whether the plane was taxiing or in flight. There is also no remorse from Surya for his action which could have endangered other passengers on the flight and in any case delayed the flight by a couple of hours thereby causing disruption and inconvenience to the co-passengers. That is the difference, my friend, there is true democracy in the UK while in India we have managed democracy.
