Not a day passes without the BJP indulging in controversies of every hue and cry. The latest being the inauguration of the much hyped Kartavya Path on a stretch of Central Vista from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate. This project appears to be mired in controversy given that all the national TV channels were debating on the issue of shedding the colonial past by changing the name of Rajpath, purported to be an icon of the British Empire to Kartavya Path, an embodiment of public ownership. The panelists in the discussion including the grandson of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose whose statue adorns India Gate were of the opinion that the mindset of the event management team entrusted with the job has to change. In a similar vein they were of the view that the Raj Bhavans and Rashtrapati Bhavan should be converted into museums and that the gubernatorial post of governors and president should also be abolished as they are the symbols of British legacy. The netas occupying spacious bungalows in Lutyens Delhi too should be asked to vacate the pristine accommodation and shifted to smaller dwelling places in line with the process of decolonisation. The event management team of the ruling dispensation is playing petty politics with mislaid priorities by rewriting history. Back home, our Chief Minister Pramod Sawant known for his quixotic ways was totally confused with the name of Kartavya Path and named it as Karma Path. The local channels as a gesture of entertainment allotted him more air time to enthrall the viewers with his doublespeak.
