Political gaffe

A 'gaffe' is a remark or action that is considered a social mistake and usually not polite. Everyone makes gaffes, but it can be extremely embarrassing when it is done on a national or even global stage.

Last week we saw some gaffes by several very powerful politicians and leaders. 

                                  

The usually taciturn British Queen Elizabeth II commented on she knew generally how horribly rude the members of the Chinese delegation were to everyone including the British Ambassador when they accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Britain in  October 2015. 

                                   

Another gaffe came from Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron along with speaker of the British House of Commons John Bercow being caught on camera telling the Queen that their guests Nigeria and Afghanistan are “fantastically corrupt” ahead of a major international anti-corruption summit. 

During the same time Indian Prime Minister reportedly commented that, “The based on information received by Mr. Modi, the situation regarding child death ratio among certain Adivasi Tribes in Kerala is scarier than even Somalia." 

The statements made by all these people were true, but in the world of politics, people are not permitted to speak the truth plain and honestly. What a world we live in? How can we change anything for the better unless  we accept that there is a problem.

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

- Michael Kinsley

What they said when India won the cricket series with Australia

The Indian Cricket team  recently scored a brilliant 4-0 win over the highly competitive Australian team. The politicians would probably have this to say about the outcome. Manmohan Singh:  Well ..... Salman Khurshid:  This is Sonia Gandhi's win.... I mean our foreign policy is so amazing that Australia was forced to bow before us. Karunanidhi: Ashwin and Murali Vijay must now beat Sri Lanka in the field to avenge the plight of Tamils. Digvijay Singh: We see the hands of communal forces behind this win as  both Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara are both Gujaratis. Manish Tiwari: This win is because of the Congress party's policy of favouring the youth. Today's young team is playing much better simply because of Rahul Gandhi. Kapil Sibal: Australia beat India 4-0, India defeated Australia 4-0... Zero Loss theory proved. Mayawati: There are no Dalit players in the Indian team. BCCI is anti Dalit. I demand a 30% reservation for Dalits in the team. Arvind Kejriwal: How is it that the Indian team has begun to win all of a sudden? I will reveal the facts soon in a press conference. Justice Katju: The Australian Board of Cricket must forgive the mistakes of it's team because they are a great team. Also Watson has small children. The Left Parties: This 'Left' (Ravindra Jadeja) is amazing. Mulayam Singh Yadav: My U-turn was used by the Indian spinners very well... by the way the Australian team is an honest and true team. Narendra Modi: The Chai which the Indian team had during the tea session was made from the milk which came from Gujarat. Today Jadeja and Pujara have once again proved that Gujarat has always served India. Mohan Bhagwat: This is a victory for Bharat, not India.  Rahul Gandhi: Heartiest congratulations to the Indian football team for defeating Australia 4-0.

Thanks to Prince Chaudhari for this contribution