India, July 12 -- Alok Mehta urges leaders not to defame India over selective crime narratives.
New Delhi:
You might recall the old song: "Deewano, aisa kaam na karo, Ram ka naam badnaam na karo". I feel a similar urge to appeal to today's power players: "Please don't bring disrepute to Bihar, Mumbai, Delhi - or India - in your hunger for power."
As election season heats up, politics over "Lalu's Jungle Raj" and "unchecked crime under Nitish" has become rampant in Bihar. In Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray is fighting a heated battle for control over the Rs 75,000 crore budget of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. This has led to confrontations over language and power, echoing far beyond Maharashtra.
In Delhi, a wounded Arvind Kejriwal and...