Comments by "M Shastri" (@libshastra) on "‘Nice guy PM’ with record mandate or ‘blunder-prone dynast’-Rajiv Gandhi’s legacy on his anniversary" video.

Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi, both of them are examples of Congress sycophancy and royal privilege. Sanjay wasn't even an MP but he got stadiums, chowks, colleges and National Park named after him. Rajiv, right after his "Big tree falls" speech Buta and Zial Singh rushed to hold Rajiv's hand and convince him that he was the sole successor of Indira Gandhi's legacy and he had to become PM. Both became pilots despite dropping out of college, at a time when you had to acquire a permission letter from DGCA before you could enrol in pilot school. While writing my 12th board exams, I wondered who created this terrible system of education that tortures students till they commit suicide and turns out it was Rajiv's National Policy on Education. NPE's insistence on equalization policy made us dumber and made teachers insist on memorization rather than critical thinking. Board exams became a test of who can vomit the most accurate canned answer. This is probably the most understated terrible reforms enacted by Rajiv Gandhi.
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