So said Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
He also said that it is easy to preach but very difficult to practice. There are many stories about how Gandhi first tried to imbibe into his own life things that he advised others to do and follow. He lead by example.
Now Nitin Gadkari too has said so. In a recent speech, Nitin Gadkari took pot shots at people who preach things to others but seldom practice it themselves.
At a recent function Gadkari had said, “If we adopt even one of his (Chhatrapati Shivaji’s) qualities, it would take our society and country far ahead. Often, there is talk of making India ‘atmanirbhar Bharat’, a five-trillion-dollar economy, the third largest economy, and of Vishwaguru. But if we want to make all this a reality, we will have to begin by making changes within ourselves. It is easy to tell others to change, but an individual will have to begin with oneself before advising others.”
Gadkari has also questioned the Mahayuti government’s Ladki Bahin Yojana in Maharashtra, saying it could delay the timely payment of subsidies in other sectors.
The Union minister made headlines in September, when he claimed he had received offers to become prime minister “multiple times” both before and after the Lok Sabha elections held a few months ago.
So, why did Gadkari think it necessary to say such things? He spoke this without taking any name but we all know that these slogans are attributed to none other than Narendra Modi.
He probably said this because although Modi preaches many things, he rarely follows it with action. Modi uses an imported watch, supposed to be an expensive watch, travels in a Jumbo Jet, rides a foreign made vehicle while talking about atmanirbhar Bharat. The car that he uses is top of the line Mercedes Maybach
He wears glasses from a very expensive international brand Bvlgari. He uses a Mont Blanc pen which is said to cost 1.3 Lakhs.
Gadkari is a man from Maharashtra. He knows Maharashtra politics very closely and knows the precarious position that Maharashtra has in terms of debt. That is why he was wondering about the new schemes that the government is introducing without having the wherewithal to sustain these schemes.
