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Brinda Karat stands tall in front of bulldozers at Jahangirpuri’s Tiananmen square moment

-SabrangIndia.in

A lesson in leadership from the 74-year-old CPI (M) Politburo member whose heroic act helped diffuse a volatile situation from escalating 

What should a leader of a major political party do, when a communally sensitive situation is brewing in a densely populated area of the city they live in? Visit the spot and try to calm the situation? Or perhaps communicate the legal status and court ruling that is crucial to be obeyed so peace prevails? Or should they instead, attack Opposition parties? Or ensure their recorded message about "Yoga is good for health… I do yoga so should you,” be spread using telemarketing phone call bots? The answer was there for all citizens to see, from video clips beaming out of Jahangirpuri.

Brinda Karat (74) who in 2005, became the first woman member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) Politburo, gave a crash course in leadership to all politicians who may want to learn. The veteran leader Brinda Karat led from the front, and was on ground zero and was seen blocking a bulldozer at Delhi's Jahangirpur. She showed the officials the copy of a Supreme Court order this afternoon, standing strong against state machinery and literal heavy demolition machinery. Her mere presence, in front of the bulldozer, showed how human rights, the rule of law, and orders of the Supreme Court were above any attempts at politicising a sensitive situation. According to a news report, this was a “tense two-hour standoff during which the civic body refused to stop its "anti-encroachment drive" despite the court's order.

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