What is striking about the public reaction is the increasing number of politically unaffiliated Indians, who are now defending Patel’s right to have his privacy respected.
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I agree with Sanjay Hegde that bringing Hardik Patel’s private life into public view is in poor taste. But certainly those who did so do not come across as “frustrated losers”. I see neither frustration, nor a fear of losing in the act–it is politics, which has regrettably sunk so low. In the heat of an election campaign, it was perhaps too tempting to show an opponent as a debaucher, to besmirch his reputation. Those who did this deserve to be condemned, but they cannot be called “frustrated losers”.
I agree with Sanjay Hegde that bringing Hardik Patel’s private life into public view is in poor taste. But certainly those who did so do not come across as “frustrated losers”. I see neither frustration, nor a fear of losing in the act–it is politics, which has regrettably sunk so low. In the heat of an election campaign, it was perhaps too tempting to show an opponent as a debaucher, to besmirch his reputation. Those who did this deserve to be condemned, but they cannot be called “frustrated losers”.