People screaming that it is bad taste for Modi to have spoken about Rajiv Gandhi and lamenting coarsening of political discourse, would do well to know that their social justice leaders have never been known for decency in their public statements. A few gems follow /1

First a few from C N Annadurai
- There are only 2 races in the world without a nation of their own and which operate as parasites - Brahmin and Jews.
- Pandit Nehru goes by himself to M S Subbulakshmi's house when he comes to Madras, but has no time for us
- A widower (Nehru) /2

and a widow (Sirimavo) were in a closed room for an hour. I wonder what they had to say to each other that took an hour
Then his successor, M Karunanidhi
- Indira Gandhi was attacked in Madurai and sustained blood injuries. MK replied that he couldn't answer for women's blood /3

- In Assembly, when Jayalalitha stood up to ask a question, he told her to go ask Sobhan Babu (there were stories of a failed relationship between JJ and Sobhan Babu)
In the 90s Mulayam Singh said Mayawati would be safe in Assembly even if there were legislators with criminal /4

backgrounds. The reason he gave was - Have you seen how she looks?
- And who can forget Rajiv Gandhi's golden words for his political opponents - hum unko naani yaad dilayenge?
- EVKS Elangovan asked what Jayalalitha and Modi spoke about for an hour in a closed room and added /5

Neither of them is of the age where could suspect something wrong, to his party men's whistles
- He said Modi looks like a gorilla when he walks up the flight
- Nanjil Sampath said Mu Ka told A Raja - Kani unakku, Money enakku (Kani for you, money for me)
- He also said that /6

Stalin and MuKa had an argument because Stalin refused to call Khushbu Chitti (colloquial for father's mistress)
- Even recently Divya Spandana called Modi bird dropping

What decency? It's never been there. Indian political discourse has been in the language of the gutter /7

And Modi has been at the receiving end for close to two decades.

The only problem ecosystem has with him is that he gives back in the same coin, nothing else. /END