Practice before preaching!

Obviously Jayalalitha could not stomach Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh writing to DMK President Kalaignar on October 13 stating, “I wish to inform you that a decision on the issue of my participation in the CHOGM conference will be taken only after considering all relevant factors, including the sentiments of your party and the Tamil people.” Incidentally, that was the first time that the government of India, officially made a statement on India’s participation in the Commonwealth meet in Colombo though political parties, students and civil society were staging protests, rallies and public agitations for nearly one year now. Even Jayalalitha had written letter to the Prime Minister on March 21.
When she is claiming to represent more than six crore people of Tamil Nadu, her minions have been trumpeting around that she has “emerged as leader of world Tamils”, the Prime Minister, on his own, conveying for the first time the official stand of the Government of India in a letter to Kalaignar, her political bete noire, had incensed her. So, she also sent another missive to the Prime Minister on October 17 referring to his statement (in the letter to Kalaignar) “that he would keep in mind the sentiments of the Tamil people while deciding on his participation” in the CHOGM conference in Colombo, and adding a rider that “India should not participate…. at any level, whether titular, ministerial or official”, thus keeping her options open for further ‘one-upmanship’ politicking, if need be.
But what matters people of Tamil Nadu are the reasons adhered by Jayalalitha for calling India’s boycott of the meet in Sri Lankan capital. When all other say these same reasons they have a moral locus standi. But Jayalalitha speaking on those lines is akin to Satan preaching scriptures. She has stated in her letter to the Prime Minister, “If India stayed away from the meeting, it would demonstrate the country’s commitment to upholding the values of democracy and respect for human rights globally. In turn, people of the State and in the functionaries and cadre of the ADMK including the unfortunate Ministers of her Cabinet, in silence of course, would like to ask her what about her commitment to upholding the values of democracy and respect for human rights? People of Tamil Nadu need no elaboration.