Tears fall from eyes and it moves one and all. There are tears in politics, too. Amid the din of the Assembly elections, the politicians are also crying either to grab tickets or to support among the electorates. This is as true as the days near February 10 for the first phase of assembly elections.
Lately, a video of a teary-eyed youthful politician screaming inconsolably has gone viral on social media. He is heartbroken because of the denial of his ticket to contest the upcoming assembly poll from one assured constituency in Uttar Pradesh. It remains one instance of several such heart-rending emotional eruptions emerging before us.
Political rationales were noticed behind this sudden disturbance in the past few days. Does it look fair if the politicians sob or cry in public glare? Do they “weep blood in anguish” in Johnson’s word or it is blatant histrionics? Or, does it indicate the phoney political weep?
If we happen to stare at the footage of a common man receiving the first portion of risky coronavirus jab in moaning style, it does not look pleasant altogether. But if we find the politicians weeping just for reasons, we develop a kind of kindness for them.
In fact, the critics corroborate this act merely as a chance for a personal photo opportunity. They also see it for flatly accomplishing something different on the political front. It is always not just a tamasha, pause and then raise the right knuckle to the eye flickered before tasking to squeeze out a single perfect drop of tear at a particular moment. It does not work as the face remains as dry afterwards as it was previously. What works amid the crowd is real wailing tears.
The BBC, in its report of November 2010, asked: Can one trust a leader who cries?
First, why do they do it? A large number of psychologists concede that it is seen as far more acceptable to cry in public than it was several decades ago. Moreover, numerous politicians think it will improve their support by making people emotional. It can not be wholly refuted as it does function at the basic level as we find for a farmer leader in our country.
Without a doubt, tears can melt our hearts and make often restrained politicians seem to be compassionate at the right time and in the right place.
Quoting from the past, we come across how British Prime Minister Winston Churchill cried in the Parliament not once but many times until King Edward VIII called him a ‘cry baby’.