Gandhi would have been most disappointed if he was alive: Santosh Hegde

Team Udayavani, Oct 1, 2019, 5:20 PM IST

Bengaluru: The no-holds-barred scenario on the administrative and political fronts would have made Mahatma Gandhi one of the most disappointed persons if he was still alive today, says retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde.

The 79-year-old former Solicitor General of India also regretted that society as a whole, people in prominent positions in particular, have forgotten Gandhi’s values.

“Today, the situation is such that the present day politics is no-holds-barred; truth has no value”, the former Karnataka Lokayukta told PTI on Tuesday, sharing his thoughts on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of the father of the nation.

“That’s what I am exactly seeing now…how you criticise your opponents, berate and belittle people who are not in conformity with your thinking, these are all things totally opposed to Mahatma Gandhi’s policies. He is a person who respected his opponents. We don’t see that today”, he said.

Mahatma Gandhi’s thinking should be included in the educational curriculum, he said.

“We give so much importance to information and make youth very intelligent, but that intelligence should be somewhat founded on values Mahatma Gandhi propagated and practiced”, Hegde said.

He said administration and politics have a very big say in everyday life and “it sort of moulds our thinking”.

“This no-holds-barred system that is prevailing today in these fields – administration and politics, and is creating some sort of a mad race for acquiring power and money.

That is exactly what Gandhi was against”, Hegde said.