IT'S NOT EASY TO ACCEPT DEFEAT
An accused person in the dock never admits that he is guilty of the
crime he is accused of. His lawyer would try all the tricks in his legal
arsenal to get a ' not guilty' verdict.
In politics and in sports, the same trend prevails. In the elections held
in Maharashtra and Haryana, the Congress was thrashed. Yet, all sorts
of arguments and statistics are put forward to cushion from
the shock of
the defeat. This is a common practice of all parties, including the
BJP.
The arguments go like this:
" We got fewer seats, but we have increased the percentage of our
votes.''
" The BJP played the communal card, and misled the people.''
" We got fewer seats, but our support base is still solid, intact.''
" The ruling party misled the people with empty promises.''
When a party wins an election, everything is OK. No complaints.
The defeated candidate would try a petition in the High Court, as a last
resort to unseat his opponent, citing corruption in the election campaign.
In some countries, the losers would complain :
" The elections were rigged.''
In sports, the losers often come forward with flimsy excuses and
complaints.
" The referee was biased against us. We were robbed of victory.''
'' Our players played well, but today luck didn't favour us.''
" The massive support of the home-crowd contributed to our rivals'
win.''
'' The long journey and the unfamiliar , unforgiving weather
conditions exhausted our players.''
" Injuries adversely affected our performance.''
When children fail in examinations, there are excuses like:
" The teaching in the school isn't up to standard."
" I didn't get enough time to answer all the questions.''
" Some questions were out of the syllabus.''
" There's something wrong in the marking. "
So it is difficult to accept defeat. There's always scope for excuses.
The defeated party or person uses excuses as a crutch to lean on.
An accused person in the dock never admits that he is guilty of the
crime he is accused of. His lawyer would try all the tricks in his legal
arsenal to get a ' not guilty' verdict.
In politics and in sports, the same trend prevails. In the elections held
in Maharashtra and Haryana, the Congress was thrashed. Yet, all sorts
of arguments and statistics are put forward to cushion from
the defeat. This is a common practice of all parties, including the
BJP.
The arguments go like this:
" We got fewer seats, but we have increased the percentage of our
votes.''
" The BJP played the communal card, and misled the people.''
" We got fewer seats, but our support base is still solid, intact.''
" The ruling party misled the people with empty promises.''
When a party wins an election, everything is OK. No complaints.
The defeated candidate would try a petition in the High Court, as a last
resort to unseat his opponent, citing corruption in the election campaign.
In some countries, the losers would complain :
" The elections were rigged.''
In sports, the losers often come forward with flimsy excuses and
complaints.
" The referee was biased against us. We were robbed of victory.''
'' Our players played well, but today luck didn't favour us.''
" The massive support of the home-crowd contributed to our rivals'
win.''
'' The long journey and the unfamiliar , unforgiving weather
conditions exhausted our players.''
" Injuries adversely affected our performance.''
When children fail in examinations, there are excuses like:
" The teaching in the school isn't up to standard."
" I didn't get enough time to answer all the questions.''
" Some questions were out of the syllabus.''
" There's something wrong in the marking. "
So it is difficult to accept defeat. There's always scope for excuses.
The defeated party or person uses excuses as a crutch to lean on.
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