British politics can be very interesting in the sense that they can declare a vote of no confidence on a prime minister who has not even been at No 10 Downing Street for two months. Wherever Liz Truss is, she must be thinking it was all a dream far from reality. Indeed British democracy allows for very dangerous political experiments as we have just seen.
Then enter Rishi Sunak, a well-educated fellow who has been tried and tested in his previous position in the chancellery. He did well in that position while he served under Boris Johnson and he deserves the position he now occupies. Congratulations for all these great achievement as the first person of Indian extract to enter No 10 Downing Street as a permanent resident. Here is a man who has honestly worked hard to get where he is now.
Maybe I should withdraw the word “honestly” because he is the man that got the cascading effects of the British politics rolling on Boris Johnson. The moment he resigned, the confidence levels on the sitting prime minister began to drop. It is not clear whether he sent the dominos crushing deliberately so he could have a chance to have a go at the prime ministership.
Does this reflect that British society has become tolerant enough to allow an Indian at state house? This is not the case; like someone has mentioned, Sunak will not make it through the next general election. He ascended to power through a small Tory body of MPs. Wait until the public is allowed to pick their own leader at the ballot in the next general election, they will not retain him.
British society is still largely racist as it was in colonial times. They have built monuments in honour of some of their most racist leaders. The name that comes to mind here is that of Winston Churchill. When he was told about the devastating effects of his induced famine in India during the Second World War, Churchill remarked: “If famine is devastating India, why hasn’t Ghandi not died yet?” Churchill detested Ghandi by all measure. Churchill was a racist nasty pimpernel who cared less of the garbage that spewed out of his mouth.
The same Churchill said, “Gandhi ought to be laid, bound hand and foot, at the gates of Delhi and then trampled on by an enormous elephant while the new viceroy is on his back.” The man must be turning in his grave. No wonder Sunak had to exorcize the ghost of Churchill by lighting candles at the entrance of No 10 Downing Street in a Hindu ceremony. The young fellow must have been having second thoughts about assuming the residency of this state house.
Indians are literally all over in the world and hence the question of whether we are ready for an Indian president in Botswana. The definition of Indian here includes all people from the sub-continent of India and that includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. All these lands were originally India post-independence. All of them have a close anthropological resemblance and accent.
There is a sizeable Indian population in Botswana and a good number of these were born in this country and they are enjoying all citizen rights like anyone else. The question is; can Botswana have one of these as its president? This may sound like a simple question but it is absolutely not.
Indians have been allowed to participate in Botswana’s democracy and it is this type of rule that can either make them or break them. In politics, one needs numbers in terms of population and finance. The Indians are clearly in charge of our economy and there is no question about it. They say, to get to a man’s heart is through his pocket. Now that the Indians have the financial muscle, they can easily transform that to political power.
This means that we must be ready for an Indian at State House. We have had them as legitimately elected MPs even though none made it to cabinet. They represented both the ruling party and the opposition. The Indians in Botswana are powerful and they control the economy. It is just a matter of time before one of them assumes the highest office in the land.
While I served as an officer at BDF, some of my soldiers asked me why we did not even have one Indian in Botswana’s military. At the time there was only one Indian officer at Botswana Police Service. BDF has only had one Indian civilian working as a mechanic. The same question comes to mind when we see Sunak becoming the Prime Minister of Britain.
In Botswana, the Indians have failed to realise that to have absolute power, they must be in charge of the financial state of the country. They must be in charge in the military, the economy and have control of the population through their finances. It is not only the Indians that are missing from BDF; there are no white people still. The last white soldier left in the 1990s. If you are not prepared to sweat and protect the country, why even bother to go to parliament to become a legislator? Imagine if Botswana had mandatory military service.
The arrival of an Indian at No10 Downing Street is bad news for all Africans. Most countries in Africa are members of the Commonwealth and one of the benefits of this membership is getting easy access into the UK. That has been difficult and with an Indian in charge, it is even going to get tougher if not impossible.
Indians believe so much in hierarchy and this comes naturally through their caste system. The white man has been lording it over the Indian and therefore the Indians believe that Africans are at the bottom of this heap. Look at how the dark skinned Indians are treated in India. They remain at the bottom of the caste heap and that is where Africans are being taken.
