When it came to campaigning, Mohan Narayanan (MoNa) had very few parallels. He would meticulously draw up his itinerary, study the most optimal routes to travel, figure out the most accessible public ground in the locality he was due to visit, and ensure that his campaign featured promptly in the local dailies of the localities as well. If any of his party workers slipped up on any of these aspects, then all hell would break loose as MoNa had quite the reputation of being the perfectionist and tough taskmaster.
MoNa’s aggressive nature did not stop with only his campaign planning but also extended to the barb and jibes that he would constantly direct towards his primary rival and so called “prince in waiting” of the ‘other party’ Ganesh Rajan (GaRa).
In fact, MoNa’s constant criticism of the other party and more so his pointed criticism of the way GaRa carried himself served to heighten the already vilified atmosphere that the election campaigning had created.
The sad part though was the fact that GaRa didn’t even stand a chance against the concentrated onslaught that MoNa unleashed against him. Given his limited ability to impress the public with his oratory skills, GaRa had managed to put his own foot in his mouth on more than one occasion with unnecessary references to scientific phenomenon such as ‘escape velocity’ and also talking about ‘poverty being a state of mind’.
While MoNa was being moronic is his single minded approach to electioneering by putting down the opposition, GaRa was adding to the stupidity by his completely out of context references in his speech. What remained to be seen was which moron would be chosen by the electorate.
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This post has been written for the Three Word Wednesday prompt where the post had to include the words aggressive, heighten and limited, which is the reason that these words have been specifically highlighted.
This is only my second attempt at political satire and has been encouraged by the decent response to my earlier post in this series – Clash of the morons [Link to post]