Alam & Nath Don’t Represent Me!

I am dismayed by the recent actions and allegations of Morshed Alam and Dilip Nath. Bringing illegitimate claims of, “racism,” into any election process, particularly for a seat to represent an area that is as diverse as ours is more than enough reason to ask that they both resign from further attempts to run for political office.

I believe that I speak for many South Asians, when I say that they do not represent all of us. With sureness, I can say that they don’t represent me. In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi said, “A born democrat is a born disciplinarian. Democracy comes naturally to him who is…willing to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.” A good candidate and representative of the people, will stand by these principles…first and foremost, by running a clean campaign, obtaining legitimate signatures, representing multi-ethnic principles and presenting viewpoints that represent all of us, irrespective of race or ethnicity.

In my opionion, Morshed Alam and Dilip Nath are grandstanding and looking to get their picture in the paper. They are not doing South Asians (both recent immigrants, as well as those of us who were born and brought up in this country) any good by representing us in the way they have. We need honest political representation who exhibit strength, diversity in knowledge, that understands the process, and exhibit an ability to bond folks of differing ethnic background. This is most important particularly during a time of war.