LETTER TO THE EDITOR " ELECTION SHOCKS"/SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM

ELECTION SHOCK


With reference to your Cover Story “Election Shock” in frontline April 6th, 2012 truly hammered at the head of the Pitaji/Mataji/Behenji/Betaji scenario going on, on today’s context.

Long back ago Ex Defence Minister Geoge Fernandes had rightly foresighted that the Congress or the present UPA cannot do anything, because it is not a political party. It is a power machine which relies on money, on the dynastic principle and on the state power to keep it going.

To these age old outlandish, obnoxious, routine and recognized specializations are added the equally recognized distinctions of speech and dress and there you have the irredeemable situation of India, where 60 lakhs are alive in a selfish, elegant but barren way while 50 crores are just helpless loam and putty.

No matter how much the Young Prince Rahul baba may say he wants to change the system inside the party to a more democratic rather than dynastic mode, it cannot be possible if he spends his holidays at fancy spots. Eating in a slum with a lady was an eye wash. Now, let us see whether publicly chastises such ridiculous behavior and punishes the people who arranged such programmers or he is just pretending as if knowing everything.

Posing as a Gandhian but doing or proposing contrary to the actions of Gandhi seems to have been a major cause why people have started to distance themselves from his agenda, well-intioned as it may be. While Gandhi had proposed to offer another cheek, if somebody slapped you once on the cheek, Hazare goes miles ahead and proposes to slap if your tolerance runs out. In a perfect case of getting fed up with his utterances, black-mailing and the programmes, only a few thousand people turned up at his protest demonstration in Mumbai last year in the last week of December. He was even forced to call off the protest before schedule. The Jan Lokpal Bill that he along with his team has demanded all through is still to be passed by the Parliament.

All the brouhaha created for months in the public platforms, TV channels and newspapers about the bill and the anti-corruption movement seems to have washed down the drain. This has only been reduced to a part of the memory now.......................... Corruption is no more like cleaning Gangotri................


SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR MISHRA,
SAMBALPUR,ODISHA