It was a day that died before it had grown up thanks to an unwanted 'Bharat Bandh' from 0600 to 1800 hrs. The opposition sponsored-disruption of our daily life claims to have been successful in upsetting the entire lot of Indians and I'd like to know as to what has been the end-result. I can only term it as "a day of missed opportunities, untold suffering and a total loss of productivity!" And they claim to be patriotic!!
Why doesn't the combined opposition - no, they weren't united - realise that the average Indian is with the Prime Minister in his demonetisation act and have willingly gone through the tough times of the last three weeks of standing in serpentine queues at the banks/ATMs? Otherwise, how does one explain the calm demeanour of the people against the shameless incitement/provoking statements of people like Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Sitaram Yechuri, Mamta Banerjee and the likes, urging them to revolt?
The Kerala chief minister's call to exempt the foreign tourists from the ambit of the 'bandh' boils down to two tacit admissions:-
(a) the bandhs cause disruption all around and
(b) the average Indian must go through the difficulty because they've the audacity to lend their
support to something that he and his party do not approve of. This is what 'two timing' is all
about!
I'd like to touch upon a few incidents that affected the people in a significant manner and had thrown normal life off gear:-
(a) Schools and offices were closed, so much so, that even the chief minister and his ministers
did not attend office!
(b) Banks were open but people couldn't go there because transport wasn't available.
(c) The road transport corporation's buses were off the roads.
(d) Kalesh of Pulinkunnu decided to swim across the River Pamba as there was no ferry and
met with a fatal end. The 32 year old had to get to the mainland for some urgent reason!
(e) The key of the key room of the state Assembly building was with the staff member, assigned
with the closing duties, who was untraceable - naturally, a sympathiser of the bandh. The
rest of the staff, that had fetched up for work, had a long wait before it was opened!
The same sordid stories that are features of any bandh/hartal keep getting churned out after every such tamasha! Only names and places change!!
Why can't political parties decide, once for all, to do away with bandhs and hartals? There are so many ways of registering one's protest without hindering normal life and connected activities.
Tailpiece.
Baby chechi and Shyam had come to Guruvayur yesterday. They wanted to come and meet us but the situation wasn't conducive and hence, they left for Palakkad soon after the bandh, to be in time to attend another programme!
Why doesn't the combined opposition - no, they weren't united - realise that the average Indian is with the Prime Minister in his demonetisation act and have willingly gone through the tough times of the last three weeks of standing in serpentine queues at the banks/ATMs? Otherwise, how does one explain the calm demeanour of the people against the shameless incitement/provoking statements of people like Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Sitaram Yechuri, Mamta Banerjee and the likes, urging them to revolt?
The Kerala chief minister's call to exempt the foreign tourists from the ambit of the 'bandh' boils down to two tacit admissions:-
(a) the bandhs cause disruption all around and
(b) the average Indian must go through the difficulty because they've the audacity to lend their
support to something that he and his party do not approve of. This is what 'two timing' is all
about!
I'd like to touch upon a few incidents that affected the people in a significant manner and had thrown normal life off gear:-
(a) Schools and offices were closed, so much so, that even the chief minister and his ministers
did not attend office!
(b) Banks were open but people couldn't go there because transport wasn't available.
(c) The road transport corporation's buses were off the roads.
(d) Kalesh of Pulinkunnu decided to swim across the River Pamba as there was no ferry and
met with a fatal end. The 32 year old had to get to the mainland for some urgent reason!
(e) The key of the key room of the state Assembly building was with the staff member, assigned
with the closing duties, who was untraceable - naturally, a sympathiser of the bandh. The
rest of the staff, that had fetched up for work, had a long wait before it was opened!
The same sordid stories that are features of any bandh/hartal keep getting churned out after every such tamasha! Only names and places change!!
Why can't political parties decide, once for all, to do away with bandhs and hartals? There are so many ways of registering one's protest without hindering normal life and connected activities.
Tailpiece.
Baby chechi and Shyam had come to Guruvayur yesterday. They wanted to come and meet us but the situation wasn't conducive and hence, they left for Palakkad soon after the bandh, to be in time to attend another programme!
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