Have been following the happenings in Maharashtra over the past few months. Two shots - that have been making the rounds on the media many time around - come distinctly to mind. One is Udhav Thackeray, standing in 'savdhan' with a 'namasthe'(Reminds me of a guy asking for mercy for a crime that he has committed) and the pathetic sight of the Bombay Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh addressing a crowded press meet without convincing answers to their queries.
Meanwhile, many other events were taking place. The deluge during the monsoon which rendered many people homeless, searching for food and shelter, the Palghar lynchings when two Hindu monks were beaten to death by an unruly mob and thereafter, the mysterious deaths of Bollywood personalities, Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput, in quick succession. And all the while, the Covid cases in the state were on the rise exponentially with the government seemingly unable to take remedial actions on any of the three happenings.
It was amply evident that to the Udhav Thackeray government, providing governance to its people was never in its agenda because managing the contradictions of the coalition itself was a Herculean task. A hotch potch of the Shiv Sena, Pawar's NCP and the Congress - ideologically different from each other like chalk and cheese - but brought together just to keep the BJP, the single largest party, away from power can never be effective.
The consequent lawlessness and waywardness are sadly evident!
The relief for the flood affected poor left much to be desired. The police adamantly refused to hand over the Palghar lynching case to the Crime Branch and then the final straw on the proverbial camel's back was the pathetic Bombay Police's handling of the investigation of the murder of Sushant Singh Rajput, an upcoming and promising Bollywood actor - no case sheet has been filed to this day after over two months of investigation.
And witness the happenings of the day. Kangana Ranaut, the actress had arrived at Bombay from Chandigarh. The Shiv Sainiks were stage managed to carry out a 'tamasha' outside the airport, protesting her arrival. Her office was demolished by the BMC - which is under Shiv Sena control - despite the High Court having given a stay on the demolitions.
Based on the foregoing, I have a few queries which are (a) How can the entire government machinery be used to put down an individual and that, too, a hapless lady? (b) What has the Bombay Police done thus far? (d)Why has it not filed a charge sheet after two months of investigation in the Sushant murder case? (e) Whom is it trying to shield? Aditya Thackeray, the CM's son as reliable sources have said?
Is it the reason that the Bombay Police has locked up the Republic channel's investigating team under the weak alibi of having trespassed (?) into Udhav's farmhouse? They have not been allowed to get their legal assistance! Can you beat that?
Udhav Thackeray and team, why don't you initiate immediate steps to take positive control of containing the Covid pandemic and streamline/provide effective leadership to the Covid fighters? Govern, for a change.....otherwise you'll be handled nice and proper by the people of Maharashtra, at the next hustings!
Tailpiece.
Got up at our usual time, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10. Another quiet day. The second set of curtains was washed, dried and folded.
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