One has heard that there is a huge backlog of cases in this country and a few of the reasons are because of obstruction of justice, intimidation of witnesses and an irresistible urge on the part of the stakeholders to ensure the effect falls on the ongoing electoral outcomes. And this is in addition to a shortage of judges.
But why do such things happen, with a remarkable regularity, in my country?
Let us just analyse a few of the recent developments that have created a furore. And mind you, the battle of the ballot is currently on in Bihar!
(a) Hathras.
Let's quickly recapitualte the sequence of actions immediately after the incident. * A young Dalit lady is reported to have been gang raped by four guys from the forward caste * The seriously injured lady is transferred to the Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi where she succumbs to her injuries a few days later * The police cremate the mortal remains, in a tearing hurry, in the middle of the night. * Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra make a beeline to the victim's house, creating law and order problems for the UP police * The script changes, thereafter, in that the deceased lady and a boy of the upper caste were supposed to have been in love and it could be a case of honour killing * News also surfaces that actually the girl was never raped and maybe her brother knows the actual truth * The Yogi Adityanath government of UP asks for a CBI inquiry into the matter.
The unrest quickly dissipates, news surface that the hospital where the young lady had breathed her last doesn't seem to have her death certificate.
And meanwhile, the election campaign had commenced in Bihar! No one seems to be bothered about the incident at Hathras!!
(b) Republic TV bears the brunt.
It all began with an interview of actress, Kangana Ranaut on the Republic television channel where she had stated that Sushant Singh Rajput hadn't committed suicide but was murdered. The channel had put its own investigation team on the incident to pursue the truth. The grossly inefficient and shoddy investigation done by the Bombay Police was brought to light in the process and the actor's death was also found to be connected to his manager, Disha Salian's death around a week before his. The point of suspicion indicated the involvement of a top Maharashtra politician and a few Bollywood personnel. As the details of the sickening news was coming out, the proliferation of drug usage among the 'glamorous' people of Bollywood was brought out.
And then, came the so-called TRP scam. And in all these cases, the Bombay police and its Commissioner were seen in bad light because of its vindictive attitude.
We are now witness to the bamboozling of the Republic TV by the government of Maharashtra and the Bombay police. The fight has got very ugly with the police slapping a record number of FIRs on the journalists belonging to the channel.
The sad part in this entire tamasha is that the rest of the media houses have kept themselves studiously away without standing in support of Arnab Goswami and his channel. Neither has the rest of the Bollywood - considered to be clean(?) - from Amitabh Bachchan downwards have uttered a word about the rampant drug abuse prevalent in their system!
Do these guys believe that they can suppress the truth forever and save that top politician?
(c) Farooq Abdullah.
This corrupt politician makes a seditious statement when he asked for China's help to repeal the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A in Jammu and Kashmir, clamped last year, by the Modi government. The idiot should have been slapped with charges of sedition, arrested forthwith and tried for treason and given the capital punishment.
Instead we have the horror of seeing him move around freely as though nothing has happened. Had the same words been uttered by a common citizen, he would have been behind bars, slapped with non bailable charges.
Is our law different for different people? Why is this partiality being practiced so blatantly?
I'm totally flummoxed. This guy - Farooq Abdullah - needs to be punished for his perfidy, without delay!
My take.
My country is destined to be a superpower and it cannot be pulled down at every stage by the fifth columnists. Nationalism is meant for the entire lot of Indians, the defaulters must be kicked out of the country or be left to perish. Their time has come to prove their loyalty to their motherland, failing which.......
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10. Serious conversations with Mithun and Maman.
Participated in the 'Aazhchakkoottam' that had MA Baby, the CPM's politburo member, narrating his experiences while he was stricken with Covid-19. Highlighted the commendable job of the health services of the state - he, his wife and a son were treated at the Government Medical College & Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. The interaction was between 1600 - 1730 hrs.
Also participated in a Zoom meeting of my naval course mates from Kochi and Pune from 2000 - 2100 hrs. It was nice.
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