Tuesday, 22 December 2015

SLOGANEERING A SOFT PROTEST MEASURE

Of late it has been observed in India that the people resort to sloganeering, protest candle march and arranging yagnas to highlight their different demands. The most vociferous candle march and  sloganeering was seen in 2012 when the Delhi public caused traffic jams for days together around the India Gate following the unfortunate Nirbhaya incident. What purpose did that serve? Did the incedents of such sex crime abate? Did it make the youth aware of their duty in this regard? Did they ever thereafter come actively to the resque of any such victim on the roadside? Did anyone pick up the rape viictim and got her hospitalized? Frankly enough, the answer will be a big no. In this backdrop, the said protests normally end up like nothing short of a tamasha.
This scenario can be assessed in some other situations also. When the Parliament is in session, the national Exchequer pays  Rs.1.5 crore every hour. For last two sessions, the House has not conducted any business and ended in a fiasco. Does it cause any concern to any quarter of thinking people? Did any intellectual, writer or poet return their rewards in protest? Were they all waiting for the Dadri incident to prove that the ruling party is intolerant and they are the only progressive elements? If they have any concern for the nation, they could have come out in a procession and immobilised the legislators who have for their parochial ends hamstrung the Parliament. This rampant wastage of public fund has failed to stir up tolerants like Ashok, Bajpayi, Mrs. Naintara Shehgal, Munnawar Rana and others. Of late it has been observed in India that the people resort to sloganeering, protest candle march and arranging yagnas to highlight their different demands. The most vociferous candle march and  sloganeering was seen in 2012 when the Delhi public caused traffic jams for days together around the India Gate following the unfortunate Nirbhaya incident. What purpose did that serve? Did the incedents of such sex crime abate? Did it make the youth aware of their duty in this regard? Did they ever thereafter come actively to the resque of any such victim on the roadside? Did anyone pick up the rape viictim and got her hospitalized? Frankly enough, the answer will be a big no. In this backdrop, the said protests normally end up like nothing short of a tamasha.
This scenario can be assessed in some other situations also. When the Parliament is in session, the national Exchequer pays  Rs.1.5 crore every hour. For last two sessions, the House has not conducted any business and ended in a fiasco. Does it cause any concern to any quarter of thinking people? Did any intellectual, writer or poet return their rewards in protest? Were they all waiting for the Dadri incident to prove that the ruling party is intolerant and they are the only progressive elements? If they have any concern for the nation, they could have come out in a procession and immobilised the legislators who have for their parochial ends hamstrung the Parliament. This rampant wastage of public fund has failed to stir up tolerants like Ashok, Bajpayi, Mrs. Naintara Shehgal, Munnawar Rana and others.
All the educated people in the country should rise up and ask the disturbing MsP as to for what purpose they had voted them. They were favoured in election to discuss the public issues in the House and constitute laws and not to cripple the proceedings. They who have been agitating on Nirbhaya issue should have charge their legislators why the bill like Juvenile Justice, after getting through the LS  was hanging fire in the Rajya Sabha. That shows the non-feeling heart of these so called representatives of the people.They love politics and not the people.
Only a couple of days back, Rahul Gandhi had gone to the agitation ground near Jantar Mantar. There he had to face a group of flag and festoon waving people who charged him for blocking the Parliament functioning. Without boldly facing them, he just left the place. This is an indication that candle march and slogan chanting are not worth. If the people think that the politicians are playing truant with the constitutional system, they should gather around their legislators and force them to see the reality. After all the ultimate power lies with the public only. They are the masters who should not be misled by a handful of corrupt politicians.

All the educated people in the country should rise up and ask the disturbing MsP as to for what purpose they had voted them. They were favoured in election to discuss the public issues in the House and constitute laws and not to cripple the proceedings. They who have been agitating on Nirbhaya issue should have charge their legislators why the bill like Juvenile Justice, after getting through the LS  was hanging fire in the Rajya Sabha. That shows the non-feeling heart of these so called representatives of the people.They love politics and not the people.
Only a couple of days back, Rahul Gandhi had gone to the agitation ground near Jantar Mantar. There he had to face a group of flag and festoon waving people who charged him for blocking the Parliament functioning. Without boldly facing them, he just left the place. This is an indication that candle march and slogan chanting are not worth. If the people think that the politicians are playing truant with the constitutional system, they should gather around their legislators and force them to see the reality. After all the ultimate power lies with the public only. They are the masters who should not be misled by a handful of corrupt politicians.

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