Cowardly abdication of responsibility in Karnataka

The Chief Ministers statement that the parents of people going to pubs should be responsible for their welfare was not only shocking but points to the cowardly impotence of the Government – all the more tragic as it is a BJP government in power. This party is supposed to be modern, forward looking and for the middle classes and they are the guys who are running away with their tail between their legs when a fringe right wing faction of their ilk decides to gain some publicity. Instead of treating this as a routine law and order problem and slamming the jerks into jail – we have the courts release them and the sensation hungry media running after them to showcase and publicize their views! I think the media is more worried about TRP’s than in balanced reporting of newsworthy items!

If the government is going to abdicate it’s responsibility on protecting the public from hooligans and ask the parents of the victims to do their job, then I do not see any reason why the tax payers money should be used in providing ‘Z’ category security to third class cowardly politicians. The politicians like to show that they are important by roaming around in cavalcades with sirens screaming and beacon lights flashing and inconveniencing the public at large – but when it comes to doing their job and taking responsibility for wanton acts of violence and threats of disruption of western functions we have the people in power showing their true colors. The color of the party is saffron but their behavior is black – I think saffron is too holy a color for this party – they should change it to black or yellow depicting either the nature of their hearts or the color of cowardice!

Like I have mentioned before in my earlier posts, I have always been a BJP supporter, but the exigencies of politics seems to have made the BJP a party of cowardly pacifiers rather than a party with an ideology to take the nation forward to its rightful place in the league of nations.

Let me be clear that I am not promoting pub culture – for that is the role of parents – to guide and educate their children on what is good for them. The question here is their fundamental right to live the way they want to. No hooligan can dictate how I want to live my life. If these activists are parents then they can tell their children how to behave, what to do, what not to do, we do not want surrogate fathers especially those who are psychopaths!

Let the rule of law prevail, else we are all heading towards anarchy. Once the people get too fed up with the behavior of the creators, preservers and guardians of the law, we will see the frustrated masses come on to the streets – and that is not something which would look nice in the era of globalization. The people have got a chance in the forthcoming elections – I hope they come forward to vote in large numbers and show that they will not tolerate fanaticism and parochialism of any kind from anyone.