Thug Baba and Osama'jee'

A man, who has a massive following, tries to do something good for the nation- Thug. Other man openly gives anti-India speeches and instigates mob for his separatist causes- State Guest. When anti-Indian separatists meet at Delhi- the national capital, they are provided Police protection and when common people unite and peacefully protest against something which is unjust, it is brutally quashed? This is the beauty of our current government and its cronies. It feels like I slept in India and woke up in Communist China! Firing tear gas shells in closed tents, beating men, women and children ruthlessly and then starting a propaganda against the entire movement itself, I feel ashamed. I feel disgusted. Where is the humanity which we like to talk about so much?

RSS did it!

One Scam after other has been the USP of this government. Frankly speaking I am now bored of counting them all. What rubs salt to the wound are the comments made by the members of ruling party. Dear CON-gress, please don’t insult my intelligence by letting people like Digvijay Singh come on the TV screen and speak nonsense. Just for example I saw a very interesting status message on Baba Ramdev’s facebook page-

02 June 2011:
‘If Cong was SCARED, Ramdev would be behind bars’: Digvijay Singh.

05 June 2011:
Baba Ramdev is arrested

I have a few questions which i need answers for:

1. Was it a ever a question that Baba Ramdev will not sit on a fast? From last few days it was always clear in the media that this will be a full-fledged ‘Anshan’. Anybody who went in Cannaught place area of Delhi could have seen the massive posters which said he will keep a fast to protest the lack of government inteest and will to bring black money back which has been stashed out of this country since a long time.

2. Where was this blatant display of power when needed in J&K on Republic day? Our own people could not hoist our own flag in our own country! Who were you afraid of then?? Just because common man does not wield arms does not mean you will arm twist him.

3. Where is our youth leader Rahul Gandhi, when we need him the most? Is your only job to promote your party in times of elections? Few years ago when you came into the political landscape of India I raised my hopes a bit. How wrong was I…?

Sunil Kumar, skull fracture, at LNJP hospital, claims the police blocked most exits to Ramlila Maidan

4. Is human right’s commission only appointed to see the Rights of terrorists, separatists and anti-social elements? Where are the human rights activists when thousands of people were being thrashed by Delhi Police? Girls were being hit at their private body parts? Legs were broken, skulls cracked, somebody got paralyzed for life, don;t they deserve any human rights? Oh wait…! All the resources are diverted to take care of Kasab and Kashmiri Separatists!

5. Does Your blood not boil when you see innocent people, your brethren, being treated like scumbags by their own chosen government? Do you really support corruption and terrorism?

Many of my young friends think this is a political gimmick by baba. Even if I agree to this, then why should people like Ramdev not stand in politics? At-least he decided to do something. For me he is better than couch-commentators who are experts in every god-damned thing. He has a quite a following and all the problems which he has raised till now seem genuine. Be it revision of Land acquisition act or bringing back  approx Rs. 400 Lakh crores of money stored by tax evaders? The money which rightfully belongs to a common man. On one hand govt. expects a common man to be content with Rs.20 a day and on other hand it does not want to do anything against such inappropriate wealth acquisition? Finally there will be somebody in politics who has raised relevant issues. I am fed up of vote bank politics and issues like reservation. It is high time, Baba Ramdev should openly come in politics. We need a good alternative now. Somebody who is not scared of raising his voice.

Rajbala, critically injured in the cervical spine, all four limbs paralysed, at LNJP hospital. She is a yoga teacher from Gurgaon, Haryana, and was fasting on 4 June with everyone else at the Ramlila Maidan

I will quote my friend Ghazal here- “We all sat and cribbed about the scams:
1. 2G Spectrum
2. Adarsh Society Scam
3. Cash for vote scam
4. The commonwealth games scam
5. The Black Money (including Hasan Ali Khan) scam
6. The Indian Airlines scam – which is yet to come out in the open… AND WILL BE THE MOTHER OF ALL SCAMS
These are just a few hyped scams… there are numerous others lost in the war of words. Yet we sat in-front of the TV and cribbed and debated. But when people Ramdev and Anna Hazare came forward and questioned the govt. and protested to make them take strong actions against the culprits, you have the audacity to call it a political gimmick… SHAME ON SUCH COWARDS. You’re better off sitting at home, wearing bangles and spending your miserable life cribbing and crying.”

And for the people who accuse him of stashing black money, I would just say that if it were that black, govt. would not have to make such a desperate attempt to break his fast. Whatever he or his trust earns has got to be properly audited or CON-gress government would not have lost a single moment in pointing that out and throwing him behind bars.

Finally I feel the role of media was very sadistic in the entire episode. Every channel, especially the English Media, was busy cooking conspiracy theories and trying to shift the entire blame on Baba Ramdev itself! From being a 5-star satyagraha it became a communal ground for rioters to unite! Why? Just because he is a sadhu- a hindu and wears saffron? Is it a reason good enough to ostracize him? Can somebody come openly and tell me is any of Baba Ramdev’s various demands, unreasonable?

Makes me think, if Mahatma Gandhi’s ways are not accepted should we adopt Bhagat’s way?

-VANDE MATRAM

(Image courtsey- Tehelka)