Now that a central government minister has given the call for a "pub bharo andolan" (fill the pubs protest) and a civil society group has called for a similar protest on Valentine's Day, the question that we must ask ourselves is this:
Would all this politics of protests have been necessary if the goons had been dealt with firmly by the police?
After all, who has broken the law?
=> Pubs are not illegal.
=> Shops selling V-Day cards are not illegal.
=> It is not illegal to walk arm in arm with your beloved.
It is, however, illegal to forcibly enter pubs and beat up women. It is illegal to threaten innocent law-abiding people with violence on account of their personal choices (which do not harm any third party).
Thus, if the police only did their job, we would all be free, and we would not need to spend time and money on "politics" in order to defend our ways of life.
The conclusion is stark: Our policemen are also politicized schemers, acting along with these goon squads, anxious to cultivate some measure of political influence of their own. In Karnataka, the BJP rules the roost, and the goon squads are their property. A politicized police knows that. They know that their pathway to promotions and plum postings lies in cosying up to these goons. And where the police do not protect the lives, liberties and properties of the tax-paying citizens, the latter have no option but to take to the streets.
In other words, the police are but another goon squad. They offer no worthwhile services to the tax-paying citizenry. This is the only reason why the citizens are forced to resort to politics in order to defend their lifestyles.
Yet, there may well be a silver lining to this dark cloud. If the citizens' protests defending pubs, alcohol, V-Day etc. are big, well-attended and widely reported, both the police as well as the political party goon squads will be taught a major lesson on the freedom-loving spirit of the modern Indian people.
So I repeat my advice to the youth: Stand Up For Your Liberties!
And do it RIGHT NOW – when the threat to them looms large.
Teach the political goon squads a lesson.
And teach the police a lesson as well.
May The Force Be With You.
Minister's statement only re-affirms our belief that all politicians are goons themselves. Both want to creat public nuisance to catch media attention. Media goes overboard while covering such stupid events and in fact encourage worthless politicians & equally worthless organisation to organise such protests. Now Shriram Sena & Mutalik have become (inter) national news topic. Before I didn't know of their existance.
ReplyDeleteRenuka...the politician is probably in this for herself...but then who does not look after their self-interest...Each and every individual by themselves should stand for their liberty...it should be done all the time and not when a politician or leader calls for a protest...
ReplyDeleteRenuka's interest is to stage same "Tamasha" like Mutalik did. As a minister she should resort the use of law enforcement agencies. But then how will she get the full media glare? We will see how she reacts when there are child marriages in Rajasthan on "Teej". Will she force her way to stop the such marriage ceremonies there?
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