A day which saw the return of the "Prince of Kolkata", Sourav Ganguly, to the Indian Cricket Team was marred by 2 unruly incidences. From the scenes that I watched on the News Channels, after returning home, just made me realize that....."India has returned to the pre-historic times - STONE AGE".
To summarize the 2 incidents -
1. Unruly scenes at the Assembly due to attack on the MP, Mamta Bannerjee, at Singur
2. Unruly scenes all over Maharashtra due to desecration of Dr. Ambedkar's statue at Kanpur, which had happened yesterday
I saw people throwing microphones, breaking benches, throwing away books in the Vidhan Sabha. Thats one incident. In the second one I saw people burning public buses / trains & what not. The second incident also led to the loss of 6 lives.
Dr. Ambedkar is the father of our Constitution. He would have commited suicide if he would have seen his followers breaking the constitution by damaging public property, worth crores of rupees & causing incovenience to public....this way. I don't think that Dr. Ambedkar, even in his distant dream, had ever dreamt of such an India. Leave apart India, Mumbai which dreams to become SHANGHAI, looked like those 3rd world countries, on TV. Mumbai bore the maximum brunt of this entire desecration episode.
I do agree that desecration / insult to any person is a shameful act. But is this the way to protest ??????.....DEFINITELY NOT. Benches, Microphones, 4-5 bogies of train, 80-90 public transport buses, numerous private & public property damaged due to all these vandalising acts. Who is paying for this damage ? The answer is WE - The citizens of this country - THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THOSE WHO ENGAGED THEMSELVES IN THESE SHAMEFUL ACTS & TO ALSO THOSE WHO ENCOURAGED SUCH VIOLENCE. They forgot that they are destroying property which has been generated from their own paid taxes.
Every time I see the country returning to peace, there is something or the other which happens & breaks the silence again. I guess the State machinery & the Police should take stringent action against those directly / indirectly involved in these acts, else we will find cities like Mumbai turning into ELEPHANTA CAVES rather than SHANGHAI.
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