We all have to cope up with that errant Senior,Teacher or even family member who decides on something on a whim and makes everybody suffer when he sticks to it,refusing to see reason,come what may.
What happens when such a person becomes a political leader?
A Mamta Banerjee is what happens.
Do u think Righteous Exhortion is an oxymoron? Try Sensible Mamta.
Looking at her fret and fume 1 would think Ratan Tata is a dictator taking away people's lands to build a private bath for himself. She behaves as if the farmers got no money in return,they are not to benefit by the investment in their place,the lands were not flooded for the larger part of last 2 years.. What not.. I want to know if she views the Gvt constructing or expanding highways encroaching on ppl's lands the same way. My parents lost land that way and we could surely use some protest,just for amusement.Or what about laying railway tracks? For heaven's sake,how such a large unit can possibly be built avoiding such issues.And its anybody's guess (except,of course,you know who's ),which is better - A huge investment that could change the face of Singur forever and develop it like no Gvt initiative can,unavoidably replacing a small amount of agricultural produce, Or so many acres of land that will forever look to the skies for produce,not to mention variables like availability of resources ( look at the extent of fertile lands in the country that are barren due to lack of it ) and yes,subsidies.I wonder who'll make any investment in the state after Tata moves out of singur.
And those who have any illusions of the safety of private property in our democracy,kindly pay attention. " What's 1500 crores to him? He has so many crores". Yes. So many crores which he didnt squander, but built upon,expanded and produced with.I don't even doubt if Ms.Banerjee can create a nut or bolt of her own.Hell.She can't even stage protests where nobody bothered to build something in the 1st place.But she CAN accuse somebody for wealth and productive capability.She CAN clothe extortion and blackmail in a seemingly righteous package.She CAN wreak havoc on India's image when the whole world is watching Nano's production.And she CAN add a 3rd oxymoron to this post.A politican with integrity.
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I was going to write more or less the exact same thing, just that I decided to finish dinner first. Damn. No more serious posts on the blog for some time then.
P.S. : I agree with you.
If its Dame Jayalalitha v/s. Lord Karunanidhi in T.N, then it has to be Comrades CPI guys v/s. Didi Mamata In W. Bengal.
Problem is these ppl are wat they call themselves - "Politicians". And thats wat they do - politics. after all they need to garner the "ever so precious" votes from their homeland masses. How else would they b able to "enjoy" the luxurious MLA/MP apartments/bungalows in chennai/calcutta with their inbuilt facilities year after year!
wat do they care for sethusamudram or singur/nandigram? NOTHING... these are just bugles and horns they have an opportunity to blow on bfor each election - just to make the masses know they exist !
And after all we are INDIANS , we were innocent, are innocent and sad thing is - will continue to be innocent. what do the ppl care, if the Tata's leave bengal or a heritage site/ecosystem is lost / trade improves cos of a few miles of less shipping journey??
as ppl in T.N care about which movie Rajnikanth is gonna star in next, Bengali ppl care which football club wins in the next match, while the rest of the Indians sit in wait fr Tendulkar to score !! Who cares about a few ppl losing money/lives over a bit of land in some previously unheard of place like singur (whose lives wud hav been better had Ma'am Mamata let the Tata unit alone, cos wats done is done and the land's already gone)....
After all Indians never knew of protesting "peacefully" before. The leader of congress before "independence" taught us how to and after it the leader of trinamool-congress is using the same for you-know-what :)
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