'Politicizing' Calamities

Even the media seems to have picked up points from the AAP. Now they are having 'live' Interviews/Debates/Discussions on the AAP style.

+Headlines Today was having one just now. It was on the tragic Double Gang Rape and Murder of the 16 year old in Kolkata, and the subsequent political drama.

The thing that caught my attention were the words: 'politicizing' the incident.

That is True Indeed. For some, like the Parents, Family and the Near and Dear ones of the Deceased Girl, it is Fire in the Belly.

What has Not been talked about enough is the Fear in which the People have to live, where rowdies come and Threaten, Carry off one and Gang Rape, where police takes No action, and rowdies come and repeat their deeds a second time, well, the whole rigmarole. Society is Traumatized.

And politicos want to make mileage of all this. If there are enough People behind the Protest, the Opposition jumps in, organizing things. The ruling party cries 'conspiracy.' Both are trying to sway the masses to vote for 'them.' More votes mean coming to power, and able to take commissions for each and every contract.

We, the People, shall have to Rise and Tell the politicos to Change, to Deliver Every Basic Necessity, Justice, Dignity and Safety, and that, if they do not, they will be thrown out.

Six days post Gang Rape, police Clueless!

On LAKHIMPUR.

YEARS ago, when I was in Tilkimarang, (mentioning that just to show that this is not a story, but a Real Happening), the PP (Parish Priest) of Giridih had put up a Fence, with Angle-Iron supports.

Overnight, all the Angle-irons were gone, Stolen, as Iron, even as Scrap, brings Good money. Since we are fortunate enough to be close to SP's and people like that, the SP was approached. AND WITHIN HOURS, THE ANGLE IRONS WERE BACK, though they had been Cut Up in the Mean time.

Moral of Story: It is the Opinion and Understanding of the Common Man, that, If the police Really Want it, they can get things done, and really very fast too.

What Keeps them Tied Up in Knots is the... political class. As evidenced in gujarat post the Godhra riots, (let them keep denying that; It is for them to deny, which ever Shop Keeper admits that the Curds in his shop are Sour?). AND in tamil nadu post the elections. Crime went up. And word also went out to the Police: Do Not Harass the Cadres! (Elections are Won or Lost on the Strength of a party's Muscle Power!).

Actually, I may be Harassed for writing things like these. But it is Time to let the political class Know that We are On to them.

Coming to lakhimpur, this woman was Gang Raped, Mutilated (Both Eyes Gouged Out) and Killed, SIX days ago, and if the police say they haven't a Clue, are We to Believe them?