As you all might be knowing I am into one of the most boring phases of my life since I have become an engineer and am still looking to be employed...Sometimes as if a lightning wakes up a sleeping man, the proceedings at the Lok Sabha on July 22 were noisy enough to stir my mind which was dormant for quite some time. I spent a day observing the progress of a procedure that was to decide the fate of our country for a year or so. There were certain highlights of the day and at each instance my mind was forced to react in a way every citizen of India should have.
1. The day began with the address of Mr L.K.Advani who was vituperative in talking about the policies of government since it came into power. He talked about how the government had filed an affidavit in the supreme court challenging the existence of a fictional character called “Ram “and the bridge built by him between Sri lanka and India.
A Thought in my mind-Why was the authenticity of the most sacrosanct piece of literature (“The Ramayana”) of a religion being attacked just because a goverment wanted to convince everybody about its “secular” policies?
2.After a little while our honorable railway minister Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav rose to entertain the M.P s who seemed too tired of this serious discussion. He used a shair for the left (sitting with BJP, in opposition) towards the end of his speech”Tuumne hum se bewafayi ki,is baat ka humein sila nahin. Par doosron se muhabaat karogi t oh badi muushkil hogi”.
A thought in my mind-Lalu is aped at different laughter shows on the T.V but the original is always better. anyday.(be it a the most important day for India in the last few years)..
3. Then there was a scene u all must have witnessed being aired across all channels as bundles of notes allegedly being used to bribe MPs were put on exhibition in the house. I think it was more shameful for the nation than any of M.F Hussain’s painting that the BJP allege of dishonoring our goddesses…
A Thought in my mind-DEMOCRACY HAS BECOME TOO CHEAP THESE DAYS….
4. After all the hue and cry following this incident and numerous rounds of allegation and counter allegation for self defense the house joined again for voting.
This was the best part of the proceedings according to me
“I am a Muslim and I am an Indian,” Mr Omar Abdullah began. “And I see no distinction between the two. I don’t know why should I fear the nuclear deal. It is a deal between two countries which, I hope, will become two equals in the future,” said Abdullah. “The enemies of Indian Muslims are not America or deals like these. The enemies are the same as the enemies of all those who are poor — poverty, hunger, lack of development and the absence of a voice.”
This was a pointed reference to the Opposition benches who tried to drown UPA speakers with the chorus of protests .
“I am not a member of the UPA and don’t aspire to be one. I made a mistake to be with the NDA, especially after Gujarat riots happened. My conscience had asked me to quit NDA but I didn’t. My conscience has still not forgiven me,” he said.
Never in my life I have been so affected by the truth of the matter and trueness of motive on hearing any of the present politicians of our country. Especially the words” absence of voice” and ” My conscience has still not forgiven me” will be etched in my memory for long. Its very true that whenever a representative of the people stands to speak about the problems of the his people (which rarely happens)his voice gets lost in the so called bigger issues of national concern.Its was completely unbelievable to hear a poltician talking about his conscience and admitting publicly of betraying it.It was no surprise that his speech was later voted as the best of the day in an online voting conducted by a news channel..
TO see the entire video jsut click on to...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_4pE7G6Kdg...Believe me its worth a watch..
A Thought in my mind -May be we still have some hope left for a better future. May be the world’s largest democracy still has some true and educated leaders to produce .May be there is still some democracy left in this country..
I HOPE I HAVE BEEN EQUALLY GENEROUS TO OFFER MY CRITICISM TO ALL Parties AND POLITICIANS IN GENERAL..
But I feel sorry for Mr Somnath chatterjee who got a suspension from his party as the reward for his unbiased monitoring of the house and after serving his party for 40 years
