To quote G B Shaw must be a cliché, but it is anybody’s
knowledge that politics is nothing but ‘poly-tricks’. An average man who wants so serve the society
or work for the betterment of common public never joins politics in our county,
our city is no exception.
Despite being the state capital, Hyderabad has no special political role to
play other than providing venues for protests by people offloaded from trucks brought
from elsewhere. It is a place where major political decisions are taken and
plots are being designed.
Common folks have no special interests in the street drama
staged by political leaders, yet a lot of political activities are arranged as
it is convenient to organize and also to get media mileage.
However, the all India bandh called by Opposition
parties last week to protest against the hike in petrol prices partially
affected the traffic. Not that people whole-heartedly supported the bandh, but
striking activists had blessings of major opposition parties and hence fear of
violence was lurking around.
Many leaders came out onto the street, a usual ritual, and
sat in protest in different parts of the city. Dutiful cops came in platoons
and the agitating leaders ‘courted’ arrests in full media glare. While
television channels beamed bites of belligerent leaders and showed clippings of
angry protests, the common man laughed.
These protests, the sudden concern for the people, outbursts
and ideologies are seen as their job for survival and nothing else. If the
Telugu Desam is in power, the Congress and the Left do the protesting job, if
the Congress is in power, it is the other way round.
The days of politicians with good intention are gone
irrevocably. If people were amused by Jawaharlal Nehru’s love for Edwina, they
were equally awestruck by his Five Year Plans. Though Mohandas Gandhi’s
stubborn attitude towards militant nationalists was not fully appreciated, his
contributions to the Independence
won him great respect and love.
Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu preferred to distribute every
penny he had to the needy.
N T Rama Rao, though laughed at by some for his
idiosyncrasies, was audacious enough to offer rice at the rate of Rs 2 per
kilogram and ban liquor sales in the State. All are history!
If selfless service is what is required, we should have
highly qualified and dedicated politicians. And there should be several premier
institutes to train them, too, on the lines of MITSOG school in Pune founded by
former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan. Enough is enough, let’s not elect
greedy old fools, anymore, folks!
the better option will be to get people with leadership
qualities from abroad for a monthly pay. They will take it as their job and
will do it sincerely. At least corrupt and selfish politicians will cease to
exist. Cast out all political parties!
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