Tuesday 29 December 2009

WTF are they thinking?

Pardon me for the language on a public forum. I cannot but say this as I see the things that are unfolding in Andhra Pradesh right now. Who does KCR think he is? Does he even have enough seats in either the Assembly or the Parliament to claim to be a representative of the Telangana people? I have heard a report which says that ancestrally he himself is from the Vijayanagaram district (coastal AP or the so-called Andhra).

Who the hell are these people to hold an entire state to ransom? Do they realize the toll the current situation is taking on the health and image of the state? The state road transport corporation was apparently just limping back to good health when this tragedy struck. Had it been a private company by now probably quite a few people would have lost their jobs. Fortunately or unfortunately this is not happening. I wonder what will happen if the RTC does stop paying salaries because of the current situation. Will there be public pressure on the RTC or on the protestors to give up their stand and let life return to normal?

It is easy to stoke the emotions of students. I am one, I can probably be depended upon to know this. Do they realize what they are doing? Every year in Osmania University, by this time the exams are over and some students are also placed. This time, the exams have been postponed twice already, and no company has yet come to recruit - it would be probably need to be stupid if it wanted to come. An NDTV reported asked a student about this. His reply was that there are jobs, but these are being occupied by people from outside. Does he realize the stupidity of what he is saying? If a person is not free to move around in his own state and in his own country, can the country said to be really free?

Telangana 'leaders' are saying that people from the other parts of Andhra Pradesh need not fear if Telanaga is formed. That however, does not seem to be the case. There are already demands for people to 'go back'. How can one expect a family that has settled there to simply pack up and move? Do they realize the kind of nonsense that they are talking?

There was some Congress guy who interacted with the media after talking to Sonia Gandhi. He expressed confidence that she would take the 'right' decision. If she decides that there will be no Telangana, will this person still be willing to take it lying down? There are calls for an indefinite bandh if the state is not formed soon. Did not the Supreme Court or some other court prohibit bandhs? Is the government wearing bangles and sitting in a corner (no offence to the fairer sex)?

For thebandh tomorrow 165 trains have been cancelled. One can only hope some sense prevails soon and that things return to normal.

1 comment:

GAYATRI said...

There are thousands of daily wage employees, who are affected!! Many businesses are affected due to these bandhs!!
Lot of inconvenience in commutation, petrol bunks are shut down, and the transportation will in turn cause the prices of vegetables to shoot up!! :(