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Friday, July 29, 2011

Atma-Shuddhi

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! This is not a sound of adulation. This is the sound of retching and vomiting one suffers from when he looks around his political environment. Yeddy without his chaddi, A weak Raja with his weak (or otherwise) defense alleging the PMO and HMO knew about the wrongdoings in his office, Two chief-ministers being pulled up by a vigilance body for impropriety. Packs of Ministers hounding one father-figure or another to get Yeddy's place. Swamijis telling parties that a person from a particular caste or community should be made chief-minister because of the majority the caste/community enjoys in the cabinet and among the MLAs, another swami who hides crores and crores worth gold and silver in his bedroom and so on and so forth. There is no doubt that the religious bodies, wheteher it is Saibaba's Ashram or Ashrams in Karnataka, have strong influence on the polity of this country and state. Businessmen too are not above suspicion. From Jindals (who are mentioned in the Karnataka Lokayukta's indictment report) to someone who always enjoyed a clean image like Mr. Ratan Tata, businessmen are alleged to have had clandestine deals with the politicians for personal gains.
During the droughts and the floods that followed in North Karnataka, state government mercilessly hounded business establishments and individuals all over the state first for contributions towards drought-relief and then for Flood-relief. It came with a warning of 'or else'. Buildings were razed in the name of lack of authorization, service-houses like restaurants were raided by city corporation officials and businesses were shut down on one pretext or the other. The big question is, was all well just before the drought/flood occurred that there was a sudden spurt in Karnataka Government's action against unauthorized activity? Or was it just arm-twisting tactics to extract money in the name of flood/ drought relief? Any one who is in touch with the current events knows how many flood-victims actually benefited from the relief funds.
Now that the Bharatiya Janata Party has sacrificed it's pet lamb in Karnataka, it is evident that it is only to ask for the head of a bigger game in New Delhi. Otherwise what did they find now in Lokayukta's report that Nitin Gadkari was not appraised of during his previous 'Save- Yediyurappa' Mission where he gave a clean to yeddy and lauded the Yedddy-led government and its achievements? The Mining scam then could have only been a couple of thousand crores smaller.
Now The Big Question from me is (please answer the question with a YES, NO or a MAYBE):
If You Were Yediyurappa, Or A Raja Or Kanzhimoli (if you prefer to be the fairer sex) and were lured by these scamster businessmen with thousands of crores of rupees in bribe, would you say "NO, I don't want it, It is Immoral and It is Illegal."?
I Don't need to know your answer but it is time for some atma-shuddhi.

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