Congratulations Chief Minister

With newspapers screaming that the city is under siege, with pictures of policemen at all corners, we wonder whether this is the India we fought for.
Congratulations Chief Minister!! It must be said that you are a great administrator. The manner in which you have protected the State Assembly and all its very honourable members shows beyond doubt the great respect you have for the democratic institution. You obviously took the hard decisions to ensure that the democratic institution (the State Assembly) is not affected or derailed by any outsider. You realised that when there is a protest in the state nay even the city, you and your colleagues must not be perturbed or effected. It is indeed praiseworthy that as the Chief Minister you understood the value of Legislative business and ensured that the common man does not walk in protest to the State Assembly.
These bandhs are causing great inconvenience to the public. People are not able to go to malls for shopping, some people are not able to go and see films of their choice, saloons and opticians are forced to close down their shops, restaurants and petrol bunks are forced to draw down their shutters, stones are pelted on killer buses – all this without cause. It is only the ‘minority’ who are the trouble makers and giving up their life and careers for a separate state. Your theory that the majority should not suffer because of the political adventurism of some people will earn you a royal position in the history of the state.
It is an interesting take and fodder enough to political scientists and sociologists to develop on your great theory that in a democracy ‘the State’ shall decide on what issues, how, where and when should people protest. Your theory that the people should not protest because you disagree with the cause is a very interesting facet of democracy. Once universally accepted many persons hitherto branded as fascists, dictators will find better acceptance in the world.
One more act from you will project you in proper light. I seriously suggest you and all those who support your brilliant administrative skill-sets in sabotaging the Chalo Assembly call must now remove from the premises of the State Assembly the towering statue of the naked fakir. You may also appoint GoM to visit Soviet Russia and pick up a nice statue of one of their haloed leaders and install it in place of the statue of the Mahatma. It will send the right signal to the people that we are a disciplined democracy and sterner measures will be taken by the state if the law breakers have any political demands. Do not forget to honour the learned Anurag Sharma for his great performance.
I hope the High Command is watching and suitably awards you. Unfortunately our democracy does not have the practice of awarding knighthood. But this should not deter you from executing your ideas or understanding of the old lifestyle called Democracy. After all everything is changing around us. From Greeks to geeks is the road of development. Your concern for the safety of the common man requires more than a stiff salute. Even if you fail to bring to the notice of the High Command your great role in putting down the agitation with an iron fist I’m certain Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad will do so. Be assured.
There will be some nuisance in the form of Article 19 and Article 21. Some trouble mongers will remind you about the days of the Emergency. You can put them behind bars under various enabling statutes or even pass a new bill. As long as it is against the people of Telangana even the Leader of Opposition and his yellow brigade will support you. It is great to see the Assembly in active session unmindful of the chaos on the streets of Hyderabad. By sealing off all the roads and by placing posse of khakhi and even RAF you have ensured that there is no inconvenience suffered. It is a red letter day in the city and the state. It is reported that in Warangal agitators have been warned that they will be deprived of their rations and pensions. Wonderful original idea!! With such a good idea all agitations can be stopped. Remember the trial of Fidel Castro and what he said in his famous History Will Absorb Me speech. As part of nuisance value I may quote from the French Declaration of the Rights of Man: When the government violates the rights of the people insurrection is for them. The most sacred of rights and the most imperative of duties.
History will absolve some. Absorb some.
L. Ravichander.