CONDEMNABLE PATEL AGITATION IN GUJARAT
The Patel agitation in Gujarat , which deserves strong condemnation, once again highlights the fact that various groups led by unscrupulous leaders with ulterior political motives are using collective mob strength to demand reservation and quota in government jobs and educational institutions , irrespective of their economic status.
Today, we find conditions where someone belonging to a family getting an income of more than Rupees One lakh per month availing the benefit of quota and reservation by virtue of their being part of a community , considered by government to be backward. The sons and daughters of many IAS & IPS officers, doctors , college professors and other affluent section of the society get privileges because of the caste to which they belong.
This condition is in sharp contrast to many persons who belong to lower income group and cannot get square meal a day but do not have the benefit of quota in government jobs and educational institutions , simply because they belong to a so called forward community. Is this not a ridiculous situation ? How can a rich person with a fabulous income be considered as a backward or deprived person ?
The Patels in Gujarat are rich people and they are so rich that the leadership of the Patel agitation have the arrogance to say that they would withdraw all their deposits from the bank that can strangulate the banking financial system, if their demands would not be met.
Today, in India many groups and politicians think that they can get anything done by organising demonstrations , protests and fasts. The only requirement is that their protests should be so big as to paralyse the administration. The merits of the case do not matter.
Patel agitation in Gujarat is a warning that mob culture in the country is getting better of the wisdom and reasoning.
Sadly, we have governments , whose leadership lack character and adherence to principles and therefore , such governments succumb to the pressures of the mob leaders for the sake of staying on in power. Those who can create chaos in public life now have a field day.
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice for the deprived
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