Re: [HumJanenge] How can a common man show his anger against elected politicians?

If a citizen is dissatisfied with the State, he can do the following

1) do nothing
2) swallow his anger
3) pick up his pen and dash off a missive
4) pick up his chappal and slap the offender
5) pick up his bow and arrow and shoot the offender
6) pick up his knife and stab the offender
7) pick up a gun and shoot the offender
8) pick up his bomb and blow the offender to kingdom come

Oh and I forgot,
9) courtesy Aruna Roy and Arvind Kejriwal they can waste Rs.10 by filing an RTI
10) Courtesy Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal they can complain to the Lokpal.

The only options which are not a complete waste of time are 1), 2), 5), 6), 7) and 8)

Sarbajit

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Sant Mathur <santmathur@gmail.com> wrote:

Its unfortunately an exruciatingly slow process,to begin with,but can get accelerasted as the time passes.
Unlike in the past,wildfire effecte could be created through uce of ICT.Some agencies specialise in this work.

Succintly the message to be conveyed has to be drafted(best done in consultative manner and even then pilot-tested) and got circulated.If it catches the fancy of popular electronic media,so much the better.Perseverence is the name of the game for assued success.

There're teething troubles,as usual for pioneers,and that shouldn't deter the people committed to lofty causes.

spm

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:37 PM, M K Singhal <mk.singhal@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Rahul Gandhi has been instigating people to show their anger towards mismanagement and corruption in UP ever since he embarked on his election campaign from Phulpur a few days ago. The question is how can a common man show his anger in this context.

On the same day, when Rahul was going to address the rally, some students tried to approach him and hand him a memorandum. They were not only stopped from doing so but even kicked and manhandled by not one but by four responsible central ministers for this act, although heavy security guard provided to protect Rahul was there to protect him. Thus the common man is not allowed to come anywhere near their leaders to express their grievance (let aside anger). The said four ministers are sitting safe in Parliament and the court has exempted them from arrest. Not a word was discussed in Parliament on this.

Only yesterday, a common man slapped Sharad Pawar to show his anger against rising prices. He was not only arrested but charged with a no. of offences and put in jail for fourteen days. The parliament spent a full session today (25/11/2011) deprecating his act and did not carry out any other business.

In the past when Kiran Bedi etc said some words affecting respectability of parliamentary members, some members decided to move a privilage motion against her.

Also in the past, when some common man threw a chappel towards an elected representative, he was badly handled.

In none of the above cases was it known that they wanted to physically assault the said elected representatives. They were only showing their anger against them.

In yet olden times, people used to show their anger by throwing rotten tomatoes. This is now not possible because of the strict security search carried out before any common man goes to attend any elected representatives rally.

I invite suggestions from members as to what is the best way of showing anger against elected representatives by a common man. I fact, I would like Rahul Gandhi to clarify the people he addresses in this matter.

mksinghal