Events in Jharkhand are perplexing and painful at the same time. News reports say after its initial hiccups and subsequent subservience to JMM’s Shibu Soren, BJP is mulling withdrawing support Monday.
It could have done well to be more circumspect in the first instance, before committing itself to tie the knot with JMM, in what is seen as an incessant craving for power.
We all know how in the past the state has bled owing to apathy and disdain of the political class. A stable government has eluded the state and so has development. My friends across party lines – in politics and outside of it – have spoken brazenly of how the state offers wonderful opportunity for all those looking for some quick bucks. I was told we could do some quick business, earn a booty and make merry. There are many who have done this, some are still doing, few contemplating.
The otherwise rich state continues to perish under this agonizing derision of people, institutions.
As we celebrate six decades of independence, I continue to wonder if this is for real! Democracy, an ideal that we are all so gung-ho about, continues to get mocked at, bullied, and raped.
Time we did something.
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