Stop Strikes, Bandhs

Muslim Murasu, June 2012

Foreign investments keep surging in Tamilnadu. Peaceful, cultural life in Tamilnadu has the ability to attract foreigners. For the economic development of the region, it is important to have unhindered supply of facilities pertaining to transport, electricity, drinking water and healthcare. Frequent strikes, forced closures, Bandhs, fasting, public meetings, protests will impair state’s industrial growth. Democratic methods are today used as a tool to distract public. Freedom of ideas and ideology is no more needed for political parties. Almost all political parties have fallen in line with capitalist mentality. There is no ideological trouble or difference. Prices will soar. Petrol price will throttle. Education fee will skyrocket. There is no chance to check arrogance and extravagance of rulers. There is no conflict in economic ideas between ruling party and the party that lost. Fracas in assembly, marching out, useless road rokos won’t impress public. Passengers repulsively look at public meetings. They don’t support such politics. Drinking water problem can be approached in two ways. Traditional methods of reservoirs, wells, ponds and lakes can be used to store rainwater in Tamilnadu. There won’t be need to beg other states. Saline ground water available in fiefdoms of other political parties can be accessed and scientifically treated to make it usable. But there is no clear policy among political parties in Tamilnadu. Only idea is that contractors in water business should prosper. This is the target. Party cadre can take advantage of water crisis and plunder money. This is practically the message. Ruling and opposition parties are colluding similarly in matters of power distribution, transport, urban-rural divide, employment, cinema scandals, poster culture, selfish and locality chauvinism, language and centre-state relation. There is no difference in ideas or in implementing them. In such opportunistic situation, political parties should spare troubling people. Police, courts and media are constantly being misused. Let people be given right to live and move freely. Bandhs, mass marches, dharnas should be completely banned.