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

 

      Dear Sir,

      As per Democratic norms, you have to tolerate the elected representatives for the period till the next election. They even move with Security guards to be safe from YOU. You can do nothing in between (even to approach him).To go near them as well you must be their CHAMCHA. You have elected them means they become free (from your suggestions as well) to do anything that their Party or leader tells them. Kindly note that they are not leaders but politicians and politicians by definition worry about their own selficsh gains thn even any proinciple/s. Thei leader is their leader and not of the general public because he is also a politician. It is nearly impossible to get any 'leader' in Democratic system. Leader normally leads; he has no interest in becoming popular.

       With regards to all,

        ------Mukund Apte

 

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

 

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      With regards to all,
      ------Mukund Apte