If you ask me about the ongoing political agitation over DySP M.K Ganapati’s death, I think former Home minister, K.J George should resign. We are talking about the loss of a life here and a certain decency is expected from a minister. After all, when there is so much public outcry and agitation, there has to be a reaction.
Over the last few days, however, our representatives have done nothing but shout at each other and hurl abuses during the ongoing legislature session. Numerous RTI applications have been filed to know the duties and responsibilities of parliamentarians and the replies to all these questions has always been: Nothing! Our parliamentarians have no duties, going by the responses received.
If this is what those in the House believe, their behaviour is not surprising. Have the people of the state ever seen these parliamentarians discuss the GST Bill, why IT companies are moving out of Bengaluru or why Karnataka is power deficient? Such serious, real-time discussions need education, knowledge and the will to make a change. But instead of finding solutions to the many problems of the state, politicians choose to kill time in shouting because it’s easy, and takes attention away from the real problems, while bringing them into the limelight. Once the abuse and agitation is done, they go back to their ‘real’ business and forget all about it.
Amidst all the chaos, agitations for good reasons like the death of Mr Ganapati, which highlights the problem within our system, too die a silent death. In the present case, the state government is bound to have realised the possible serious consequences as the Kodavas, who are a proud people, have decided to shutdown Kodagu in protest. Their anger cannot be ignored.
I believe there’s hope that someday change will come because people are fed up with our present day politicians. The AAP’s rise in Delhi is a promise that young Indians and generations to come will be unwilling to take our political system lightly. So it's time for our politicians to stop demeaning themselves.
