I was travelling to work today when a large expensive looking shiny black Land rover passed by. One second later, a blue Mercedes passed by, with three people in it, who were clearly following the first car as security. One of the guys on the back seat had a whistle, too, which he was going to use to shoo traffic away from his master, I am guessing if anyone got too close. On cue, another Honda Accord passed by, with ‘MLA Gujarat’ written on the license number plate. So? you may ask…well, so my dear friends who have bothered to drop by, the point that i am trying to make here is that this is the kind of thing that would not have seemed wrong to me before November 26th.
Post November 26th, all this seems petty-taken-for granted-misbehaviour that people shouldnt have to put up with. I was personally seething at the spectacle before me. That as citizens of this country, we had stopped seeing the blatant arrogance of the politicians that we had elected to office. That it’s the done thing to make way for that fat lump of lard. and we extend that privilege to the lump of lard’s family, and distant family, twice or thrice removed. Why do politicians need to get the preference of way on the road? What is it that they are in a tearing hurry to do? Extinguish fires? Rush to Mantralaya to discuss important legislation that they will then pass for the benefit of their poor citizens? No? Then why can’t they wait at traffic signals like others and not expect people to make way for them?
So forgive me for my ignorance but can anyone explain to me whether this right of way privilege given to politicians is legal? Does the constitution provide them this cover? Because if it doesnt, then I think we all need to start questioning why such privileges need to extend to anyone except the PM, the President and other top officials? And if its provided in the constitution, then its time to change the rules…
As outmoded as the Ambassador car. No actually, thats doing a disservice to the beloved Ambi
Tags: November 26th, Polititical apathy, VIP, VVIP
December 12, 2008 at 9:51 am |
Dude…You should have seen the parliamentory debate on the “Mumbai Terror attacks’ yesterday…When Rahul Gandhi was speaking (Even though he was just reading out from a paper but was making some valid points) about 5-6 politicians were yawning like assholes…n u cud so fuc*** clearly see that they had no interest in the “issue”…Neways…I think instead of writing these blogposts some of us should stand for elections…CHEERS
December 12, 2008 at 9:58 am |
Payal, thanks for the comment. sorry to pop the bubble about Master Gandhi, though.
For all his talk (i havnt heard it, so I cant pretend to know what point he made) the Sunday after November 26th, there was a story in Mail Today about him partying away till the wee hours of the morning at a friend’s wedding.
I personally know a family whose daughter was to get married on Saturday. After this happened, they cancelled the sangeet, and had a much lower profile wedding than earlier planned. There have also been reports about other families having cancelled wedding celebrations in light of what happened.
Not because they had to, they arent public figures. They did it as they genuinely felt the celebrations were out of sync with what was happening all around them.
Its our politicians who feel far removed from whats happening in the city
December 15, 2008 at 1:47 pm |
Binduji, the point is that no one could actually draw the hierarchy of “Top Officials” in politics, even a small town Panchayath member too is top official, he also has got security, govt. accomodation and all the other craps. The entire constitution is a bundle of flaws.
All these buggers have taken common man for granted. It’s high time to do something…