I SMELL A FISH
Funny
title? Well lots of funny things are going on in the country. I have been trying
to understand the situations prevalent in the country. Just a few weeks after
the 2019 general elections, the newly elected Prime minister of India, made an
announcement.
Central Schemes
UGC Schemes
State Schemes
Ministry of Minority Affairs Scheme Closing Date Defective Verification Institute Verification
Pre Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities Open till 15-10-2019 Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 31-10-2019
Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 15-11-2019 Open till 15-11-2019
Merit Cum Means Scholarship For Professional and Technical Courses CS
Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 15-11-2019 Open till 15-11-2019
UGC Schemes
State Schemes
Ministry of Minority Affairs Scheme Closing Date Defective Verification Institute Verification
Pre Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities Open till 15-10-2019 Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 31-10-2019
Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 15-11-2019 Open till 15-11-2019
Merit Cum Means Scholarship For Professional and Technical Courses CS
Open till 31-10-2019 Open till 15-11-2019 Open till 15-11-2019
This is
the gist of that scheme and can be looked up in the GOI portal. Well all hell
broke up after this on twitter, so many Right Wingers, such a lot of outrage,
abuse galore for the PM. The Right Wingers felt betrayed by their leader. They
accused him, they berated him, and the level of abuses hurled at him had many a
head spinning. For a few days this relentless one sided tirade went on, unable
to take it any longer many Right Wringers jumped in support of the PM. It was
then that all hell broke out on Twitter. Good friends fought against each other
and the spat turned ugly. It left a bad taste in the mouth and saddened many a
heart. It was also a time to be suspicious of everyone, one was talking to. In
short it brought the ugly truth about the fragile nature of right wing unity.
I had my
share of spats and right left center I blocked or muted many accounts. I could
not understand what was going on, why were the very people, who had worked day
in and day out to support Modiji, were now up in arms against him! It could not
be just a stupid scholarship issue. Not saying that many in reality did not
feel betrayed, but there was more to this whole scheme than eyes could meet. To
add fuel to the fire there were news, daily about a series of rape cases committed
by minorities on minor girls belonging to the majority community, temples
attacked and idols broken. Then, came lynching cases, which could be ascribed
to both sides.
It seemed,
as if vested interests were going all out to instigate people, pitch brother
against brother, bring ill will among communities. A fear set within me, what
did these people actually want and who were they? Who the target was, was not
difficult to understand; it was the present government. So it was easy to guess
that the enemies could be the ones who lost out. Nothing new, political parties
have been suspected of taking recourse to such underhand techniques for a long
time. Many cases have been proved too, but the question before me again was why
and what limits were unknown power- hungry people ready to go to achieve their
goals? It could also be Vibhishans from within too, but could they be so bad
that they could plan a civil war? Or would they be happy by disrupting the law
and order of the country, it seemed they thought nothing about the lives of
common men as the recent incidents proved.
Next I
wondered about Right Wingers who could not stop their tirade, what was in it
for them? It certainly was some well known people who knew their hold on their
followers and could easily sway their judgement. We “right wingers” conceive
quickly without a thought and our loyalty is enormous. What would they achieve
by turning against their chosen leaders? One by one their true colours were
coming to the fore and it led me to think about their motive. Most probably
they had expectations of some reward for their “Undying and Selfless” service
during the elections, which had not been fulfilled or the “Selfless” ones had
been offered better remuneration by someone else. After all this is an era of
give and take. Everything has a price; it requires the correct bidder to the
buy service.
So a lot
of unscrupulous people had joined hands for their personal gains, to hell with
the country and to hell with the people. Gullible ones had been taken for a
ride and they, I am sure, will feel let down when the truth comes out. For now
I can only pity them. The ecosystem built up by the previous governments also
has a lot at stake; it had the government breathing down its neck, their
corrupt practices no longer very safe. Top officials were asked to retire,
cases were reopened, and this time round the Modi government was out to clean
up the mess left by all the previous regimes. All these must have sent shivers
down the most hardened of the corrupts, so are we in for very trying times?
The less
said about Right Wing unity is the best. A simple call to boycott Twitter for two days
by all Right Wing handles could not be followed by all. People were more bothered about
the reaction of people known to them, than putting up a united front. So from
now at least for me, its “Akela Cholo Re.” Sad reality and then, we never spare
a moment to lecture others on the importance of unity. We lament about the lack
of unity being the worst curse among us Right Wingers.
My faith
in this government is unshakable and I fully believe that they know how to
deal with this new menace the country is facing. However, I would like to
appeal to the better judgement of my countrymen and ask them to keep calm,
never be a part of “TUKDE TUKDE GANG” and keep working for the motherland.