I SMELL A FISH

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

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.