A treat to the eyes and ears this! The screaming headlines in the newspapers today: “Angry SC talks of Prez Rule as DMK shuts TN” (The Times of India). “SCs new anger Benchmark: We can get the state government sacked” (The Indian Express).
Rewind to 1992. 6 December. A bewildered country watched aghast as a mob led by the soon-to-be Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister and other important personages – including the chief minister of a certain state where an old monument was located, demolished the monument. This was done after the motely crowd of ministers-to-be and chief minister et al gave their commitment to the honourable Supreme Court that they will not demolish the monument. Remember. This was not a peaceful bandh but an act that changed the face of India forever and led to some of the worst carnages in our post-independence history. Were the hon’ble lordships angry? Did they demand the dismissal of the Kalyan Singh government – or threaten it? And did they decide to take any action against the Advanis and Joshis?
Fast forward a decade. Gujarat 2002. February 27-28 onwards – not one day but for months on end…a series of carnages that reduce December 1992 to child’s play. This is not so very long back But did the conscience of the judiciary lead it to demand – or simply threaten – the dismissal of the Narendra Modi government? The fact that the DMK is a strong ally of the UPA government has been invoked this time but at that time, the state government was led not by an ally but the leading party of the ruling NDA coalition.
I hold no brief for the DMK or any other party for that matter but am simply puzzled…and this could be a crime these days. But one word may not be out of place. The honourable judges may ban the written word and jail the Mid Day journalists or anybody else who dares to challenge the undemocratic writ of the courts, but who can jail those thousands and lakhs of spoken words that are being uttered daily about this same matter – undermining the authority of one of the most august institutions of our democracy. Who can jail that mall owner businessman in Vasant Vihar who recently told a friend of mine that he really was not worried about the judiciary because he knew that its judgement in a certain case would go in his favour?
KAFILA - COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006 
I disagree with what DMK is doing in TN. I do not know as to how this appears from outside. DMK wants Sethusamudram project – let us assume that the idea is noble ( It may not be noble after all – ships want to go to Singapore from Colombo and they will not choose this canal – so it is just going to be intercoastal traffic ) We have lived for 60 years without much traffic between Kakinada port and mumbai.
Anyway – who is objecting to it ?? None – BJP government approved the project — the Ram controversy made it look as if they are against this canal – they have clarified that they are not against this canal. The centre is nto against it and in any case DMK government is a part of it and TR Baalu is the concerned minister . If any body is at fault, it is central government and TR Baalu and hence DMK. So whom are they protesting against and begging for speedy implementation. Who is stopping them. In a democracy people will voice their concerns and their opinions ( even if they are irrational in your opinion). So what is MK protesting against. He does not want peace. He wants to confuse the issue. He wants people to forget what he has been saying on Rama etc.. so this is his ploy.
Now the court — what do you expect the court to do? Watch all this nonsense without interfering?? Why should children not go to school?
Why should bus service be stopped? Why should shops be closed?
Also, DMK and cohorts blame the court whenever the decision is against them. They have no respect for the court. So are our leftist friends – they think that judiciary is a nuisance. After all in Russia and China there is not much of judiciary and their role models are there in these countries.
Narendra Modi has been pulled up by the court several times. In any case, even if Narendra Modi has not been “punished adequately” by the court, why should they not take action against DMK and UPA?/ This is a futile arguement. You can always find some fault with the court in some case and then say,that they should now not take action against DMK.
Just for everyone’s information – in broad daylight several DMK leaders threw stones into BJP offices and all this has been recorded and shown on TV. Any arrests by POLICE ?? No Chance … why are you blaming judiciary?/
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