The date on the calendar is showing 6th Feb 2011 when I heard the news that the political party PRP started by Chiranjeevi – the Mega Star of Telugu film Industry has decided to merge with the Indian National Congress.
Remembering the path travelled by PRP, the party was started after a lot of publicity and amidst fan hysteria on 26th August 2008 calling itself an alternative to the murky politics that were prevailing in Andhra Pradesh.
The merger came as a shock to many including me. So what are the conditions that must have lead the so called leader of the people to finally and shamelessly merge his party into the party that any person accepts as the party with a history of most number of scams and the most number of law breaks ?
I used to be an advent fan of Chiranjeevi right from my childhood and I was really happy seeing that my hero, the megastar has at last started a party with the intention to clean up the political system. But then, his recent deeds made me not only to lose hope on him and the political system of India but I lost the edge for the actor anymore. He may be a mega star but I understood that it is only in the films. He is not my idol anymore and he hell would not be for many who irrespective of their caste, creed and religion accepted him as their demigod till date.
I feel the main motto of any person entering into politics in India and particularly in Andhra Pradesh is to grab as much money as possible, become rich overnight with the help of few scams in which they will anyway not be punished and then remain in power for as many years as possible may be even generations together.
The first thought that hit me when I heard about this merger is about Pawan Kalyan. He shouted against Congress. He even went to the extent to call all politicians in Congress to be thieves and they should be made to run naked on road and be bashed parallelly. So what about him now? Should it be taken that the Mega Star has kept his younger brother aside in favor of Congress ? Will Pawan Kalyan become a part of the Congress or will he be staying away from politics and his brother ?
Coming to the scenario that must have lead our dear hero to merge his party, is it because he has lost hope in his capabilities or is it because he thought he can no more draw crowds to make his party stronger ? Had he played his moves well, he would have undoubtedly become the king maker in 2014 elections. Is it that he has changed and become just one more politician in the murky Indian Politics or is it that he wants to retire from politics and get back to his Mother Industry – the Telugu Film Industry and because of that, he wanted to show a path to his party members ?
I used to believe or atleast listen to what he used to say a few days ago but then, he lost his credibility – all of it with just one mindless and selfish move.
Rumors were that all his party tickets were sold during the elections in 2009 but then, I am not very sure about it. Seeing his moves these days, I have to finally give up my doubt and concluded on the thought that ‘yes he must have sold his tickets’. So a whopping amount of income by just starting a political party; not a bad idea – not bad at all !!!
I am more amazed to see that despite such deceitful deeds, he still got followers !!! He is still being supported and he is still being appreciated by a few people who are getting very much violent when people are sharing their ideas about the merger on social networking sites.
So the straight question here is what drives politics in India particularly in Andhra Pradesh ?? the Sure shot answers are : Caste, Money and then political backup. May be that is the reason, Mr. Jagan still is being followed and has supporters. may be that is the reason, Indian politics only are getting murkier and insanely corrupt day by day.
With the current conditions and the mindset of people, India can sure never become a developed country. It will remain a developing nation forever with it’s blood like resources and opportunities being sucked by leeches called the Politicians.
ya you r right.political parties nd politicians derive their power from the people so we cannot blame them entirely and be irresponsible .If we have to blame anyone it should be ourself.
ReplyDeleteAs you say the system has rotten to the core with no more individual ethos,societal ethos.The education system which is the backbone of a nation failed very badly in providing these for a robust nation.It is not even providing confidence to the youth to fight these prejudice
A system of rote learning creating mechanized people(WE) are the one i blame
A nation stands on the educated intelligentsia.If we see our literacy rates it is still lagging even after 6 decades.Only a minority of people are given equal oppurtunites and these minority have the responsibility to downward filter but they don't have confidence in the system, themselves and shy away i doubt how many years it takes r we will be for eternity be nation in the making
True - everything you said. So what should be the line of action ?? where should we start reviving the nation, the education and first of all the attitude of the people ??
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