Monday, July 5, 2010

Are Hartals a Necessity?

Hartals – Bandhs with a new over coat – are disrupting the life of ordinary people in our country. The politicians enjoy a normal life whether it be a hartal day or any other day. They travel with police security while the ordinary people suffer.

The politicians should understand that they are causing a loss of lakhs of rupees to the people and hence to the government besides destroying numerous public and private properties. What do they get by doing such activities? Definitely these type of protests are losing public sympathy. Then for whom they are doing this? Is it for their cheap political gains?

If the political parties are protesting for a right cause, they will get public support. Today’s hartal is for an issue which affects the normal people. But they’ve already protested through a hartal a few days back. Again a hartal for the same cause by the same party. It’s ridiculous. Instead of disturbing the life of ordinary people, why can’t they disturb the life of only those who are involved in this decision? Or is it because they don’t have the guts to do so? Officials won’t change their mind because the so called ‘aam admi’ is suffering.

It is high time for the politicians to change their outlook. We are living in 21st century. We should keep ourselves up with the pace of the world. If the people of India doesn’t change their outlook, we are going to reach nowhere in 2020.