HOOLIGANS AT HOME

 In the recent past India has seen the vandalism spread by the political groups of our country that call themselves as the “Samaj Sudharaks”. The activists related to these groups make their own laws and try to enforce them on the people of our “independent” country. These extremist groups reflect themselves as social and spiritual in their outline, responsible for cleaning the country of its social evils. The culture and traditions of India are unique but now this is the 21^st century, and the India of 21^st century is greeted by the cultures of East and the West at every baby step that it is taking towards becoming a Superpower. India is independent where its citizens have the liberty of making choices within the realms of laws. This India is the India of a Mahatma who preached non-violence and touched the hearts of millions of untouched, this is the India of Bhagat Singh who laid down his life at a tender age 23 to realize the dream of a unified India and this is the India of where millions fought against the British tyranny to achieve their freedom to make choices. But is it the reality now? Perhaps the clear answer would be a No.

And the culprits are the groups like the MNS, Shiv Sena, Ram Sene and many others that have robbed the people of their liberty to make choices by rioting every now and then in the name of God, religion, region and ethics just to grab headlines and claim their existence.  They are a disgrace to a secular and democratic country like ours. The Ram Sene as we all know went on ruckus in a pub in Mangalore where a lot of girls were partying. Its activists bungled up everything in the pub and misbehaved with the girls. This incident took place in broad daylight and was even captured on camera. The head of Ram Sene was arrested and soon was released on bail. The Home Minister of India Mr. P.Chidambaram termed Ram Sene as a “threat” to the country. The Thackeray Dynasty or the Shiv Sena attacked a Mumbai based hotel because the hotel management had sacked employees belonging to a certain section of society. In yet another bizarre incident in Nasik, the MNS activists attacked a Republic Day celebration function where Bhojpuri songs were being played. Their leaders and activists have been arrested on several occasions and then let loose by the inefficient system to create more such ugly incidents where the only one who suffers is the common man. This has resulted into the fearlessness of such extremist groups who have mocked and slapped the government tight on its face time and again.

It is the lack of accountability in our system that helps these hooligans evade punishment. The government needs to fix accountability at various levels of the system in such delicate matters and deal justly and sternly with such rogue elements of our civilized society.