ENARADA, Hubli, August 15, 2013:
Photos and Text by KIRAN BAKALE
The National Flag was hoisted Upside down in Nehru Stadium, Hubli today.
However soon after noticing the error, Flag was brought down and after rectifying the mistake, it was hoisted again.
The gross negligence of district Administration in hoisting the National Flag created a bad impression on the crowd who had assembled to celebrate Independence day.
Small Children and youngsters participated in the celebrations with great enthusiasm.
In an another incident, in order to save the Public Ground from the hands of Real Estate bigwigs, Members of various organisations including Aam Admi Party took out a march and hoisted the Flag in Hubli Sports Grounds, Deshpandenagar.
Though it was a holiday, small girl from chattisgarh was busy doing acrobatics as usual to earn daily bread.
Come Out in the Streets !
When Anna and Arvind sat on a fast in Ram Lila ground in 2011 , millions of people came out on the streets in support of the Jan Lok Pal Bill
But neither fasting nor outpouring on the streets made any impact on the arrogant MPs and Ministers of Lok Sabha
They went to the extent of preaching ,
“ You cannot make laws on the streets. For that , you must contest polls , get people to vote for you – then occupy your seats in the Lok Sabha “
Arvind realized the harsh reality of the current political rot in the country. Man Mohan Singh’s India of 2011 was not Mahatma’s India of 1941 !
In 2011 , there was no place for a peaceful “ Satyagraha “ .
[ Q: Will fasting by Chandrababu Naidu and Jagan Reddy succeed ? ]
Apparently what worked with the “ Gora Sahibs “ way back , was not working with the “ Brown Sahibs “ now !
So , what were his choices ?
Change the rulers by resorting to an “ Armed Revolt “ – as recently witnessed in a number of Arab / Moslem countries ?
Form a political party and fight / win the elections , to change the corrupt system from “ within “ ?
For Arvind and his “ believers “ , the idea of violence was an anathema
So , very rightly , they decided to fight the elections
People of Delhi !
If you want the Democracy and Decency to triumph over Crime and Corruption of the Mighty , then , on 4th December , come out on the streets of Delhi once again
And elect , at least 40 AAP candidates to Delhi Assembly
Remember , it has to be either 40 or forget ! Minority is powerless !
• hemen parekh ( 07 Oct 2013 )