On Thursdy 30th November, I reached till my office building very peacefully. When I was waiting for the lift, I came to know that there would be some trouble, as the previous night someone had cut the head of Dr.Ambedkar's statue.
Right enough, when we reached office, we came to know that there was a bandh at Thane and police had to start using tear guns in certain regions and places in Mumbai.
If Dr. Ambedkar was alive, would he have liked his people to use rioutous means or peaceful means to solve a problem? Why does one cut the head of a statue in the 1st place? It is to create a problem. What did the Dalits do? They burnt trains, buses, took away lives? Were these people in anyway responsible for cutting the head off the statue? No, right? Then why did the public and the transport have to suffer?
Every year on Ambedkar Jayanti, the Dalits get free food at Shivaji Park, free travel by bus, train. Who gives them this freedom? Its only the Government
On Thursday these same people who get everything free for 3 full days, created a turmoil over a statue.
The Government should stop this yearly 3 day freedom. Make them pay for their trips, for their food and in this way recover the losses incurred.
This is my opinion. If you feel the same, kindly add your comment.
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Hey it was a great piece. A miror correction, its not Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 02) rather its Ambedkar Jayanti (Dec 06) when this three day free for all carnival lets loose at Dadar Shivaji Park.
Cheers
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