Terror in Mangalore

Terror in Mangalore 

 The government in Karnataka has absolutely failed to protect the citizen of Mangalore since it came to power in the 2008 elections. This was clearly seen during the recent pub-attack incident in Mangalore, where the members of “Shree ram sene” had barged in a pub in Mangalore and brutally attacked some defenseless people. Most of the victims were young girls who were an easy target for assault and molestation who were an easy target for some pervert men. The girls were literally screaming and running in tears while some goons were beating and harassing them, I mean everybody all over the world gives women some respect, in India we even have equated women with god also, it is really sad that such a shameful act has taken place in the name of religion, which infact is way ahead from the truth        

    

 The vigilant media television channels had done an absolutely professional job by recording the entire incident on the camera, (but I wonder why they didn’t assist the victims of the attack) the horror of which otherwise would have gone unheard for.

             

Ever since the present government has come to power in Karnataka two such major incidents have sparked off in the coastal belts of Mangalore, we can clearly understand how much responsible the government has its concern on the security issues in the coastal belts of Karnataka. I am already starting to loose hope of a better future for Karnataka under the present government; I mean am just wondering how this government will protect its citizen from serious threats like terrorism and anti-national threats, when it cannot protect its people from domestic or internal violence.

 

           

And the government instead of bringing the anti-social group like “Shree ram sene” to justice and imposing a ban (under The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967)on the group for creating acting against the interest of  people of Mangalore for breaching a normal social decency and morality especially against the women. The chief minister issued a statement says “I wont allow pub culture in Karnataka” this callous statement from a authoritative person like the chief minister not only shocked me but also gave good amount of confidence to such radical groups who are now confident that they can get away by doing any such act of crime.

      

During the election propaganda the same government had promised to make Karnataka a world class tourist destination but the way it is acting right forget the tourists even the residents of the state are staying with insecurity. And I just wonder how the government plans to make Karnataka a world class state especially when he looks at society with such a conservative outlook and does not allow world class amenities to flow in Karnataka. Instead of taking the Karnataka state on par with international standards this government seems to be taking us to stone-age with its conservative ideology. 

   

It also shows how easy it is for any radical group to come to limelight by such heinous acts and how easily they can get away from the governmental authority and finally it also shows how some jobless illiterate people who envy that they cannot afford to go to enjoy in such pubs tried to spoil goodtime of some other people by attacking it.

              

If these guys were so much concerned about protecting the Indian culture then they can join Indian cultural veterans like Padma vibhushan Hindustani classical singers like Gangubai hanagal, Pandit Bhimsen joshi, Padma bhushan Girish Karnad and they can contribute more to the Indian culture not only that they could also join Bharatanatyam or Yakhsagana, else there many other cultural contribution India has in itself, which even the world recognizes. Because the way these radical groups have acted in the recent incident they have just brought bad name to the Indian culture because by attacking others culture we can never bring our culture a better name.

                         

And if the government still promotes such ghastly acts without questioning then the whole world may look at India as a fundamentalist state the same way they look at Pakistan and Afghanistan today. Today in spite of having a large number of good Pakistani citizens it is a discredited nation as the world knows them as trouble makers, terrorist and destructors of humanity, so much so that even the citizens of Pakistan are ashamed to introduce themselves as its citizens of its country.

   

If I can remember we are staying in a democratic free state where everybody is free to do his their will within the boundaries of law which governs the entire nation, so I was just wondering at what point these boys and girls had crossed the legal restrictions of law, on the contrary these people we utilizing their fundamental right to freedom, who gave the authority to radical groups like “Shree ram sene” to against the fundamental rights of people? Why the government is not capable of allowing the society to take its own course towards prosperity? And if he is speaking of reasonable restrictions which the union government can impose for social betterment then he should have cancelled the license of all the pubs all over the state but here it will not do that because the highest state revenue comes from excise revenue or he should have banned Shree ram sene which has given a bad name to Karnataka as well as Mangalore.

   

The former Karnataka government which was led by congress also had problems of communal violence but they were able to bring it to control before it became out of proportion case in hand. Perhaps the present government has forgotten the art of governance since they were out of power for previous 20 years. Perhaps they might have also forgotten that the same students who were attacked mercilessly are their vote bank during election and the same group which the chief minister is reluctant to ban is the one who had placed nearly 200 candidates against it during election.

     

Today especially when Pakistan is attacking helpless women and children of India, it is the need of the hour that all the Indians defend our national integrity by uniting with one another. I don’t think anyone in Karnataka will feel safe as long a government harbors fundamentalist forces in its arsenal. Terrorism need not mean only referring to people of Pakistan, it also applies to domestic terrorism where the civilized people are afraid to lead a normal-social life with insecurity, and I think electing BJP was a big mistake.

 

I am not being anti -party or it is not about politicizing the entire pub-accident matter as a matter of fact even I voted for the same government to power. However after seeing those helpless victims of the recent two attacks, I regret my error in electing a good leader for my state, I even feel guilty of somehow being indirectly responsible for letting those attacks happen and now somehow I understand the difference my vote can make.

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