A STINGING SLAP OF THE ‘REAL’ AAM AADMI
Gajendra Singh the farmer from Dausa , Rajasthan who committed suicide in New Delhi on 22April
during the rally of the Aam Aadmi party has shocked the Nation and revealed the complacency of the urban centric
political parties. He; in his sacrifice has given a stinging slap to all the politicians
and bureaucrats who are actually collectively thick skinned. People were known to commit suicide in metropolitan areas owing
to loneliness, depression failure in business/love etc but the problem has
shifted to rural areas since the launch of the liberalization in early
nineties. Lakhs of farmers have committed suicide , the primary reason being
unable to pay the debt due failure of crop / cash crop. And nobody seem to
learn from the tragedy as the main political parties were busy through the day to
milk political mileage from it.
Gandhiji
had written and advocated of the ‘Village Republic’ wherein each village would
be a self sufficient entity but our new Sarkar propagates of 100 smart cities!
Where will they make the cities? On the graves of the farmers ! By thrusting
the Land acquisition bill with all the means under command!
The farmers are the most vulnerable community, they
need protection as they cannot mobilize
themselves the way the industry workers
do, owing to the inherent economic and environmental insecurities they are
unable to sustain their movement for long. Rural life is difficult and those of
us who have sympathy with their cause are unable to spend time amidst them as
our romantic notions fade when the brutal rural reality hits us .
Journalists fleet around the place during election campaigns, very few
committed journalists sustain their concern P Sainath is one name whose seminal work in the book ‘Every body
loves a good draught’ is much revered.
Gajendra
Singh threw a suicide note prior to his taking his own life; the last words were “ Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” . He saluted
the two communities serving selflessly the Nation and being ignored ! He travelled to the seat of power
to make himself hear!!
It is reported that he was recipient of many awards
for tying Pagri in various styles . His
handsome face and colourful Pagri will haunt us for long; hope it results in
some change of heart and mind -for the
good of the farmers!
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