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News&Views Feb 2010
Feb 11 2010
Is Mumbai going in Kolkata way
Turmoil in Mumbai continues
Last two days turmoil in Mumbai about release of film My Name is Khan continues (see all links below). Whole day had many events. In the morning MNS leader Raj Thankre jumped in the battle. He wants now Shiv Sena also not to be soft on Amitabh Bachchan. Shiv Sena now says that Maharashtra CM (chief minister in India is the head of the government) got his position because of Pakistan!
CM Ashok Chavan assured full security to people. As I
reported yesterday more than 1200 shiv sainiks have been arrested. Police
has taken a lot of measures. In the morning multiplex owners had started
feeling confident and promised release of movie on Friday and opening advance booking. But by evening, news is
that Multiplex owners have decided not release movie tomorrow time
being.One can not blame them, there were some incidents of vandalism.
There was even news that Congress government CM in Andhra has issued a call for boycot of
cricket match IPL if it does not play in Hyderabad. So now even
a Congress state Government itself also has started behaving practically like
Shiv Sena and MNS!
Why do multiplex owners feel not secure
While so many arrest have been made, top
leadership of Shiv sena and MNS who really issued these threats etc.
and whose statements inspire foot soldiers of their parties a lot to act, go Scot-free. I
wonder that is this the main reason that People do not feel very
confident of Government assurances? Can you think of some other
reasons also?
There was also news that mighty Reliance is considering shifting its
head quarter from Mumbai to Jamnagar in Gujarat. How much of this has to do with intimidations issued by Shiv Sena leaders to Reliance chief Mukesh Amabani, just
because he said that all four metros belong to the whole nation? Perhaps
quite a lot? He will surely feel more comfortable with BJP CM Modi in
Gujarat, who clearly is following a different philosophy of government.
He is not satisfied with just a minimal level.
Any government will consider its duty that it creates
a peaceful atmosphere for people to carry out their business and
movements. Why Congress led governments are unable to do that? Does it
not look like that they have got into a quagmire situation. They are unable
to take (or do not want to take?) practically any action on top
leaderships of such parties who issue intimidating statements. There is very little
doubt that actions of top leadership of such parties do create violence
and intimidation. But they are surely not terrorists. Is instigating
violence and intimidation, enough crime for a person to be tried in a
court of law? I wonder what do lawyers say? Last time under similar intimidation court did issue several times instructions to state government to take action
against Raj Thackeray. But Congress led Government does not seem to be
willing to do much. What is their fear? Is it that actions may create
more violence by foot soldiers and also these leaders may become a
little more popular with certain vote banks in which they also have
some share?
Is Mumbai going Kolkata way?
Congress style of governance helps in creating a little monster
initially with their compulsions of vote bank games but they do not allow it to go beyond a
limit. But as the time passes they find themselves in a situation as occurring just
now. Their basic idea of governance not going below a minimal level
of chaos goes off balance (see previous article News&Views Feb 2010 Congress Budges
). I wonder if top bosses of congress will wake up ? Otherwise more and
more organizations will move out of Mumbai and there will be no
difference between Mumbai and Kolkata (accept offcourse that in
Kolkata place of Shiv Sena and MNS is taken by Leftists led by CPM and Mamata's
party and of government is also taken by CPM led Leftists and it has been going on for several decades) .
Links to news mentioned in the article (photos taken from internet sources)
