“I will use my gun if needed….”

Well well well I don’t have a gun…..sorry to disappoint. This was a statement made by ‘senior politburo’ member of CPI (M) as a clarification since a loaded gun was detected in his bag at Chennai airport. It was answer to Media on whether he would use gun. Neek pokkan (comrade Pinrayi Vijayan) uttered what government at Bengal did not hesitate to practice. These are the ‘new leaders’ of Left- byproduct of ‘changing times’ in certain circles. This blogger had in recent past documented the complete lack of social development in Bengal. The ‘leaders’ are truly the feudalist in Marxist garb. They never had to practice democracy in their daily dealings since the society lacked mobility ….so elections became matter of ritual. It is true in any region where the comrades have ruled they tend to undermine democracy…..and thus are prone to dictatorial exigencies. Atleast in other communist regions they had (have) the history of giving utmost important to social indices, also leaders do spring up from lower strata- sometimes truly revolutionary whether Lech walesa or Castro, in Indian context particularly in Bengal the ‘bandralok’ have usurped the power and have passed on to their clan, with, one must admit here, remarkable efficiency that even the non political intellects of the country have been taken for ride for quite sometime. Some achievement this from the bunch that operate through goons at the grass root, but impeccably humble at social gatherings. The goose is very much out and as suspected the scene is far from rosy. The ugliness is for all of us to see. It is easy to play the opposition and garner votes and sympathies of people but when one is in power the equation changes. As the boogeyman told children in kindergarten ‘with power comes responsibility’.

It is not a coincidence that CPI (M) is known to bulldoze its allies in the Left, they surely are not used to democracy. This is not a startling fact, it was always there but now in open since they are in the decision maker’s seat in a crucial situation, expectedly they showed their true colours. It is also not a coincidence that it is the Left that has been vocal against democratic institution like the Election Commission or the Supreme Court (in Kerala the student’s wing came blatantly in open against the Court throwing out norms and conventions…with active support from the ‘leaders’). As a preempt they have also started making statement against Art. 356. This blogger is very much for article 356, infact my contention is since it is politicized and misused many a times, there need to be provision on PIL from citizen to impose Art 356 in case the Governor fails to act or centre considers political exigency. Suo moto could be taken by the court. There is a need to strengthen Art. 356 by including common people.

This blogger suspects the lack of transparency and corruption in election process in Bengal. When the RSS members in government service is cause of concern why not Comrades. Any form of politicization of government machinery is serious whether RSS or Comrades (or even mullahgiri). Post liberalization the political parties are hand in glove with Marketers, it is no wonder that despite changes in the government the policies are almost the same. Democracy surely has become a farce. And yes neek pok Vijayan can use his gun if he wants, so can the goons in Nandigram. Sometimes the dialectics of materialism has no dialects but only materialism, Comrade Budhadeb Bhattacharjee I am told knows better.