Friday, May 28, 2010
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MBS: Today A Hero is Made -1
By taking Jagan into custody, Governments – State as well as Central – made a hero out of him!
So far he has been living on his father’s fame. His dynamism is known only thru his industrial ventures. But remember he got his riches thru succession and multiplied them because of his father’s contacts. If he has any business acumen, that is not visible so far since he did not foray into new sectors. Sakshi TV channel took too long to shape up and it showed his hesitation. Thru “Sakshi” newspaper, he is able to put up good fight against “Eenadu” and its propaganda though the latter is 30 yrs. senior to his. And he stayed put up in media business though his was not the ruling family anymore. Thru certain activities towards journalist employees, he displayed his generosity and remembered long for improving quality of life in media-men.
But this is not enough to make him a seasoned politician or a rebel like his father. He got everything for asking and he did not seem to have fought for anything. Today, when he set out on his ‘Consoling tour’ against all the obstacles created by T-leaders, his political opponents and also his party, he displayed his guts. On the bidding of high command, he was dissuaded by his well-wishers, party colleagues, family friends, his father’s ardent followers and reportedly even by his mother. But he stuck to his guns.
This is not due to obduracy but because of conviction. He believed that as a bereaved son, he has a right to go and console those who are waiting for it and no one has the authority to stop him. He tried to convince the world that the demand/threat against his tour was not reasonable. “If I kowtow to their demand now, tomorrow they might ask me not to go for canvassing in by-elections. Should I say bye-bye to by-elections?”, he asked. Very sensible argument.
How can anyone issue Kodandaram-kind of commands, I do not understand. Initially KCR was reasonable. He said “Let Jagan come here and I will go there. I never asked Jagan not to come. If people do not want him here, they might not allow.” So it is the common people who should be allowed to decide whether to come out on streets to greet Jagan or not. If they do not care for him, they may not flock to him in this scorching Sun. Then TRS can canvass that Jagan and by derivation integrationists may have takers in Khammam district, but not in Warangal district. KCR was confident of himself and prepared to allow a litmus test to Jagan’s popularity in Warangal district.
But his fellow-travelers were not that confident. They were afraid Jagan might prove as popular in Warangal as in Khammam and this would affect results in by-polls. Even if TRS loses 2/3 seats in by-elections their detractors would jeer at them. TRS leaders told Krishna Committee that mental division already took place and situation in Telengana is such that A-employee and T-employee can not work side-by-side in offices. And that there is no leg for an integrationist to stand upon in T-area.
So they need to prove their theory during Jagan’s visit. In Khammam, they attempted but failed. Barring minor clashes, Jagan’s tour was successful there. If he performs the same feat in Warangal, the hot-bed of T-agitators, media might conclude that the T-struggle is losing its grip in its very cradle. This might provoke Jagan to undertake similar exercise in Karimnagar another breeding-ground of T-agitation. And if he succeeds there too, media might jump to write off the movement forever. (to be concluded)
MBS PRASAD
mbsprasad@gmail.com
By taking Jagan into custody, Governments – State as well as Central – made a hero out of him!
So far he has been living on his father’s fame. His dynamism is known only thru his industrial ventures. But remember he got his riches thru succession and multiplied them because of his father’s contacts. If he has any business acumen, that is not visible so far since he did not foray into new sectors. Sakshi TV channel took too long to shape up and it showed his hesitation. Thru “Sakshi” newspaper, he is able to put up good fight against “Eenadu” and its propaganda though the latter is 30 yrs. senior to his. And he stayed put up in media business though his was not the ruling family anymore. Thru certain activities towards journalist employees, he displayed his generosity and remembered long for improving quality of life in media-men.
But this is not enough to make him a seasoned politician or a rebel like his father. He got everything for asking and he did not seem to have fought for anything. Today, when he set out on his ‘Consoling tour’ against all the obstacles created by T-leaders, his political opponents and also his party, he displayed his guts. On the bidding of high command, he was dissuaded by his well-wishers, party colleagues, family friends, his father’s ardent followers and reportedly even by his mother. But he stuck to his guns.
This is not due to obduracy but because of conviction. He believed that as a bereaved son, he has a right to go and console those who are waiting for it and no one has the authority to stop him. He tried to convince the world that the demand/threat against his tour was not reasonable. “If I kowtow to their demand now, tomorrow they might ask me not to go for canvassing in by-elections. Should I say bye-bye to by-elections?”, he asked. Very sensible argument.
How can anyone issue Kodandaram-kind of commands, I do not understand. Initially KCR was reasonable. He said “Let Jagan come here and I will go there. I never asked Jagan not to come. If people do not want him here, they might not allow.” So it is the common people who should be allowed to decide whether to come out on streets to greet Jagan or not. If they do not care for him, they may not flock to him in this scorching Sun. Then TRS can canvass that Jagan and by derivation integrationists may have takers in Khammam district, but not in Warangal district. KCR was confident of himself and prepared to allow a litmus test to Jagan’s popularity in Warangal district.
But his fellow-travelers were not that confident. They were afraid Jagan might prove as popular in Warangal as in Khammam and this would affect results in by-polls. Even if TRS loses 2/3 seats in by-elections their detractors would jeer at them. TRS leaders told Krishna Committee that mental division already took place and situation in Telengana is such that A-employee and T-employee can not work side-by-side in offices. And that there is no leg for an integrationist to stand upon in T-area.
So they need to prove their theory during Jagan’s visit. In Khammam, they attempted but failed. Barring minor clashes, Jagan’s tour was successful there. If he performs the same feat in Warangal, the hot-bed of T-agitators, media might conclude that the T-struggle is losing its grip in its very cradle. This might provoke Jagan to undertake similar exercise in Karimnagar another breeding-ground of T-agitation. And if he succeeds there too, media might jump to write off the movement forever. (to be concluded)
MBS PRASAD
mbsprasad@gmail.com
"POSTMAN" CM
MBS: Jagan, NTR’s Inheritor..?
At the hour of writing (9 am on 28th May) Jagan is heading towards Mehabubabad, undaunted by the threats of TRS and other T-fighters, undeterred by dictat of high command and unmoved by tears of his mother.
It remains to be seen whether he would be allowed to meet common public of Warangal district. If he accomplishes his task successfully, he is going to prove a point or two, that State is not yet divided and leaders can go to any place of their choice, if they are determined enough.
- Of all the state leaders currently available, Jagan is the only one who does not hesitate to swim against tide; who is confident of goodwill he enjoys among electorate; and who has muscle as well as money power to arrange his own entourage against all odds.
At this juncture, let me clarify that I am no great fan of Jagan. I consider him an eager young man in haste. I preferred Rosaiah over him as CM and even now believe that he should strive and prove himself as a mass leader and a good politician before aspiring to lead the state. I do not like over-projection of YSR and himself in Sakshi TV and newspaper.
Yet, …yet I am admiring him at this hour. He might be arrested today or he might be allowed to go on. Whatever happens, he proved himself a fighter. A challenger to Delhi. This is what most appealing to me.
AP’s self-respect was being trampled under the feet Delhi bosses till 1983. It was NTR who dared to challenge the practice of importing CMs from Delhi. Some nincompoop used to come as ‘Observer from Delhi’ and all the state leaders used to prostrate in front of him. The Delhites used to impose whomever they like and go away. But the appointees used to last very little. The moment Delhi is displeased with them, they were thrown into dustbin without a second look.
After TDP came to rule the state, situation has changed. We were taking independent decisions. Even when Congress came to power in 2004, YSR maintained a perfect, honorable equation with Delhi bosses. He was obedient but at the same time he was not subservient to them. He took self-governing decisions and exuded self-confidence. Delhi bosses left things to him and intervened in state affairs only on rare occasions.
After YSR’s death, state became fiefdom of Delhi again. Rosaiah, the septuagenarian is too timid to take independent decisions and acts as a mere postman. He faithfully reports to Delhi and receives their dictates with folded hands. He does not speak his mind anytime about a particular subject in his personal capacity. He can be described as the best “His Master’s Voice”. He is a mere passer-by and he is asked to hold this chair temporarily, this is what he thinks of himself and asks us not expect anything more from him.
In this kind of scenario, Jagan is emerging as a state leader who is refusing to blindly obey Delhi’s commands. He is showing that he has a mind of his own. In his open letter, he clearly said that - this was not a political tour - in Khammam tour he did not talk politics and there was no adverse reaction from general public he was not the competent person to talk of Separate Telengana and he would not say a word about it.
This being the situation, why High command asked him not to go without citing any reason? Is it because they are scared of the threats by TRS and others? If the government is afraid of law and order situation going out of hands, it is not worth staying there.
If someone has to be arrested, it is the leader who asked Congress MLAs to stop Jagan’s car, or the leader who asked agitators from all over the state to come to Warangal and create trouble and to cause hurdles. Doesn’t the government know it is a criminal offence to incite violence? If the government can not do anything about them, let them not do anything with Jagan either.
Today is the birthday of NTR, the great - the icon of Telugu pride who has shown to the nation that he was “RaaRaaju” but not the “Samantha Raju”. And as the things stand, I feel the mantle of upholding Telugu pride fell on the shoulders of Jagan. Let us see how long he is going to hold it.
- MBS PRASAD
mbsprasad@gmail.com
At the hour of writing (9 am on 28th May) Jagan is heading towards Mehabubabad, undaunted by the threats of TRS and other T-fighters, undeterred by dictat of high command and unmoved by tears of his mother.
It remains to be seen whether he would be allowed to meet common public of Warangal district. If he accomplishes his task successfully, he is going to prove a point or two, that State is not yet divided and leaders can go to any place of their choice, if they are determined enough.
- Of all the state leaders currently available, Jagan is the only one who does not hesitate to swim against tide; who is confident of goodwill he enjoys among electorate; and who has muscle as well as money power to arrange his own entourage against all odds.
At this juncture, let me clarify that I am no great fan of Jagan. I consider him an eager young man in haste. I preferred Rosaiah over him as CM and even now believe that he should strive and prove himself as a mass leader and a good politician before aspiring to lead the state. I do not like over-projection of YSR and himself in Sakshi TV and newspaper.
Yet, …yet I am admiring him at this hour. He might be arrested today or he might be allowed to go on. Whatever happens, he proved himself a fighter. A challenger to Delhi. This is what most appealing to me.
AP’s self-respect was being trampled under the feet Delhi bosses till 1983. It was NTR who dared to challenge the practice of importing CMs from Delhi. Some nincompoop used to come as ‘Observer from Delhi’ and all the state leaders used to prostrate in front of him. The Delhites used to impose whomever they like and go away. But the appointees used to last very little. The moment Delhi is displeased with them, they were thrown into dustbin without a second look.
After TDP came to rule the state, situation has changed. We were taking independent decisions. Even when Congress came to power in 2004, YSR maintained a perfect, honorable equation with Delhi bosses. He was obedient but at the same time he was not subservient to them. He took self-governing decisions and exuded self-confidence. Delhi bosses left things to him and intervened in state affairs only on rare occasions.
After YSR’s death, state became fiefdom of Delhi again. Rosaiah, the septuagenarian is too timid to take independent decisions and acts as a mere postman. He faithfully reports to Delhi and receives their dictates with folded hands. He does not speak his mind anytime about a particular subject in his personal capacity. He can be described as the best “His Master’s Voice”. He is a mere passer-by and he is asked to hold this chair temporarily, this is what he thinks of himself and asks us not expect anything more from him.
In this kind of scenario, Jagan is emerging as a state leader who is refusing to blindly obey Delhi’s commands. He is showing that he has a mind of his own. In his open letter, he clearly said that - this was not a political tour - in Khammam tour he did not talk politics and there was no adverse reaction from general public he was not the competent person to talk of Separate Telengana and he would not say a word about it.
This being the situation, why High command asked him not to go without citing any reason? Is it because they are scared of the threats by TRS and others? If the government is afraid of law and order situation going out of hands, it is not worth staying there.
If someone has to be arrested, it is the leader who asked Congress MLAs to stop Jagan’s car, or the leader who asked agitators from all over the state to come to Warangal and create trouble and to cause hurdles. Doesn’t the government know it is a criminal offence to incite violence? If the government can not do anything about them, let them not do anything with Jagan either.
Today is the birthday of NTR, the great - the icon of Telugu pride who has shown to the nation that he was “RaaRaaju” but not the “Samantha Raju”. And as the things stand, I feel the mantle of upholding Telugu pride fell on the shoulders of Jagan. Let us see how long he is going to hold it.
- MBS PRASAD
mbsprasad@gmail.com
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