A Tale of Two Chief Ministers

Yesterday , Nitish Kumar ( CM - Bihar ) , sat on a dharna at Gandhi Maidan in Patna , to persuade Union Government to grant Bihar, a " Special Status "

And what " means " did he employ  ?

>  Enacted drama  by beating utensils

>  Declared Bihar - Bandh ( High Court orders notwithstanding ! )

>  Brought all traffic to a halt

>  Stopped trains in their tracks

>  Forced shops to remain shut

>  Closed down all commerce and trade

>  Took out a huge procession of several hundred supporters from his home,

     escorted by equal number of policemen ( to protect him  ? )

>  Sat near Gandhi Statue for 5 hours ( to shame Mahatma ,re "means"  ? )

>  Caused Bihar , a loss of hundreds of crores of rupees

A few weeks ago , Arvind Kejriwal ( when he was CM - Delhi ) , too , sat on a dharna on a footpath in Delhi , seeking suspension of 2 police officers

How did he go about ?

>  Marched towards office of Home Minister Shinde , with a few supporters

>  On his way , prevented to go further by police

>  Spent the night ( was it 2 nights ? ) on the footpath in biting cold

>  Ate food ( brought from home ), sitting on footpath

>  Did not stop traffic  (  Police did  )

>  Did not stop Metro  ( DMC  did  )

>  Did not shut shops / establishments ( Police slapped Section 144 )

>  Continued to attend to office work - by clearing files/holding meetings

TV Anchors and Congress leaders called him , an Anarchist  !

I must have missed to listen to what TV Anchors called , Nitish Kumar  !

Of course , I did not expect Congress leaders to call him anything - except,

"  Let us make a deal

   You help us return to power and we guarantee special status to Bihar

   Just as we did in case of Telengana

   And just as we will continue to do with similar demands for Bodoland /

   Gorkhaland / Vidarbha etc

   Didn't you notice how we granted reservation to the Jats , last evening ?

   And raised DA for 8 million Government employees  ?

   And cleared projects worth crores of rupees in the constituencies of our

   leaders  ?

   We know , once EC announces elections tomorrow , we cannot dole out

   any more favors  ( that wretched code of conduct will kick-in ! )

   But , our shop is open till today evening  !

   Those willing to strike deals , please hurry  !  "

I believe , Congress leaders must be considering Aam Aadmi  as " Mere Fools "

Not knowing that, at the polling booths, Aam Aadmi will have the last laugh !

*   hemen  parekh  (  03  March  2014  /  Mumbai  )