THE NOT SO SUCCESSFUL "BANDH"

                                                      THE NOT SO SUCCESSFUL “BANDH”

The “BANDH” which was held on Wednesday the 20^th February in support of protesting against the petrol and diesel prices.  But does burning tires and buses help? Though many worker associations supported the close down it was not very successful. Especially in Bangalore it was not up to the expectations of many but the problem is why was this protest only against fuel prices? What about FDI??  WALMART??  ECONOMIC RESCISSION in India??

       Who is going think about that? We are thinking about 80 rs per liter of petrol but what about the 32 rs as the minimum wage of some people? And when we decide to close down for a day , do we ever pause to think about those who depend upon the daily  wage ? Even if the argument is made about the lager good for many why aren't the above issues raised? Are not these for larger good? And how does closing everything help? I am not against those who believe so but is it not better to find a solution rather than just protesting against everything?  There are people who misuse these close downs for their personal grudges or wishes why else would there be loots happening during the protest for common good? Sometimes it is personal and sometimes maybe political but why burning public transport? And harm other government property?? Don’t people who are responsible for these not so civil activities realise that all these amenities come from our pockets, in the form of taxes.

      How come we do not care about these losses? Have all of us become so passive that we have taken an oath to not to ever raise a voice against these things? I don’t mean another close down but an action to solve these issues or rather an attempt to solve them.  The worker associations who supported willingly, good for them but why force others to protest? A survey by a news channel on this close down indicated that only twenty percent of auto drivers wanted to support and others were forced to support it. How is charging extremely high fares help the cause. Is  the “BANDH” the only choice?