The Indian Farmers Protests against New Legislations by GOI by Ram Krishnaswamy
What you see is a Sea of Farmers Marching ton Delhi
Who is Right and who is Wrong ?
Million Dollars questions and it is similar to What Colour is the Shoe ?
Green or Pink. Experts say “Apparently, If the right-half of your brain is dominant, you will see a combination of pink and white, and if your left half is dominant, you will see it in grey and green colour”
When it comes to farmers plight, public (meaning non farmers) will see the situation based on their political leanings or whether they are capitalists or socialists, whether they are rich or poor, whether they grew up in metros or rural farming communities, also depends on which State in India they belong to. Majority of people born in metros won’t even know how to grow a plant in a pot and nourish it and keep it alive; I say this with authority as most Indians in sydney don't have a clue about growing plants. I do as I love gardening and so also know how tough it is to care for your plants from the vagaries of weather, rainfall and pests especially bad ones like Locusts , cost of pestcides and fertilisers. It is not easy and not funny either.
Unfortunately Expert Committees assisting the Indian Govt in policy decisions are Pro Govt Journalists, Economists, Politicians, Capitalists, egged on by Blind Political supporters and also blindly opposed by any one and every one who is Anti Modi. When it comes to farmers their leanings depends on predominantly which state they belong to (BJP or Non BJP states), whether it is North India or South of the Vindhya Mountains - South India.
Media keeps reporting that South Indian farmers are not protesting. This is only partially True. Southern State of Kerala never adopted Cent Govt Farming Policies and they do not care about the new laws. Farmers in Tamil Nadu, went on a Protest to Delhi in 2018 and no one cared to even talk to them and they came back tail between their legs as losers and are not interested in going to Delhi one more Time plus TN State Govt is a BJP Coalition Partner, nudge nudge.
Now the question why are farmers from Punjab and Haryana Protesting most and marching to Delhi. First of all they have common borders with Delhi and can enter Delhi by Road. South Indians need the Trains and Covid prevents this kind of travel plus not enough trains to Delhi for thousands of Protesting Farmers. Punjabi Farmers are there with necessary food grains they brought with them in their tractors and lorries to last them for a long time and they are very good at running communal kitchens too. West Bengal is in North India according to my memory and Bengalis are opposed to the Modi Govt yet no one asks why the Bangla babus are not in Delhi Protesting.
Basically we all see what we want to see and what is beneficial to us or not beneficial to us. So the shoe can be Pink or Green
Looking at the Problem Objectively Putting Politics aside:
As an Individual, I stay out of Politics in India and my support or opposition to Govt Policies are based on what I think of the Policy and not which party made the decision.
For Example I am unashamedly opposed to Aadhaar that Manmohan Singh’s UPA Govt ushered all based on Nandan Nilekani’s Imagining India and Montek Singh gave Nandan Nilekani a Cabinet Ministers Portfolio Sans elections and created UIDAI under the Planning commission of India.
Supposedly an experienced Project Leader from Infosys did not do his homework, did not study the problem of creating a national identity like the UID later named Aadhaar. All he did, was blindly Topoed (Topographed) USA’s Social Security Card system ( IITians are experts at Copying drawings using glass sheets called topoing and assignments by making subtle changes that include glaring mistakes to evade detection by Profs and pass off as original work). History tells us that the Idea of a National ID card was proposed by Advani during the Atal Regime. UPA II Congress pushed it through as their own Idea.
But then Aadhaar was Not a National ID card and Not Mandatory, suggesting all Indians are Equal but some Indians are more equal than the others, meaning the rich and powerful and corrupt have established identities and do not need ID cards.
Yes India is nothing but the "Animal Farm" where the rich and the powerful meaning corporations and Politicians, decide what is best for the poor people like the farmers or the Migrant Labourers who we’re made to walk hundreds of miles back to their villages by Modi Govt, asif GOI could not run a few trains to help these poor people. But ten who cares ?
I prayed long and hard that Man Mohan Singhs most inept & corrupt UPA II Govt should fall and celebrated when Congress lost. Was not sure about Modi's Rule but told myself we need to give him a chance. After all he promised to dump Nandan Nilekani's Madcap idea to create Aadhaar.
Modi did not disappoint me as a Politician as he did a backflip not after watching Nandan Nilekani's Slide show as we got told by the media but on the advice of some billionaire Gujarati Businessmen. Your guess is as good as mine..
Aadhaar Legislatiion was rammed through sans Political debate as reqd in a Real Democracy, as a "Money Bill" bypassing the Rajya Sabha that to me was a Con Job and again BJP did not make Aadhaar Mandatory.
Aadhaar is only for the dumb masses in India and also Cows I gather. Most people do not trust Politicians in India. All that Politicians seek is Power to hammer and not to serve the very people who elect them.
