Another day, another series of bomb blasts in Mumbai - "India's Financial Capital." Same modus operandi. And same bloody blame game.
Still 'new and unsettled' Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan in desperation, almost defended lack of action and lack of intelligence. He talked about his inability to do anything substantial because Ministry of Home Affairs is with coalition partner – NCP! Ultimately CM is, as the name indicates, Chief Minister, head of government. He signs the last on the files.
One never gets ‘ideal conditions’ to administer and govern. One has to rise above predicaments and deliver instead of giving excuses.
The political class, in general, indulged in dirty politics over what? 18 dead and 180 injured people and pathetic security condition for ‘aam aadmi.’ Most vulgar sideshow was when the entire set of important politicians including PM visited the ailing sufferers in the hospitals much to chagrin of the relatives, who were whisked away by the security personnel.
What are you supposed to do is lead from the front, coordinate between security agencies. Expedite the search operations for the culprits. That is the least you can do when you are in power. What ‘future prime minister’ Rahul Gandhi chose instead is to make a grand statement – 99% of times bomb blasts have been averted, 1% would happen!
How does he know? How did he conclude on the numbers? Certainly the timing was bad. It sounds almost as if ‘we are helpless.’
Even CM was not allowed to visit injured people at one of the hospitals. What does this indicate? Obviously it points to the fact that general public is fed up and wants concrete action on the ground. And very soon.
Meanwhile as general public, let's be more cautious and vigilant. All the time.
