a signal disservice was done to bihar and India the day the Congress saved Sh L P Yadav's government from the imposition of President's rule. It might have been a turning point in the recent history of Bihar. It is equally true that Bihar perhaps deserves the governments it has been getting, when public opinion is captive to caste, degenerating into anarchy is inevitable for Bihar.
There are few things that are fundamentally wrong here. The State Govt. is too corrupt to make any changes or the stop the violence. Central Govt. has to intervene. Central Govt. only intervenes when money is at stake. There isn't any in Bihar. There would have been an uproar had the situation taken place in Maharashtra, Tamilnadu or Karnataka.
Bihar Military Police is a joke and and insult to law enforcement agencies.
Because laloo has joined the centre so very soon Delhi will follow Bihar way.As a proof U.P is already Bihar because the CM is also Yadav. I am not against YADAV but why not educated people be holding some CM level post. Think of an IAS who studied so hard and today he is saluting those who are illiterate and on the top of that rowdy...goondas....
Great article but why isn't the self-professed watchdog,the media asking fundamental questions:
1. why not ban and disarm weapons 2. why not impose severe punishment for owning unlicensed weapons 3. why not invoke article 356 in Bihar 4. why not dismiss the rabri Govt., and imprison them 5. why has Laoo been inducted in the union ministry 6. what happens to the image of the country and the handling of the country with such tainted ministers in power 7. where is the much touted rule of law 8. apart from talking about the caste wars also talk about the 'minority' perpetrated atrocites in this state
We are hypocrites and a prejudiced lot, enslaved in our own minds! we need to defeat our own bigotries and biases, to make India really shine. All this benefits from IT will dissappear in a moment if we do not have reforms, political, civil, social, judicial and journalistic!
I feel that the root cause of all the lawlessness,caste feelings, formation of private armies and all the ills for which Bihar is known for is the lack of opportunities in terms of job, education, health care etc. All these problems are the creations of the politicians who had been ruling the State since independence and it is in their interest to see that no developmental work takes place and the people continue to be illeterate and backward bound in the narrow spheres of caste, class etc.Had education been provided to the people and money been invested in the development of manpower coupled with investments in agriculture and infrastructure the things would have been different as most of these problems are there because people do not have work to do and the saying that an empty mind is a devil's workshop is quite apt in this case.Otherwise there is no reason why the state where the land is more fertile than Punjab and Haryana should see this day.
People in Bihar are waiting for a change in state assembly election so that there may not be any more Lakshmanpur-Bathe incident.Voters have to decide their fate.
It is unfortunate that the correspondent has been biased from the beginning and his views are simply a reiteration of the popular views that over the time seems as an impeccable truth. Instead of evaluating the situation objectively and factually, the author has just tried to swim with the tide. But then who does not? The author talks of Laxmanpur Bathe, but why is he silent about the Bara and Senari? The concluding line is appalling: it is the poor who mostly get killed; How does he define the poor? Does he mean that all the upper caste people are rich and all the lower castes are poor. Why the author has refrained from providing any numerical figures to conclude this. The lower castes are not allowed to vote by the upper caste people, but is this complete story? The fact is it is the power balance of different castes that determine which caste is not allowed to vote. If Ranvir Sena is under political patronage, is the author sure that naxalites are not? How many times have we heard that this is a war between the zamindars and landless farmers indicating that this is some type of crusade. Why does not the author analyse the profile of those Zamindars who got killed. How much land do they have and what is their annual income? It is not a war of justice V/s injustice that it is often made out to be; it is a problem that has surfaced out because of instigation of the public by the political parties and thereby reaping the huge benefits in terms of easy availability of people that can be used for the purpose they would like to use.
Dear readers, It is extremely painful to the heart and shocking to the mind in knowing about the happenings in Bihar state. Who are the land-lords? What do they have to do with the peasants, i.e., the workers? Who are producing food? Think about it! The idea comes from the land-lord. But, the work of raising the crop is done by the peasants. Is this not correct? Human life is precious and it is worth living our life. Such a living need not be at the expense of workers or the peasants. Think about it! Hence, stop the bloody killing and let people live their life in fullness. Yours sincerely, Nallathambi Kandasamy from Chennai.
