Politics is a dirty game as it’s all about power and power corrupts — the present interim government got wide support from citizen at home and abroad and even from international donor countries only because they would remain neutral, uncorrupted and that they would create an honest and congenial environment for a free and fair elections. Their reorganization of the ACC, EC and steps to curb corruption received wide acclamation and they should have remained concentrated on this and possible early elections — elections date fixed for late 2008 was a wrong decision because opponents get much time to reorganize — remember I mentioned that politics is a game — and in any game you don’t give the opponent the lapse time — same is true in WAR: the opponents take advantage of the lapse time and reorganize to fight back — the first step to fight back was to cause the price spiral and is causing difficulties for the people in power and citizen and the second step was taken from the student’s protest and demonstration that have escalated nation wide and they are also joined in by the hawkers and business enterprises that were ousted from their marketing areas.

Politicians now have a scope to condemn the handling of the incident at the university football ground from where the sparks of unrest began and has spread nationwide. The curfew given by the authorities in hope to bring situation in control is being looked upon suspiciously by the politicians, students, teachers and citizens predicting that there would be a number of arrests.
I have said earlier that students also have a right to protest and demonstrate — but no right to burn private cars and public property — so they are at fault when they come out on the streets with lathi-including the girl students too — thats pitiful more so to see them being beaten and clothes torn — in return for attacking the police and destroying property.

Lets hope that following the curfew the present interim government would analyze the situation carefully and go for a full discussion with students, teachers and politicians for a proper solution — not just arrest and charge them. Lets pray that CTG and army chief would have the wisdom to do so.

So to demonstrate against injustice the students did injustice to general citizens by destroying private and public property. They must choose to demonstrate and protest in different style. To fight back police/army is ok, but breaking the car of the innocent citizen, and imagine what would be the condition of the passengers in the car.

These type of action was going on after 0ctober 28, 2006 by the political parties and that resulted in the formation of the interim government headed by CA and his advisers but backed by the army. Students must realize that this sort of undemocratic actions spell disaster for them and concerned authorities’ brutal actions become justified as they are bound to protect the citizen and public property. University teachers and and students concerned must think about these undemocratic steps.