Akkam Pakkam - Quo Vadis Minister? Quo Vadis Comman man?

On saturday I’d been to the S’pore airport to recieve my wife and daughter who are coming after a month’s stay at Chennai. One of the ministers from our Tamil Nadu cabinet was also in the same flight. A group of ‘chamchas’ were waiting at the arrival hall with garlands to recieve the ‘honourable’ minister. When he and his gang (around 10) came out with their luggages, this group went and garlanded him with those ‘long live’ slogans. It was a commotion. People from other parts of the world, who are not used to these kind of nonsenses (nuisance??) were taken aback at this sight. I was standing little close to the group and watching them. What happened after this was the ugliest. I dont know what went wrong, the minister slapped one of the members before the public. He folded his dhoti and started shouting at him, with the garland around his neck. Poor guy, seemed to be a gentleman, was looking around with shame. Everybody was watching the scene with shock.
We’ve seen our politicians with such appaling lack of manners both inside and outside the assembly. It doesn’t make much of a difference to us. But when the same happens in a foreign soil, that too before the public, I felt ashamed. Will these ministers ever change? I wouldn’t say its his fault. He is made like that. It is our fault to elect him and send him to the assembly. Every election, the voter turn-out is falling and it hits a maximum of 55%. The remaining 45% is us - the well educated, who can think rationally and act. But unfortunately, we dont. We only keep talking that India can never develop as long as this bunch of corrupt politicians are get rid of. But we dont take a step forward towards that. The first step would be to go cast our vote. What do you say?
But having had the experience at chennai in the recent local body elections and how the police machinery was a mere witness to what ever happened……it seems we are losing that opportunity too.

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