The so-called upper caste Hindu, besides, suffers from an enormous guilt complex vis-à-vis dalits, for treating them for centuries as untouchables, no matter what various social reformers have striven to change the mind-set of people. That is why, one suspects, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in her fourth term can get away with anything. Mayavati is a dalit and she has been exploiting the guilt complex effectively. She must be one of the most corrupt Chief Minister India over had, but she gets away scotfree. But it is time the truth about her assets is revealed even if, presently, she has got a reprieve.
What is wrong, indeed. Our attitude is one of chaltha hai. Anything goes.
Till recently the CBI was breathing down her neck in the disproportionate assets and Taj corridor cases but she has received a breather now because she has rushed to the UPA government's support on the cut motion issue. If she had gone against the government the CBI would probably have got at her throat; she has now temporarily saved herself and never mind what the public thinks of the UPA.
The same thing happened in the case of Shibu Soren who ditched the BJP to keep the UPA government going. There has been a criminal case against Soren, but these can wait. After all, he is a tribal, isn't he? Like Mayavati being a dalit, isn't she?
How can anyone blame them?
It is learnt from an RTI filed by The Times of India that governments headed by leaders of various parties have withdrawn criminal cases against 51 political leaders of various parties in the past ten years, the beneficiaries including Ministers, MLAs, former Ministers and former MLAs.
In most cases the State Government withdrew cases using its power under Section 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code. We live in a sick society which provides political parties to forgive crimes if thereby they can continue to stay in power. It is as plain as that. Does the media have a role to play in this connection? Yes, it has. Does it play it? No, it doesn't.
Why should it when by playing it, it invites retribution? Mayavati saved the UPA government in time, she has been amply awarded.
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- Yukay
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I dont agree with u UK. If u have knowledge of rural society the prob of untouchability is as grave as it has ever been. Just that Dalits have started taking out few processions doesn't mean that the social divide has been breached. Prob is acute in states like Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and UP. U wud hv seen the way tps of Some regts are addressed by ppl from their own state of same religion. Cases of mass burning of settlements within 70 kms of New Delhi are only too recent.
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