Chasing targets in office won’t help, lend your hand in building nation

EDITORIAL:

(This is not a news item)

Recently in nationwide 48 hour bandh called by eleven trade unions, there were different responses in different states. While in some cases efforts were made by the supporters to ensure that bandh be maintained, in others government tried its best to foil it making an ego issue out of it. This has now become a routine on any bandh day.

But a serious question that arises is, why general public is not supporting bandhs even when the agenda very closely relates to them, is it that there is some kind of disconnect between the leaders and the public.

In last bandh, management and even the employees of IT and outsourcing industry were found boasting their attendance, people who work in this industry are mostly young, educated and completely disassociated with any politics and so with any bandhs, but increasing prices of petrol, diesel, food etc. also affects them if not now, then in future. Just chasing targets in office won’t help, they have to come forward and participate in nation building. And the political parties should also ensure that more and more people from these sectors get actively involved with the mass. Also the political parties must study and find out newer techniques and tactics to ensure that mass willingly participate in bandhs without fear without force as the old tactics and techniques have gone obsolete in new socio-political environment.