Divide and rule

I was speaking to a guy few days back about recent Raj Thakarey fiasco and realised how easy it is to influence the common man of India. It was the day Raj got arrested and for obvious reasons I don't subscribe to the tactics (not calling is ideology) employed by Raj to gain political mileage. I asked the guy, why so many people are supporting Raj and going around burning buses and beating harmless people. The answer I got was "wo jinke liye lad raha hai, wo log uska sath denge hi." I mean people really believe Raj Thakarey is fighting for Marathi people's rights and that is why they are supporting him so violently. On the above answer I asked, "buses jo jalayi hai wo Maharashtra me hi jali hain," so how can you fight for Marathi people by destroying public property in Maharshtra. For a moment I could not believe the answer I got for this. The guy said, "wo to government ka loss hai." As if those buses were meant only for government or non-marathi's.

If there are people like these there will be many more Raj Thakarey's and he is not to be blamed for whatever has been happening in recent times. It's the people who are following him without giving it much thought. Indian public gets influenced too easily. I may not be able to pin point the exact reason for the same, but in my opinion, it's lack of education and employment. You would have heard of old saying "Khali dimag shaitan ka ghar." I don't think anyone who has a job to do and earn breads for his family would have even thought about what Raj is saying, till it was blown out of proportions by our news-deprived media.

I think it's the lack of education that we have a political party by the name of Maharashtra Navanirman Sena and there are people who would actually vote for it in next general election. My only question is, how can a political party be called Sena (army), and since when armies started participating in Navnirman, they have always been known for destruction and what kind of Navnirman these MNS people are doing by destroying the public property. On the expense of sounding funny, they are actually justifying their name, they are fighting (which armies do) and destroying property so that same can be replaced by new establishments thus making the path for Navnirman clear.