Sham-Boo Karnataka

Dear Eddie & Kummy

Hope this letter finds you in good health. I have been meaning to write to you for the last few days, but frankly in the mundane world of corporate life, I have not had the time to sit down and write a letter with meaningful sentences. After the assembly antics that was vividly displayed in Technicolor across the country, I feel that it is time I wrote to both of you and let you know what I as a citizen of this land think.I have taken time off from my daily work and have spent considerable time writing this letter. I hope some sense does prevail after reading this in both your minds

It is suffice to say that in the last few years since I got my right to vote I have not exercised it. I have not found it too difficult to alienate myself from both your parties as well as the others who have been around in the political potpourri, either in this state or in this country. To me all of you look and sound the same and I can define no differences in your ideology or your actions. Every action of yours stem from the word “What is in it for me”. You neither have ideologies that are clear to the common man, nor have dischargeable duties that benefit the tax payer. Of course you all end up burdening us money makers for your gain

As politicians, your duty is towards the upliftment of the state you govern and of the people you rule. In fact, I would go on to state that the word RULE has been misused by a lot of you. RULE in this context is to administer the laws laid down by citizens as per the constitution book and not by your book. To read and to interpret the principles of governing a particular piece of land or area with the interest of people living in the same area being upheld is the definition of RULES. They are meant to be guiding principles and not subject to individual interpretation

In the last few years, both of you have spent ample number of hours trying to get to each others throat to ensure that one of you is holding the power seat and milking the land (including people) of resources and pushing these into your own coffers. The antics of both your parties in the last few days have probably damaged the land and its people more than the Britishers or the Mughals did in the last few hundred years.

As learned and trusted individuals and elected as representatives of the people of Karnataka, both of you have a duty to discharge which is in the best interest of the people and not of your selves. Please remember that personal gains are not to be achieved through public means. If that is the case, areas such as thievery, smuggling are better suited for this. One can indulge in these without any investment whatsoever and the gains are multifold.

As for yesterday’s fracas in the assembly, both of you have played the part of hooliganism to the hilt. Even a pair of pugilists knocking each other silly in the ring take cognizance of the referee and abide by the rules of the bell. These my friend are the Queensbury rules and I guess both of you have never heard of the Queensbury rules of the legislature. To show your faces on national television with your teams kicking and howling like little children show that you and your team are no longer fit to discharge the duties that you have been provided with. It is time that both of you sit back, spend some time introspecting on what went wrong

I am not going to talk about legalities here. They are woven so intricately that as you peel away each skin a new one appears. It is like Draupadi’s Saree which never stops coming out. We will never reach the end of the line here. But what you have to do now is to understand that you have misused the power of the people vested on you by the people and you are now answerable to them.I would suggest that both of you take the next few months off work, dive deep into the ideology pool of your parties and understand the errors and the way forward

Till then, i as a citizen of this state would be comfortable with Mrs. Patil ruling our state or any other central body thereof including the armed forces.

Hope you are able to work things together

Yours Sincerely

Citizen of Karnataka