We all know how our politicians are corrupt and how massacres are staged by them for their gain. Recently I came across one such story.
3 slum-dwelling areas in Delhi were hit by fire. Fire brigade did not arrive for atleast an hour!
It was fishy considering that the Fire Brigade had arrived last evening in the slum at the behest of some fire rumors. Our ever-efficient TV news channels too were quick to publicise the rumors as ‘breaking news’.
Dharavi slum fire picture courtsey this Mumbai blogger
When a single Fire Brigade van finally arrived after an hour, half the slums could have been salvaged. But angry slum-dwellers were busy beating the fire-fighting van driver and firefighters because they were late! Frightened, all the other fire brigade vans stood outside the slum.
The slum dwellers were understandably agigated and angry. However, some of them were NOT surprised. They knew it had to happen sometime before elections. It has happened before in 2004. Timing is just too predictable. They ahd been almost waiting for it.
These people predicted the sequence of the events from this point, which is exactly how the events unfolded.
Politicians from loacal area arrive > Fire Brigadev vans run behind him (by this time whole slum is burnt to ashes) > Then comes a bread van (to distribute bread obviously) > The milk van arrives > Next blanket van expected to arrive.
These slum dwellings are predominantly occupied by minorities, so no guesses on which ‘secular party’ that will be dedicatedly involved in the ‘relief work’. By the time election will arrive here, which is on 7th May, they will have ‘earned’ their votes by hard work.
Bread, milk and blanket. What more could you need? It doesn’t matter if you have no place to go and hide in heat after having all your belongings and house burnt down? Relocate, rebuild on the promises of pukka home in future. Till then elections will ahve happened, and your ‘secular’ representative elected. 😦
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