As I sit on the chair at my home terrace, listening to the sound of motor bikes at intervals and bask in the sun I have many questions in mind. I am sure these queries are thought by majority of people who are tired of analyzing and interpreting the situation. They have given up hopes as they see no solution to it. These questions are for the citizens of this country, the unstable government which is being asked by different individuals who have no interest in politics, whatsoever.
The main issue: – Why are strikes called for when each one of us know what the result of constitution is going to be? It has become a routine of troubling the normal working day life of the citizens of the country before the deadline of formulation of constitution is met. The strikes affect every aspect of development and have been going on since years.
Who gets highly impacted with the strike: – As much as the kids are happy not attending school, the education of students is at loss as they lose out days of schooling and college. The productiveness of a working group becomes lesser as much work is not carried out on a bandha (strike day) and the work timings become flexible. Some deny using their private transportation specially a four wheeler drive because of less security on the roads. Even the motorbikes are seen lesser in number as compared to a holiday. It is definitely because there are fewer people ready to defy bandha. Since public transportation do not ply, the everyday wages earned by the drivers as their only earning source gets blocked and it also gets difficult for people to reach different destinations. Many other people who live on their everyday earnings lead a hard life and since the industries are semi-closed the economy of a day is at the lowest. Undoubtedly, the most affected people are the tourists and the ones who travel on that date. It becomes complicated to get to the airport and more difficult when people have to visit hospitals during emergency situations. Nevertheless, there are situations when the goods are stopped at the country borders because of the strike.
Who calls for a strike and how successful is it: – This has been a puzzle for many. Most of us do not know who has called for the strike and the news spreads faster making the strike day powerful. Since we do not know what to expect on that day, we keep juggling our minds on taking our vehicles on the road or not. It all depends on the number of cars and bikes on the road, the lesser number, the strike becomes successful. Imagine a situation where everyone is independent and each one of us defy the strike by plying our vehicles; it would be a normal working day if it happens.
As much as each one of us is confused if it is a bandha or not we have the fear of the happenings if we challenge the bandha. We cannot let this scare threaten us and we need to stand for what belongs to us, which gets us thinking, what should we expect from the constitution this time, which has been delayed since years?
