call for a bandh is a peaceful way of showinf protest against unjustified socio-political issue-discuss?

Question

give emphasis on the recent strike called out in India by Mamata.....

Answer 1

sorry i dont agree with you, bandh brings loss of money to normal people,harressment for travellers, and a front page photo in news paper!
it brings a holiday to kids and good break from work to people who already dont want to work... ! with , so many bandhs mostly in kolkata, strike has lost its call at all, instead people from other region laugh at us, do u really think these bandh do any effect on people it targets to! i think going on hunger strike or giving dharna on gate of the targeted ones is better option, why to hamper so much money disturb so many people! its horrible.

Answer 2

Bengalis and Keralites have a particular liking to bandhs and hartals. Because these two societies/states are widely influenced by Marxist/Communist thinking. I have noticed that, the people these two states enjoy thoroughly the bandh and hartal days. While bandh supporters will be burning and smashing down government and private properties alike(sadism?) the ordinary people will be sitting in front of the TV with the best food and drink.
Communist parties in India have specialised wings to ensure that the normal life of the people will be affected on those days. Activists disrupts transportation, close down shops, pelts stones at the buildings and if possible set fire to vehicles. There are specialised obedient party men to do these works for the party.
Really such a party has to rule this country.
Mamata is a product of Bengal. She cannot think differently.
Kerala is stagnated in economic development because of the policies of these left parties. His toothpaste is coming from the North India, his rice is coming from Andhra Pradesh, his poultry and vegetables are coming from Tamil Nadu and Kartanaka, his clothes are coming from the North and ......
Then what do u produce in Kerala?
Children to become the members of the Unemployed youth.
Children to become the tools of the left parties.
Children to become the targets of the sex-maniacs.
Children to become a part of this unfortunate state.

Answer 3

I agree with you that bandh is a peaceful expression of public opinion in a democratic society. It should be a voluntery one and by convincing the people their participation should be encouraged. But off late political partie siwth the help of unruly elements forcing the people to observe bandh, which is disturbing very democratic spirit itself. So people started to distance themselves from bandhs.

We can not compare Mamata's agitation with such unruly agitations being organised by other parties. She has certainlly masses support. Thats only whe is able to stand against unruly left rule like a rock.

Answer 4

Bandh literally aims to prevent any activity going on in an area, regardless of the inconvenience and damages of sorts to so many citizens - the hospital staff, patients, the job seeker -interview goer and so forth...As such it is not peaceful way... it creates anxiety and consternation around, to so many innocent people...

The bandhs of all sorts are often much misused to pressurise decision makers appointed legally by democratic means to do what they consider to be in the best interests of people who have elected / appointed them...

If any person / group / organisation has genuine fears about the veracity of the measures sought to be implemented, they can speak in meetings, write in the journals and adopt such approaches that will not affect the general social activities in an area...

The issues sought to be fought against in this way are often not in the over all interest of all... but in the interest of select group or organisational interests ... to put it mildly... to gain personal popularity or even prevent the rulers from implementing good schemes that were likely to make them more popular (by raising unfounded fears among people)... Of course I am talking in general and I have no details to discuss about Ms Mamtaji's bandh or fast please..

I recall an artilce I read years ago (1989?) in the Rural Development Journal in which findings of a Ph.D scholar in Karnataka was published on the emerging Panchayat leadership pattern or something like that... the study revealed that in a big panchayat where multiple parties won and the majority party run the administration, the opposition always created hurdles in the implementation of every good scheme and even incited vested interests among people to destroy the structures created to spoil the name of the ruling group.... While in another village where a single traditional leader - a benevolent despot - always won 100% votes for his group and implemented all good programmes successfully... The study put the question if democracy emphasising active participation of multiple groups was effective against the authoritarian system of old (where the leader would always do some solid good to retain his hold on the people)...He however gave pseudo names for the panchayats studied to avoid problems from the politicians..

The satyagraha methods like fasting and non cooperation are only fit for leaders of pristine purity like Gandhiji...Once pressmen asked Rajaji why he was not undertaking a fast to fight imposition of Hindi in the south (he originally was for uniform language in the country but later supported people who wanted English to continue).. He is on record as saying that fasting and satyagraha are not just matters of convenience but should be prompted by one's conscience (meaning his conscience did not permit that approach for the particular issue)...

Where more logical approaches could serve the ends, leaders should not resort to coersive tactics to achieve their ends...If every leader wanted only his perception of issues to be considered, then no programmes could be implemented and only fasts and bandhs will be the order of the day...