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Like the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil admitted, Raj Thackeray's arrest shows that government will not let anyone take law into his own hands. It was just that, a show! Why did it take the Maharashtra Government so much time to take any action? Why else has Raj Thackeray been granted bail sooner than later? Raj's arrest led to MNS goons blocking roads, pelting stones at buses damaging several vehicles and public property. It is certain that the State Government will wait until tempers cool to brush the incident under the carpet. We have the example of the Communist Government in West Bengal bending backwards to please Muslim arsonists to throw Taslima Nasreen out of the state. Then again, it was the fear of MIM goondas taking law into their own hands in Hyderabad that had led the Andhra Pradesh Government to acquiesce and quickly dispatch the firebrand writer out of the state.
The application of law has to be immediate for it to be effective. ‘McGregor’s Red Hot Stove Principle’ on application of law advocates that action against a defaulter must be immediate and without consideration of who the defaulter is – like anyone touching a red hot stove getting a burn almost immediately. Only then can law and order situation in the country be conducive for the common man to exist normally and without fear. Only then can the fear of law be instilled in politicians like Raj Thackeray who incited violence in Maharashtra by his outrageous statements, and Deputy Chief Minister RR Patil who has made a show of arresting him.
Delaying firm action only results in prolonging the life of a problem! It is a sign of weak governance to permit violence to be used as an effective tool for gaining media attention and the government to listen, and must be dealt with firmly and without any dithering by authorities that be.
Like the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil admitted, Raj Thackeray's arrest shows that government will not let anyone take law into his own hands. It was just that, a show! Why did it take the Maharashtra Government so much time to take any action? Why else has Raj Thackeray been granted bail sooner than later? Raj's arrest led to MNS goons blocking roads, pelting stones at buses damaging several vehicles and public property. It is certain that the State Government will wait until tempers cool to brush the incident under the carpet. We have the example of the Communist Government in West Bengal bending backwards to please Muslim arsonists to throw Taslima Nasreen out of the state. Then again, it was the fear of MIM goondas taking law into their own hands in Hyderabad that had led the Andhra Pradesh Government to acquiesce and quickly dispatch the firebrand writer out of the state.
The application of law has to be immediate for it to be effective. ‘McGregor’s Red Hot Stove Principle’ on application of law advocates that action against a defaulter must be immediate and without consideration of who the defaulter is – like anyone touching a red hot stove getting a burn almost immediately. Only then can law and order situation in the country be conducive for the common man to exist normally and without fear. Only then can the fear of law be instilled in politicians like Raj Thackeray who incited violence in Maharashtra by his outrageous statements, and Deputy Chief Minister RR Patil who has made a show of arresting him.
Delaying firm action only results in prolonging the life of a problem! It is a sign of weak governance to permit violence to be used as an effective tool for gaining media attention and the government to listen, and must be dealt with firmly and without any dithering by authorities that be.
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Raj has let down the secular credentials of a grate nation. It is time people threw out polititians with such narrow views. I think he is emulating Narendra Modi, after all, Modi's politics of hate has won him the election. But we the people have to introspect about what kind of values we uphold as a society. This hatered has to go. We have to turn towards peace and unity which is how we won our freedom.
Did Bal Gangadhar Tilak (a Maharashtrian) fight for the independence of Maharashtra? or for the independence of India? I think the authorities must take Mr. Raj to task without delay.
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