Most of the people are not fans of harthal. And most of them who like harthals, like it for a totally wrong reason, with a mindset of enjoying yet another hoilday. Yes, the problem is with the people's mindset. They are not aware of the need to protest in democratic country like India. If the Govt is let free to rule the nation as per their will and pleasure, without any sort of protest from the people, then I dont think there any meaning for just electing the persons who are to dictate terms with us. Harthal is not to harm the people, its the people's protest against the Govt. I know, violence and destruction are not the methods to protest, but, shutting up the mouth and sitting idle won't make any difference.
I accept the fact that the people lost faith in this because of its continuos usage. The political parties must be careful to use the weapons of protest like harthal judiciously. But still, the strike we observe today, its for a good cause. Its not for a single political party or an organisation, its for the whole nation, the people. Many may suffer due to loss of wages for this single day, but what will be the effect of the increase in petrol price? The auto and taxi drivers, bus owners, middle and lower class people with vehicles are the immediate ones who will suffer. But soon the inflation rate will go up, the prices of all the essential commodities will go up including rice, vegetables, etc and it will spread like wild fire. Just think of that long term suffering.
Dont turn your backs on the people who protest, the people who raise their voice against injustice, because, our nation, India, needs that...
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