To everyone’s obvious relief Didi has ultimately called off her fast today a little after midnight. This was her 25th day of fasting, and now as she is admitted in a nursing home, all are hoping that she soon recovers. [Picture source]
Predictably, political analyses have started in right earnest as to whether her fast can bring her tangible results in foreseeable future.
Whatever that happens on account of her sacrifice, ordinary people like me only have some simple hopes for consideration of Bengal’s political class:
- Let agitational politics like bandhs and abarodhs be resorted to only in extreme cases, when there is public support too. For example, there was spontaneous outpouring of grief in many places when Indira Gandhi was assassinated in October, 1984.
- Let Bengal’s industrial revival be not obstructed at any cost. I’ve seen on TV many opposition leaders arguing that the LF government hasn’t done ‘anything’ for industry in the past 30 years.
While that without doubt is true to a large extent, let it not be the reason why the opposition must now stop industrialization in Bengal, that too at a time when things are really looking good.
On that note, let’s begin the new year looking forward to a Bengal with all its glory long overdue. And let’s again fervently wish that Didi becomes well soon.
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