Within days of PM Modi announcing cessation of INR 500, and
1000 notes as legal tenders, politicians and media persons from every nook and
cranny of our vast country got busy in to letting us know, how we have been
subjected to great ‘inconvenience’ by the PM!
True, we have had to wait outside banks for long hours, we
have had to forego some of our shopping plans, we have had to go for austerity
in family celebrations et al. So, they are factually right. We have been ‘inconvenienced’!
Then, why did PM Modi did it? Does he stand to gain (politically) by ‘inconveniencing’
people? At best, it may turn people against him, then, why did he do it? When I
started thinking around these questions, another question popped up in my mind –
is he the first PM to put his countrymen in to ‘inconvenience’?
Confused? Seek guidance from history!
And, that’s what I did. I found plethora of examples when
great leaders of India have resorted to measures wherein ‘inconvenience’ of
people was not only unavoidable, it was asked for! And, Indians responded to
the call.
During the 1965 war, PM Lal Bahadur Shastri appealed for
keeping fast. Not even adults, there are stories of even children responding to
his call. PM Modi has asked for 50 days of time, PM Lal Bahadur Shastri did not
know and could not promise any time frame! Yet Indians sided with him. PM Lal
Bahadur Shastri did not have to explain the reason to his populace as it was
auto vivid, PM Modi may not even be in a position to disclose the full (classified)
reasons to his countrymen!
What fee do you think he is entitled to charge us – 50 days of ‘inconvenience’!
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