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October 20, 2004
Veerappan dead, politicians safe!
And there comes an end to the forest brigand Veerappan after 17 years of existence in the deep jungles of Sathyamangalam. The charges against him were - he smuggled sandalwoods, killed few policemen and some 300 elephants. Hats off to the policemen who put their lives at stake in gunning him down, and also to JJ for the impressive package she announced for the 265 cops involved the operation. But there remains a gray area, which goes unanswered in the whole process. What made Veerappan to indulge in such a terrifying life? And if at all he made a fortune by selling those sandalwoods and elephant tusks - for whom did he save the money for, when he himself was not living a lavish life nor did he have a family to support.
As rightly said in one of the Tamil movies (Captain Prabhakaran) that this kind of people are created, supported and harnessed by none other than our own politicians who roam around freely undisputed. .
300 elephants and few policemen are meager numbers when compared to the 1000s of Indians who die in communal clashes instigated by our own parliamentarians. They are respected; they live their lives King size, and are voted again and again to power just because we don’t have many options to choose from. As rightly said - democracy is all about choosing a better rascal from the worst.
One good thing the police did was they killed Veerappan on the spot and didn’t waste their time in arresting him. If they had caught him alive, I am sure, many a political faces would have come to fore.
Surely, I am neither a supporter of Veerappan, nor do I belong to his gang – but the truth remains that he isn’t worse than our politician who got elected the 3rd time as a party president, who himself was present at Babri Masjid’s scene motivating people to demolish the holy place. And also Veerappan was surely better than the CM who personally wanted more Muslims to die in one of the communal clashes.
There are BIGGER criminals clad in white sitting in our parliament!
Posted by Kenni at October 20, 2004 09:18 AM