My Scribbling Pad

April witnessed shoes throw against 4 leaders, latest victim being the Prime minister of the country, Manmohan Singh.

This season’s Shoe throw series in India was opened by a journalist Jarnail Singh  to protest against the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s reply on his question on CBI’s clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh riots case.A journalist who has a mightier PEN with him needed the help of shoes to protest and PC told he had “forgiven” the journalist. He was let free just after a brief detention and he showed that in democratic India “Shoes are mightier than pen“. It worked and people in India accepted throwing shoes as the effective way to express their views.

The same uncivilized method was followed by a 62-year-old retired school teacher Rajmal Singh Saharan in Haryana when he hurled his shoes against Congress MP Naveen Jindal   ‘to protest’ against Congress’ policies.Police took him in custody and moved him out of the rally.

The third shoe throw was against BJP Leader L K Advani by former Katni district president of BJP, Pawas Agarwal, who was angry with party leadership for removing him from his post due to groupism within the party.The police booked him under Sections 151 (knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the IPC.

Latest in the list is the shoe throw against PM Manmohan Singh by an engineering student during an election rally in Ahmedamad.He is taken to custody and the security personnel are questioning him.Prime Minister has advised not to lodge any F.I.R against the culprit and opted to forgive him for his action.So, he will also be freed without any punishment.

What should we learn from these incidents?

We can also throw shoes at any person, for any reason whether it be to show our personal anger or to get publicity or anything and no case will be filed against us for this??

If there were no laws and no punishments no man will be good.It is not a good way to forgive a person for an uncivilized activity because this will encourage others(who are depressed of the political system in the biggest democratic country and who don’t find a way to protest;who know that even if we cast our vote or not, we are common donkeys) also to do the same.

It is the fundamental right of an Indian to express his views in democratic India but it is shameful to see civilized people expressing their view in an uncivilized way.It’s disgrace!!It’s is damaging the reputation of our India.