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ShareBanglore: The 13-day political crisis in the state is showing no signs of ending. With chief minister BS Yeddyurappa busy in retaining his chair and MLAs ensconced in the comfort of luxury resorts in Hyderabad, the people of the state are fuming, with many expressing their disappointment in public.
More than 200 youth staged a procession and burnt effigies of rebel leaders Karunakara Reddy and Janardhana Reddy near Jyotipura in Bangalore Rural district. "It is time we end the dominance of money in politics and frame rules to ensure that no individual with money power can hold the state or a nation to a political ransom. It is time we keep check on selfish and irresponsible leaders," said Vijay Kumar, who led the protest.
Similar protests are being held across the state, with people venting their ire strongly against the leaders responsible for the political crisis in Karnataka.
The Vigilant Citizens of Sagar taluk in Shimoga district went a step ahead in their protest and filed a complaint with the police, requesting them to trace their MLA Beluru Gopalakrishna, who is now holidaying in a private hotel in Hyderabad as part of the group that is supporting the Reddys.
The youth of Davangere also staged a novel protest. They collected liquor bottles, bangles, slippers, chicken and donations in coins as 'relief aid' for the MLAs who are away in a luxury hotel, at a time when over two crore people who have been affected by the floods, are living on the streets without food and water, awaiting government aid.
Such novel protests are turning into a daily affair, especially in the flood-affected districts.
While the MLAs are waiting for a solution to the political crisis, Yeddyurappa is seeing his authority being eroded by the day in his bargains with the Reddys in Delhi.
With the fissures within the party high command, what with senior patriarch Vajpayee almost vanishing from active politics, LK Advani on his way out and national president Rajnath Singh lacking real authority to wield the whip, the crisis is prolonging without any signs of a healthy end.
"It is a tragedy for the state of Karnataka that those people in power are engaged in a bargain for power. All this happening at a time when the state is crying for governance and quick aid for the flood-affected people of North Karnataka. The people of Karnataka will teach these irresponsible political leaders a sound lesson in the next elections," feels Rajiv Gowda, IIMB professor and political analyst.
