When someone as educated as an agri scientist feels the need to pick up arms to be heard, it is time to realise that an important threshold has been breached. It is common for writers and singers to feel empathetic to the cause of the downtrodden. But when an agri scientist who could've just spent his life in the relative comfort of a clean lab, no doubt exposed to the hardships of farmers as part of his work, is convinced that the frustrating deafness of govt officials can only be rectified with gun powder, it is reasonable to expect that the same response from other intellectuals. This means that the reason for the violence will be acceptable to well educated people not guilessly driven by ideologue.
And that is not good news.
There is an urgent need to quickly address the underlying concerns of the distressed people, and arresting those voices who will be heard by these poeple is not recommended. As PM, I would begin massive development programs to reach out and benefit the gruntled populace in these areas. Arrests only aggravate the feeling of repression, fuelling the violence.
This is a development issue, and the only solution is to increase govt reach in the hinterlands. And it is quite shameful to admit that there still are areas that no govt official dare venture. This needs to change with a massive push into the country side, installing schools and hospitals in every village, and providing roads and electricity.
Our politicians have failed the citizens. And our citizens are blind to this fact.
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