Shravan is auspicious indeed. Fresh breezes are blowing as if they have come to cleanse the evil this time around; cynicism is dimmed in the festive fervour.
Yeddyurappa was waiting for the end of Ashada to step down. His resignation marked the beginning of Shravan, while flagging off the roller coaster.
You thought the corrupt will never be punished. Ask Katta Subramanya Naidu how he slapped his son sharing a cell with him in Parappana Agrahara for the wrongdoing that landed them in the central jail. He chided the son like a good father for being friends with bad guys. Katta Jagadish Naidu was a bum chum to Yeddyurappa’s sons and the grouse is that he is in the dragnet while the real beneficiaries of Itaska golmal are walking free.
The junior Katta could have reversed it on the senior because Subramanya Naidu’s friendship with Yeddyurappa was the beginning, while the chumminess of the juniors was just a beginning of the end.
But, Shravan has not spared the bad guys either. Yeddyurappa and sons will have to be present in the court with a bail application. If the application is rejected, they will meet their friends at Parapppana Agrahara before the end of Shravan.
The holy month has not even spared the enemy. H D Kumaraswamy, who spooked B S Yeddyurappa all along, has a good chance of shaking hands with him behind the bars. He along with his wife is facing the same fate of his erstwhile friend and current foe.
Amazingly, all happened on the same day,on Monday, when the new chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda formed his cabinet, stinking old juice in the brand new sachet. Kattas were sent to jail; Yeddyurappa and his relatives were summoned by the court in innumerable cases, Kumaraswamy was issued summons relating to illegal mining, same to same for his wife Anitha in a land scam.
Even Sadananda Gowda, who has come as a contrasting factor to corrupt Yedyurappa, resorted to a corrective measure on the day, on his personal account. Gowda is seen as comparatively honest, but the amalgamation of his BDA site with its adjacent one was illegal. The media reports on it coincided with his taking over as the chief minister, last week, and his corrective response came on the day when his fellow party man went to jail along with the son. His under construction building is partly demolished to correct the impropriety.
More remarkable thing is the isolation of the Reddys. The rulers of Bellary, who ruled the state for three years, were gnashing their teeth when Gowda was posing his trademark grin for the cameras at Rajbhavan, along with his new cabinet. The Lokayukta report on illegal mining has recommended for the removal of the Reddys from the cabinet and strict legal action against them. Now, they know they can't bite the CM, so they are grinding their teeth. But, it is unlikely to help them escape from a jail term.
This Shravan has also brought them a separation from their political mother. Sushma Swaraj will skip her Lakshmi Pooja at Reddys’ residence this time. Eyeing prime ministerial responsibilities she thought better distancing herself from the mining goons; sensible enough.
Exactly a year ago M P Prakash had said Sushma’s annual visit to Bellary was to collect Lakshmi from the Reddys, and the mining barons had cursed him back to death. The gentleman politician is no more now, but he is not turning in is grave for one reason at least: Sushma has dropped the programme of collecting the Lakshmi. And that is the biggest festival gift from the BJP leader to the people of Karnataka.
And don’t you have to thank Yeddy for all this? He was right in choosing the timing of his departure. He had said he would not do either good or bad thing in the month of Ashada, and would wait for Shravan for the good deed. He kept his promise and good things followed.
So, thank him and sing Aaya Sawan Jhoom Ke…
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