Gandhi has used it very repeatedly during Independence war, created awareness among the public. Similarly Potti Sriramulu has used it to get Andhra formation from Madras state by doing fast for 58 days continuously and finally sacrificed his life for its cause.
There was no great publicity (of course no great media channels like now) – those days for them, no violence associated with it, no exchange of war of words between groups. More than anything else they did not gain personally anything.
But now-a-days it has become fashion and politics in AP
KCR started last year on 30th Nov 2009 – created havoc in the state and system
· Violence erupted across Telangana – subsequently later in Andhra after 9th Dec
· Universities became like war zones.
· Student leaders thinking themselves as future politicians – became militants
· Innocent and poor academic students – lost their education.
· Emotional students committed suicide for the cause of these dirty politicians tricks.
· But everyone knows that KCR did real fasting hardly for 2 days and the rest of the 8 days he has lived on fluids nicely.
Recently Chandra Babu Naidu started this drama as if he is the champion of Farmers. His intentions are very clear
· He was picturised as anti-farmer successfully by YSR and Congress during 2004 elections. Thus he lost the power.
· He was branded as IT Savvy guy and opposition parties have used for their benefits
· To get eradicated this – he started this fast unto death to grant aid to the farmers.
· TDP has created havoc during this period and no one knows what for the fast, what is the end and is it really practical to get the ambition to be fulfilled
· But for TDP and Naidu – the political mileage is important than the common man woes.
Then comes the child Jagan, who has done fast for 2 days
· He wanted to show that he can also do fast
· Wants to get credit ahead of Naidu.
· He could do only 48 hours
· It is more of his demonstration of strength – which he got only 50%
· He expected at least 50 MLAs will come and lakhs of public will turn out.
· But hardly 20+ MLAs came and thousands only turned to his meeting.
· He does not know what are the woes of Farmers – if he is really concerned – why can not he start donating the money to them?
· He is doing Odarpu for the so-called families who suffered due to YSR’s death – why cannot he do the same for the Farmers by offering Rs 1 lakh? – If he is really concerned?
Now the biggest joke of Deeksha is by Telangana Congress MPs and MLAs
· They lost the image to the bottom most
· Being in power – there is no meaning doing fasting at Hyderabad – let them go to Delhi and do before Sonia’s house
· Knowing pretty well that no separate state is coming – they are doing this drama to save their face.
· Both the Telangana supporters and united AP supporters should first pelt stones against these cunning, unemployed politicians and should make them run-away.
· Politicians like Keshava Rao, Sarve, Madhu, Damodar are like tigers in Hyderabad and become Cats in Delhi.
· This drama being enacted by the support of Central and state leadership – needs just few minutes to be exposed.
Now that the 31st December deadline is coming and Srikrishna commission going to submit its report to Chidambaram.
· Very sure that state is not going to be splitted immediately.
· Not sure of any such recommendation either
· But both the regions are going to burn
· The politicians, student union leaders, employee unions are all eagerly waiting to make state burn, recede back, become like old Bihar or Chhattisgarh with Naxalites hitting everywhere and anytime.
· The innocent students will lose academic studies and year
· Industry will be impacted and no investments
· Common man will be suffered with no safety and security.
· With repeated Bandhs, Dharnas and Deekshas – middle and poor class will suffer with economic depression.