Kumaraswamy Lets Papa Decide
Or, abbreviated, KLPD in Karnataka. For Yediyurappa, atleast.
Read on carefully. This post reveals two startling facts, albeit digressive. The first, Ram isn’t fictional. The second, he exists among us.
For those of you who remember the epic (or atleast, the Amar Chitra Katha versions), they might remember Kumbhakarna, the demon rakshasa that slept for six months at a stretch, while the affairs of the state were looked after by others. When he did wake up, of course, he ended up being hungry as hell, eating anything possible in his vicinity.
Just to prove that the Ramayana ought to be classified under the genre we know as non-fiction, Kumbhakarna still exists today. Put the dots together - who do you know, who sleeps all the time when the state was managed by others? Who do you know just woke up hungry (or hungrier) for power - the same demon that wasn’t even in the picture when the previous leader was elected?
Why, H. D. Devegowda of course.
There you go - Valmiki didn’t make it all up, there is a Kumbhakarna after all - in flesh, blood and bone amongst us, so there must be a Ram somewhere too. What it also does prove, is that Karunanidhi is full of shit - although the last statement didn’t really require a testimonial.
On with affairs of the state, then?
We all know that, in the recent past, Vidhana Soudha’s inhabitants have been - er - substandard, to say the least. S. M. Krishna got his geography wrong - he simply mistook Bangalore for Karnataka. Dharam Singh never understood first-grade geography anyhow, so he decided to change it, rechristening the city, as Bengalooru was reborn. And when HD was elected, it was initially promising. First, big-daddy Gowda keeps away from limelight – the son wasn’t exactly following in the father’s footsteps. Soon, namma metro materialized (atleast, on paper, although they’ve been rummaging through the city as if it were a garage sale).
It did seem that Gowda Sr. was keeping away from the son’s rise. Not anymore, though. Looks like appa’s been batting for the maga as the supremo’s been calling all the shots.
Like the average Bangalorean who woke up today to this bit of disgusting news, I’m not too disappointed - I’m in splits. We all need to learn to laugh at ourselves anyway, especially when the government ends up getting into a mess like it has now. With Devegowda, I thought that politics can’t get dirtier, but here he is taking it to an all-time low.
I wonder what’s going to happen now. Certainly looks like the BJP have pulled out, the same way a participant would pull out of a threesome, considering that the existing setup is indeed screwing the state, almost literally. What next? Congress coalition? More polls?
In other news last night, Sadashivnagar (the bit of Bangalore where most ministers live, including the Gowda kin and kith) remained in the dark. Looks like BESCOM didn’t enjoy the JD(S) decision too much, and pulled out a plug or two.
Things that people do these days with power. As they would say in this city, kallaru nanna makkulu …
