Ramdas Athawale, currently the Social Justice Minister
(whatever that means) , known more for his ridiculous clothing and equally
ridiculous poetry than his political leadership qualities, has come up with his
latest cringeworthy statement.
Mr Athawale, though we are accustomed to having a good laugh
over your nonsense utterances, this time your nonsense has really gone far.
Agreed that most of our civilians know nothing about the armed forces other
than subsidized liquor and canteen facility, and we expect nothing better from
the likes of great men like you, but demeaning the armed forces publicly like
this is certainly not acceptable. Lets break down your sorry rantings to
analyse them:-
“We have been demanding
reservations for the Dalit youth in Army, Navy and Air Force because the
community is a fighter and ready to make the supreme sacrifice for the nation,”
The armed forces are not some stupid organization like your
party where just about anyone from the town drunk to Rakhi Sawant can join. The honour, the spirit (the only spirit you
know is alcohol, but I’m not referring to that kind of spirit) and the dignity
which a soldier upholds , for which he joins the service cannot be understood
by people like you, whos thinking begins with reservation and ends with
entitlement. The Indian armed forces is comprised of soldiers coming from
everywhere in India. And anyone who tries to categorize them by religion and
caste is a lowlife. Supreme sacrifice for the nation is not made by asking for
reservations, it can made by only someone who is lion hearted. Do you mean to
say that there is no one from the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes in the
army? Or that none of them has ever sacrificed themselves wearing the uniform?
You are demeaning the very people you claim to represent and love. We do not
need you to remind us of the valour of Bhils in Rana Pratap’s army, Kunbis in
Chhatrapati Shivaji’s army , or of Holkars and Shindes who were a power by
themselves. People like you have been working overtime to create ‘dalit’
identity separate from Hinduism but forget that most still hold on to their
Hindu identity proudly. People who beg for votes and cabinet berths can never
understand that a uniform cannot be bought. Only a few can earn it.
“In fact, more people lose
their lives in road accidents and due to heart attack, so the Dalit youth
should not think that going to the Army is equal to getting martyred,”
People dying in
road accidents either die due to their or others mistakes, stupidity or
recklessness. . In army, the soldiers
die for protecting the nation, to protect people like you to sleep peacefully
and dream of rum and write stinking poetry.
Army is NOT like
most jobs in state govt or central govt
where one gets awarded for inefficiency and can play the caste card to get
selected/promoted. There can be no reservation for selecting the protector of
the country. The spirit and passion to brave anything in the line of duty
cannot be measured by reservation and quota nonsense.
“Instead of consuming country-made liquor, the Dalit youth should join the
Army where rum is available and they will also get good food to eat.”
By saying this, you have painted the entire communities that
come into the dalit fold in the country
as country liquor drinking freeloaders who join a service to get free food and
cheap freebies. For your information, you have insulted them more than any
‘manuvadi’ or ‘upper caste’ that you and your likes love to abuse at the drop
of the hat. Noone is a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian in the armed forces.
Noone is a Brahmin, Rajput, Maratha, Jat or Dalit in the armed forces. Everyone
is just a soldier, who does his
thankless job for ungrateful people who remember him only in case of natural
disasters or wars.
Leaders like you Mr Athawale, are the product of a society
which keeps on crying about its rights but never even once talks about its
duties. I hope that this article reaches you and someone reads and explains it
to you. You may or may not understand most of it, but understand one thing:-
You are free to make a fool of yourself, but you aren’t free to insult the
armed forces.
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