INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...220

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN…. 220

Dr K Prabhakar Rao


(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are walking on Hyderabad roads. They are at Basheer Bagh crossing . They find many people dancing on the road while crackers are being burst. Band also is being played)

Gandhi. Look Patel. What is going on? Why this merry making?

Patel. Bapu, Don’t you know? Kadapa election results are out.

Gandhi. What happened? There was great tension everywhere.

Patel. What else can happen? Jagan won with hands down. He got more than 5 lakh majority.

Gandhi (throws his hands into air and does fast jig) Yeah.. Yeah.. That was great indeed.

Nehru. Bapu, Are you with Jagan?

Gandhi. Iam with none. I am appreciating the great winner. Winning must be like this. Nor scraping through. It was a convincing win.

Patel. The AP government has been white washed. The CM has lost his face along with his coterie.

Gandhi. Why so?

Patel. All these days he left no stone unturned in the state to ensure defeat of Jagan. He sent nearly 18 ministers and many Ms LA and all the district administration was sent on leather hunt by his.

Gandhi. Why he should do that?

Patel. This is the way elections work in India.

Gandhi. Haa..haaa.. Is this democracy?

Patel. Bapu. Many candidates lost deposit. They are hiding faces now. They boasted high at top of voice.

Gandhi. Why this wind fall win for Jagan?

Patel. There is great sympathy factor for Jagan in his state. His mother too won with great margin. She bull dozed all.

Gandhi. Now what will happen?

Patel. What can happen. The CM, his coterie. Congress state president, High command and Chidambaram will suck their fingers for rest of their lives.

Patel. Better I hide my thumb and Bapu you also hide your thumb..

Gandhi. Patel. But these nuts were shouting that Jagan is finished and he will loose badly and they started a campaign against him.

Patel. Nothing worked . They went for a six.

Gandhi. That was good lesson for congress for persecuting Jagan. He was hounded out of the party.

Patel. Bapu, have you heard this? Every leader now says that they accept people’s verdict, as if he has some choice. These guys are just nuts and pose as if they are great democrats. They are just crap and opportunists of first order.

Gandhi. What else they can do? They jolly well do it. ( I do not want too say bloody well) Do you think they have a choice? To say these words it is a joke. They say as if they are clean and great democrats and parliamentarians. Most of them came up being street politicians and street shady men.. More over the CM declares it as a dark day as if only his candidate should win. Only he wins whom people like and vote for. Will people vote for some one because CM says he should win. Haa..haaa..haa..heee..hee

Patel. Bapu, Indira Gandhi once had a choice. She imposed emergency when she lost court case at Allahabad.

Gandhi. I know. It was a do or die for her. But these characters can not do any thing. What they can do except suck their thumbs as you said.

Patel. Any how it looks the state will get into trouble. Jagan has been saying that he would pull down govt soon. He is finding difficult because Telugu Desam party is supporting Congress govt against his moves.

Gandhi. How long Chadrababu will do?If he does he will loose his ground.

Patel. Iam sure slowly the MsLA will turn to Jagan and desert CM. Then it will fall.

Gandhi. That will be a great fun. Musical chars will start. Patel. I have a sixth sense that the present CM will be shown the door as he has goofed up things in this leection. Jagan won with such great majority. What face he can show to Madam Sonia?

Patel. True. Probably he will go on wild goose chase and leather hunt.

Gandhi. Let him enjoy. He had enough. Then who can become CM
Patel. It is left to high command. There is no inner party democracy in Congress party. These guys will leave every thing to high command. They have no voice of their own. They are mere puppets and dance to tune of Delhi. Like this.. see Bapu

( Patel acts as if he is a puppet and dances singing)

I am a puppet of high command
And I have no voice of my own
I jump like a clown from a circus
Whenever a string is pulled under my gown

I dance this way and that way
And I behave like a comedy clown
Entire state laughs at me with wide teeth
While my faculties are buried deep down

Hee.heee,,heee ..hee
Haa..haaa..haaa.hhaa
Oh..Oh..Ohh..Oh..Ohh..Oh
Ou..Ou..Ou Ou..ou..ou

Gandhi. ( Claps ) Very good Patel. What a dance and song too!.

Nehru. You guys, Can’t you better speak something different?

Patel. Look Punditji. This is the hottest topic now. Plesae you also take part

Nehru. Better I keep quiet than indulge in all shit talk.

Patel. Better Relax. Bapu. Punditji is getting upset. Let us go.

Gandhi. That is fine. Let us go.

( The trio walks away singing Ram Ras bares re manwa……)