de royal motorcades of our ministers

de royal motorcades of our ministers...!

ON account of me residing at Trivandrum YMCA , secratariate- the power centre of my state is at an arms distance and i have been bestowed upon with the rare opportunity of shrugging my shoulders with the whoose who of kerala politics.Lately i seem to be identifying them with their convoys as the commuter in me seems hard hit by the gimmicks they poke at the public in the capital.The very sight of a state car with the flag on the bonnet and a red light on its top sends a chill down my spine .Their convoy meets me at each junction of the city, blocks my road the every other day,makes sure i wander all around the city and provide me 'moving' examples of utter wastage of the tax payers money.

Once i met this constable on duty with a minister who told me that most ministers have no idea on how to drive a car let alone its basic working.Nor do they seem to have backgrounds that accustomed them to the laps of luxury cars.Even die hard anti capitalists in the present communist govt: wander around in german and american made cars.Ambassodors were once the unchallenged carriers of keralas political heavyweights.But then those were the times that the mere concept of cars was identified with the elite.Our learders have changed faster than the times and it seems that even the general public have accepted seeing their leaders in Skodas and Toyotas.
Im sure you would have noted that however expensive the car is,the colour is inevitably a very modest white.At least the colour of the car symbolises virtues virtually absent in their actual lives.


Who cares if our ministers cant drive?Its for that they have smart young and energetic drivers all draped in white who can shame even F1 drivers with their speed and rally drivers with their traffic sense.In Trivandrum ,if you hear a rude, jarring, irrational and never ending horn from your rear,its only normal to conclude that a dutiful minister is hurrying to complete his 'democratic duties'.The evident arrogance the drivers present with evidently stems from the VIP status of their belowed passengers.
There is this old story of a donkey who believed that it is him the people respect when he carries his master.Considering the rashness that these drivers have inculcated into their steering wheels,its time to conclude donkeys have finally beat someone on brains.

In sync with the now famous dual face character of our politicians,the new age mantra of image building seems to be one of limiting all luxuries to the time spent at the capital so as to prepare for a head to foot makeover of modesty while at home constituencies.Why not use a D segment car while in Trivandrum,as long as an ambassodor epitomising rock bottom simplicity accompanies you in front of people destined to run you another term in the assembly???
Railways seem to be the best way to return to home especially after a sensational part of ones political career be it after assuming or resigning say a ministers office or be it after making or breaking yet another party.What better publicity than assembling thousands of supporters at a space supposed to be used for public conveyance and holding scores of passengers virtually hostaged?


An average estimate of policemen accompanying ministerial level programmes are estimated at around 12-15.The no: seems to increase the every other day a new policy is done as for sure a protest is in the waiting.The motorcades are blocked and blackflagged many a time in one of the most politically conscious states in the country where eneryone holds an opinion on everything.
This may be the one of the rare occasions when our politicians who order hartals and bandhs for each and every shit happening gets a taste of their own medicine.Let the motorcades function at least as to register public anger.


If der was any reason i want to be a minister, it is for the free will at which you can flex,break and bypass all those traffic rules.Imagine if you would never be stopped at a signal,all roads would remain open in any direction, the policemen at each junction salutes you and you can park anywhere on earth,what more would you need for ultimate salvation?
Inspite of all the hassles made,one cant forget the PM's convoy losing its way in Trivandrum in a 2008 visit then ascribed to be a fault of the driver of the pilot vehicle and was considered a major security breach.

if only, our ministers were as unstoppable as der motorcades....!