[ LETTER TO NEWSPAPERS]
D-504 Purvasha
Mayur Vihar 1
Delhi 110091
29 December 2003
Dear Editor,
While the Sangh Parivar has every right to observe the death of Kushabhau
Thakre in any way it pleases, Madhya Pradesh has no business to arrange
a state funeral and declare two days of mourning for a person who was neither
an elected representative there nor a constitutional functionary. This is
misuse of public resources for private purposes. The waste will become far
greater because the state's economy will come to a halt for a day.
Although on paper we are a democracy and a republic, under the Sangh Parivar
dispensation the trappings of monarchy have returned. Narendra Modi's second
swearing-in was a regal affair attended by both the Prime Minister and the
Deputy Prime Minister (who will, naturally, also witness the cremation of
the late Mr. Thakre); and the recent swearings-in of Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan were also modelled after the circus of ancient Rome
and the late Shri Hitler's rally at Nuremberg.
Yours truly,
Mukul Dube
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[See Related report:
Thakre cremated with full state honours
http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/30/stories/2003123003961100.htm ]
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