Chennai–Red Faced

 

I was literally shocked when the bus conductor told me that 30 rs ticket which can be used for a day’s travel is 50 rs now . Just to clarify , I asked him again , with a slight tinge of hope that my ears got them wrong , but I was proved there was nothing wrong with my hearing .  Looking at my deranged expression , the conductor offered some realization . He took out a small piece of paper from his pocket and showed me the changes in the ticket fare for each stop . He also claimed that he took them as notes as he couldn’t remember when his superiors informed him of the change . He finally finished with a big sigh indicating that he has been doing this for a lot of people since morning and he is bored .

Soon , other commuters started sharing their shock and expressed their distaste with the government’s decision . One man grunted that good things that are promised by the government haven’t reached the common man’s hands yet , but things like price hikes take only a day to get into action , strangling our throats . True Indeed , I sighed . This was the topic of discussion even in office . Most people I met yesterday were angry about this but no one wondered why . I did .

Enlightened about the fiscal matters of the government , after reading few news papers ,  I was convinced but not satisfied . Figures of overall losses reaching a mark of 1 lakh crore left back by the previous ruling party , the government was forced to take such a decision , mentioned a daily . The Center seems to have given a 22k crore as a revival package  for West Bengal but has rejected all the requests so far by our state – I wonder why .  All the figures and statistics is not going to matter for the common public . Making public transport and daily essentials like milk , red hot to touch , the mob is going to get awry . Trimming the wallets of those whose spend on movies and costly gym memberships is fine , because they can spend a little more , but not for the gen pop .

I began to think what the Ex-CM has to say about this and found this ,

“Officials had pressurized me for a price hike when I was in power . I refused to do so only because I’m a very kind-hearted person (Duh !!) . I now pity the people who voted her to power ” .

Now ! , what sort of a  statement is that . He is kind-hearted to leave such a huge debt for the public and all he can do now is feel pity for the people ??? Crap !!!! .

First the secretariat followed by the issue with school syllabus and Anna library and now this . With all the freebies that she promised yet to be distributed and no big positive reform so far , all that madam CM needs to do now , is provide the mob with a phenomenal distraction like some kind of improvement  , else the red-faced Chennaites are not going to change their color .