My Dear Enemies Of Open Society,
Namaskar.
I hope my communication emanating from a contemplative intellect in a pensive mood, reaches you all in the best state of your intellectual health and well-being.
Hitherto, you all have been vociferously vocal about imposing complete ban on conducting OPINION POLLS few weeks and days before elections. The demand and it’s rising decibel, remind me of the ill-famed Press Censorship imposed by the then PM Indira Gandhi and her notorious I & B Minister VC Shukla to throttle free flow of thoughts, criticisms, admirations, jibes and jabs in a vast democratic country like our’s. To say the least, your demand betrays your extremely perverted intellect, criminal mentality obsessed with nefarious intentions. You were very much in power in New Delhi when Assembly elections in the state of Karnataka were on and all opinion polls predicted your victory. Then you were very much enjoyed those prognostications, rather went ga ga over them. Where were your stinking arguments then, which you all are busy floating around now, now that the Chariots of Fire charioteered by Shri Narendra Modi is poised to burn down your ivory towers of corruption, plunder and treachery against the nation ? Where were you all then, my dear enemies of open society ? Why only now you find so many dangers lurking around in the form of opinion polls to the values and ideals of democracy, cherished by you all ?
Similarly, years ago when the then PM Rao was accused of being complicit in St. Kitts forgery case and his plea for anticipatory bail was rejected, Devendra Dwivedi observed ominously, “In fact, the development constitutes a setback for the whole democratic process in the country.” So, whenever you all are threatened and cornered, entire democracy is threatened !! Is it that your democracy and enemies of open society like you all are two sides of the same coin ?
Just as you keep chanting in every matter, let the law take it’s own course, why don’t you allow opinion polls to take their own course ? If these are wrong, unrepresentative, absurd as you all declare, let that be so. Just ignore them. Freedom of expression is a gift of the Absolute Cosmic Authority which no one can snatch from anyone. Those who ever attempted to snatch away such a gift from anyone, soon met their terrible nemesis. Battle for establishing dominance of a liberal, free mind engaged in exchanging thoughts uninterruptedly, has always been won by the forces patronising an open society. They have NEVER been defeated so far barring occasional hiccups when these appeared to be subdued momentarily.
Enemies of open society MUST read and understand writing on the wall of time, that we have to move forward to more freedom of expression in public life if another dawn is to be welcomed instead of twilight of our democracy. Intellectual enrichment is a continuous phenomenon as it’s vitality is hidden in it’s continuity. It is a continuous voyage into the Unexplored Realms of wisdom and never a safe harbour to be anchored to. If restricted or constrained in any manner, process of diminution and decrepitude sets in immediately before meeting it’s rigor mortis.
Welcome opinion polls wholeheartedly as a good democrat, as an enlightened citizen of our country to ensure, dynamism of our thriving democratic polity is preserved intact.
I am always,
Entirely your’s,
Ramakant Tiwari
