The day has been full of activity , so many events , so many actions , orations and gatherings. The country is going through turmoil. While seeing the television , I went in to a trance and then ……
In front , appeared the minister of home affairs , ‘ Sir ’ , he said , ‘We are in great trouble , sir ’ .
‘What happened ?’ I asked
‘There are no rooms available , sir ’ informed the anxious home minister.
‘Which rooms are you talking about , Mr Home Minister ? ’ I asked.
‘Rooms in the prison , sir . Already thousands are lodged inside and court has sentenced few hundreds more sir . As on today lot many cases are in the process , sir .’ The home minister was in panic .
‘And the way the honorable courts are delivering the judgments , sir , soon we will have no place in the prison sir .’ Said the home minister in a trembling voice.
‘Are there so many criminals this time of the year !’, I was astonished .
‘No and yes sir . Not usual criminals , they are all our respected , honorable , elected politicians who committed various scams , sir , coal gate , 2 G , 3 G , common wealth , Adarsh scam , Fodder scam , MBBS admission scandal , defense purchases scandal and there are many more under the carpet , sir. Then there are politicians jailed for instigating riots , sir,’ replied home minister.
‘ Few of the religious gurus with their followers are also lodged in the jail , sir ’ the minister reminded me.
I too was worried . With so many scams , so many politicians of different hues and shades , so many religious swamis and gurus , I am sure we shall need to create more prisons.
The home minister continued further increasing my worry ,
‘Now there is one more problem, sir . Five hard core militants have escaped from prison, sir .’
‘Very good ‘. I replied .
‘ Now we can have these five rooms for politicians .’
‘But once we catch those militants , where will we lodge them ,sir ?’
‘Easy , we will keep them in the homes of those police officers whose negligence resulted in their escape ,’ I replied.
‘There is one more problem. sir .’ there was no end to his worries.
‘Now what ? ‘ I asked .
‘These political prisoners are asking for separate prison , sir , one for Secular politicians and other for Communal ones, sir . How can we have such different prisons, sir ?’ The confused Home Minister asked me .
‘ I am also getting enquiry from various political parties about vacancy of good prison rooms , they want to book rooms for their leaders in advance just in case they need these in future !’ I revealed the secret.
‘ Sir , in next session of parliament , these political parties are going to bring prison reform bill , sir.’ The home minister continued ,
‘ As per their wish and connections , we need to provide them with good air conditioned room , good food , personal attendants , pan, tobacco , television , mosquito nets , mobile and a mike , sir .’ said the minister .
‘ Why mike ? ’ it was my turn to be surprised .
‘ All these honorable politicians are in habit of speaking in a mike . Without mike , their tummy gets bloated sir ’, he replied .
‘No need to worry, our honorable president shall quash their hopes . But Mr Home minister , why are you asking me all these ? ’ I asked .
‘Sir , you are the prime minister of this country , sir .’ He looked confused .
‘Oh NO, NO, NO ! I do NOT want to be the Prime Minister .’ I shouted loudly.
‘Wake up papa , don’t dream. ’ I got a push from my daughter . I woke up and found that there was telecast of another scam .
I profusely thanked the God , fortunately I am not the Prime Minister of this scam land !
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