Letter to Speaker

Dear Speaker Mr. Bopaiah,

I thought I write this letter to you because the kind of meeting we had in your office early in the morning on 01.08.2012.

On that day I was one among them who met you to discuss with the recent attack on home stay at Mangalore.  I hope you remember, I suspect this because on that day early in the morning, you seemed to be distracted with something and not in any position to understand who said what, and for some reason you were trying to attack me by making an allegation that I have said something, although I said nothing. I still wonder what has caused your anger that you reacted so violently in front of us without any reason.  

Anyway I am concerned with the behavior that you have expressed, insulting the very people who are concerned with the conditions of the people who are suffering.

At the outset I want to make it clear to you that, including me none of the other member who came tomeet you had any malice intention or any hidden agendas in our head to meet you, or we came to attack on the statement you made with respect to Coorg. Neither would I like to defend or make use of what you have said on Coorg.  

Our concern was to ask you if there was any way the incidents of attacks in the residential house in Mangalore, inflicted upon women and men, by a group of fundamentalist miscreants, could be raised in the House, for which you are the chairperson.

But instead of receiving any kind of help, you had made a vociferous attempt of subjugation and shunned us away. This was highly unnecessary. As a part of the state institution you are obliged by the Indian Constitution to listen to the citizens for their concerns and guide to the best of your knowledge the correct procedure to put those concerns in the house of assembly for discussion.

I am sure of the fact that you are aware that the preamble of the Indian Constitution which speaks about “basic structure” of not only the Indian Constitution and the law making bodies but the whole character of Indian State. Clearly the concerns that were being raised was with regards to the fundamental rights of women in parts of Karnataka whose existence as a independent individual was being challenged by certain groups of people. The level of criminality that is being inflicted on the women in Mangalore on28th July of 2012 and even at many instances before as well, is a major concern for women in the state and it is also a threat to the society at large as these offences are serious offences, not because the IPC or other acts say so it is because the society and the constitution say so.

I was only part of the aforementioned concerned citizens group who thought of meeting you with the hope that something can be done in the assembly including, constituting the committee consisting of the Ministers, MLA and Social society group to study and also try and bring appropriate amendment if necessary to Cr.P.C.,

We only wanted to convey that let there be a discussion on these issues as it is done in the past, and let us put stop for what is happening in and around, let us say we are civilized people.

I am not concerned with the question whether you are enabled by law to raise an issue in the house of assembly for discussion, I know the limitation, and I also know that you being a law graduate know how to work with the law effectively.

According to you we were asserting ourselves which has violated your ego of power but the rule of law does not admire such ego in the state machinery. Rule of law and welfare state are the two main characteristics of the basic structure of the constitution as per judicial parlance such highhanded arrogance from you is completely unjustified and unconstitutional and it is a reflection of the arrogance of the State towards the people and the continuous inaction towards such moral policing which is becoming prevalent in certain parts of Karnataka especially coastal regions like Mangalore.

Dear Mr. Speaker, you have asked me who am I? Let me tell you I am citizen of this country, I am also taxpayer for this country. If you don’t remember, let me tell you “Our Constitution” had given me right to question, including you.