The picture of a man with folded hand standing in front of Chief minister Mamata Banerjee published yesterday(May 27) in a leading vernacular daily along with the conversation between the two almost verbatim has not perhaps escaped the notice of many.The standing man in the picture is no other than Dr Gharai,the director of Bangur Institute of Neurosciences and psychiatry, Kolkata who incurred the displeasure of Mamata Banerjee for his allegedly discourteous behavior and was suspended.But what's interesting from the dialogue brought to light by the above noted daily Dr.Gharai apparently made no discourteous remark to the minister.When asked to wait upon the minster at writers' on a certain date,perhaps as a truly responsible and dutiful doctor he pleaded his inability on the ground that on that day he'd a series of operations to perform from morning to evening.He reportedly requested the minster to come to his room as it was inconvenient to talk with her amidst host of people including reporters and many enthusiasts.At least from the version of the well-known daily it's difficult to justify the suspension of Dr.Gharai.It was perhaps desirable to offer Dr.Gharai an opportunity of self defence by issuing a show-cause notice to him.
However,Mamata Banerjee's sincere and determined endeavour to set things in order in every sphere receives whole hearted support from all sections of people across the state.People also know it's a Herculean task and can't be done overnight and she may have to sometimes take harsh measures to get things done.In fact, her asset is the unflinching faith and confidence reposed in her by people and her liability is the sky-high expectations of people, again.So she'll have to tread cautiously so that people are not disillusioned.
The suspension of Dr Gharai a very respected renowned neurosurgeon and Director of the Bangur Institute of Neurology and Neurosciences is the latest act of the Drama queen, an epithet I borrow from a piece from a reputed all India newspaper.Now the act was just highhandedness, pure and simple. People catapulted by so many favourable factor and assistance and of course lacking sense of proportion can do anything . These people never admit their faults since most of the time these are done with full knowledge and purpose.Now let's hope the drama will end and work will begin having realization of true perspective. There are people around who might one day gather enough courage to point put the queen the truth, like a child telling the king that he is naked. She must be cautious not to succumb to the lure of the pliant media, like retracting the allegation - the state is bankrupt or misleading the public that the treasury was closed for months. The rebuff and statement of fact from the ex-FM and also a renowned economist must be helpful for her to verify facts before being placed in on a wrong foot. Though the most of the media will not report these unpleasant fact and thereby common people will be in dark, some day realisation will dawn on the faithfuls too.
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