Deepsikha Sharma
Ongoing political mudslinging, police lathicharge on female
party workers in male dominated unipolar political arena has become Sikkim ’s hall of
shame amidst whims of the ruling clique. The February 11 incident may not be
unconnected with its handling by male chauvinists confirming their
adamancy.
The state machinery under absolute control of the Sikkim
Democratic Front is under tremendous pressure, facing flak both within and
outside the state. The national media otherwise interested in covering quake
sufferings are busy with special debates on ‘IGP lathicharge on women and the
ubiquitous ‘eunuch’ tag on police jawans.
Male political chauvinism coupled with the fourth term
Chamling regime has shown how his own party men are revolting against him;
rebellion has taken a shape of a new party with a female head.
The new Morcha’s show of strength at the rebel’s bastion on
February 4 coerced Chamling to think that one time buddies are gaining
popularity against his alleged ‘dictatorial attitude’. His one time ‘blue eyed
boy’ has triggered the tremor inside the front. Soon, followed by the new
office inauguration amidst calculated moves by the administrators; attacking
Chamling’s convoy and subsequent lathicharge. Politically activated cops were
prompt to act as they entered a political party’s office for a crackdown on all
including women.
Even the police officials of Sikkim forget that there was
presence of women supporters inside the building and allowed the male police to
lathicharge them. Even after beating the women supporter the highly politically
motivated Sikkim
police ignored to spare them and booked them under the non bailable sections of
Indian Penal Code. This reveals how the male chauvinist attitude of Sikkim
police who wants to uproot women political activists in the butts and
discourage them to further distances from the political arena. This type of
attitude of ruling class was not seen during the monarchy in Sikkim as well as in the world.
The IG of the Sikkim Police Akshay Sachdeva shows the
attitude of purely male chauvinist while provoking his Jawans to lathicharge
saying Are you eunuch”. This shows how the Sikkim
police predetermined to dis communicate the women folk to take a political
leadership in Sikkim .
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