And thus the Local Goons call Policitians to Scare Peaceful Residents of my Society!!!

Living life under Political scrutiny!

It is an annual affair. The auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri beckons much fanfare in my society. And why shouldn't it? We are Hindus and very devout that! But then why would this day and the days adjoining it cause residents of my society, most of whom are senior-citizens such harassment? I wondered why too? Everything has a reason and this had to have too. My society had this Chawl in it's premises and since the past 2-3 years, they got a separate building and are now the owners and not tenants. They have been using our premises to conduct many events, loud orchestras, music, songs, etc For 2-3 days it becomes but only bad for the old people. Not to forget the students who have exams in March. Last year too we tried to ensure a peaceful night for our residents but the Chawl people led by Mr. Arun Potade called MNS people to intimidate us. That helped their cause and we had to relent. But this year we were prepared. The society passed a resolution with all its managing committee members approving the decision to forbid the use of the society's premises. Since we are Hindus and most importantly Humans, we did allow them access to the temple in our premises throughout the year on Mondays and during these days too. But they weren't satisfied. They wanted to claim their illegal right to construct a stage right in the middle of the road of our society, cause nuisance and disruption to all the parked vehicles and their owners as well as the other residents. All we said was you can conduct your programmes on your 2000 sq. ft. terrace. But no! They weren't budging. Last year they had signed an agreement stating that they will not hold such a programme this year. And this year, Mr. Potade very conveniently was trying to tell us that it does not even fall within the scope of an agreement. We had to call in the police. Since we had police protection, the only way they could breach that was to call Politicians. And this year too, they 'invited' them to visit the 'temple'! Wow! Anyways so one by one they filed in. First came Nilesh Rane, son of the Revenue Minister of Maharashtra. He tried to make us 'understand' and he left by promising to grant us audience again. Then came Yashwant Killedar, Leader of MNS Youth Wing. He too said the same thing and for once I liked that he didn't support the illegal side. Then walked in the local Shiv Sena Corporator. He too didn't pass any 'judgement'. I was continually wondering why were we giving explanations to others? Are they adjudicating authorities? I got out my camera and the chawl people asked me are you in the press. That left me impressed!
What I fail to understand is why did the Police not take any action and why did we have to go down?
How can Politicians meddle in these things and what authority do they have?
Is there any solution apart from filing a suit?

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