G K VISWANATHAM
6 min readJun 15, 2020

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KAMAAL KARDIYE — KAMALJI

My reply to actor Kamal on behalf of Prime Minister Modi. Strictly though, from the point of view of the pressure of work and priorities on hand for the Indian Karma Yogi, there is absolutely no need to reply and on the other hand, consign the misadventure by Mr. Haasan to the place it most deserves, for two fundamental reasons. 1. Intentions on the part of the veteran actor are suspect. 2. It is a diabolical attempt to tarnish the image of a tolerant Prime Minister, than any genuine concern for the poor. This huge fake concern by the Actor, could be at the behest of the conventional detractors of Modi. One can easily see through the game to corner the PM by these unemployed. Mr. Kamal Haasan is used, to gain credibility for the vicious campaign, going on over the last 5 years and more against the PM. I believe this to be the brainchild of the collective camaraderie between and among various groups, parties-rejected lock stock and barrel by people across India, who are somehow subscribing to the agenda of the Congress, to resurrect the same against its own will. If that happens they too can get their pound of flesh from the national cake, assiduously was being looted by the erstwhile regimes. Unfortunately, the letter was full of unconcealed hate towards, never mind, the occasion to regroup and penetrate into masses in the name of CORONA. Camouflaged with decent politeness, never noticed before in any of such letters earlier by members of this notorious gang, is like painless injection. Real dangerous virus is this conglomerate of hate-India, love-thy neighbor bunch of people, already mentioned, seeking desperate employment, which anyway people are not willing to give them.

There is another Modi hater, because of loss of job, the ex-governor of RBI, who did nothing to fortify the system and on the contrary, was oblivious to what was happening right under his nose, but these days, always shows up from somewhere to predict virtual economic doom for India even during COVID-19 times, as if to hurt the public confidence. I dare say, demonetization might not have worked wonders as expected by Modi and his think tank, if any existed, but of course, it did hurt badly the unscrupulous within the country and not the have-nots, whom Mr. Kamal and his friends are mentioning day in and day out. PM is already overburdened by the hopes and aspirations of the stakeholders in the economy of our great country. Every time, the opposition finds Modi garnering people’s love to the exclusion of small and big, from all political parties, vilification campaign goes on blaring across social media and select national media. Here goes the second part of my reply, as if the Prime Minister has replied.

Hello, Kamalji, I have not seen much of your films except some commercial misadventures, made by you to showcase your peculiar style of acting, well supported by makeup techniques, liked generally by a good section of Indian audience. I am glad, you did not forget acting, insofar as expressing lip sympathy to the poor, the marginalized and small time employed in various sectors, during these CORONA times. But this drama is often played by your friends from the Left and the grand Congress, that cheated Gandhi, the father of the Nation, but did nothing concrete in the direction, in the 60 odd years of their rule or misrule, while you were busy ruling the filmdom with your co-star of your region.

I know, I am not competent to comment on your acting in films because I know not acting in films or in real life. Politics is and was never my pastime activity but was cast upon me by destiny. I came up the ladder the hardest way. After induction into BJP, my first job was to paste posters on the walls, earmarked by the then senior leaders. Later on I was holding walky-talky to my guru ADVANIji, in his famous Rath Yatra. You may not know, but subsequently I worked as the person responsible, to arrange Press conferences of big leaders from BJP involving arrangement of chairs for the visiting journalists. Later on I was spotted as Chief Minister-stuff, by my mentor Bharat Ratna, parampujya ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEEJI, who, I do not know whether you know, that your friends-folk cried hoarse as, wrong man in the Right party, a technique used to wean away votes that would have gone to BJP, for his towering personality.

I told the people of India in 2014 itself, that I am a person, renounced with no goals set except to lift the last man from abysmal poverty to make his own living. And if I fail in this mission, I shall go back to Himalayas from where I came as duty thrust upon me to cleanse the politics by my Guruji, Monk Dayananda Saraswati. Carried away by false self pride, discourteously branding me unintelligent, you accused me of ignoring advice by leaders with IQ. Why should I not let you enjoy your pleasure, but I am confident and so do a large number of people from across India and other fellow country heads from outside India, that I do possess, more than enough intelligence to administer a country in crisis or otherwise. Be assured, Mr Kamal, I shall be there as long as people desire me to, and do what all I perceive is, in the best interests of the people of India which is not narrow, but based on sound principle “VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM”. Your friends may find, as is their wont, to be restive and intolerant to the selfless National mood, that is being created as a platform to defeat a community disease or pandemic, called COVID-19, in India which, I consider is the fundamental duty of a Prime Minister. If I have understood correctly your letter condemns National Lockdown, which no political party worth its salt ever dared to do, for fear of people’s backlash, because a layman also knows it as the only alternative, to a poor country, who are deliberately kept poor by Congress, UPA of all hues with active support from Left friends all these years. You are such a brilliant actor, now I wonder how you failed to see through this game played from behind by your friends to take up their agenda. Maybe, you are a victim of the circumstances to do the job, for them to assign a modicum of credibility to their goal.

At present, CORONA is calling the shots to scare the human race. What is required at this juncture, in India, at all levels, especially at the national level, is a decisive, bold and strong leadership which people find in me along with other stakeholders including all the chief ministers. Let us together erase impressions in the minds of people at large, the wrong feeling, that people of India can never unite, for the community cause, a dream come true in the best interests of our country.

I am of the firm opinion, if the author of any such call or action is clear in his conscience and is able to implore emotional attachment through the content of any such call or action, “JANATA CURFEW” happens. As a nascent political leader of some standing, if you can join the movement to make a new India, please do join and not become part of stranded, clueless, jobless and left far behind, band of discredited forces led by that educated clown, Mr. Shasi Tharoor, to throw jibes at me, as Pradhan Showman. But people of India have seen through the showmanship of all these parties and leaders, all these years to give me a chance, accepting me as one among their family members, an erstwhile CHAIWALA. My advice to you is not to become a run of the mill story, but be your own, like in your films and do indulge in some original thinking. If possible be part of the collective expression of a strong resolve to fight the disease which will do immense good to boost the morale of all stakeholders who include, COVID-19 patients, on road to recovery to recover soon, those who serve 24/7 the humanity as doctors, paramedical staff, health workers and most importantly police and other security personnel. Never in our lives, anybody would have seen police personnel toil so hard for so many days devotedly, like our Jawans on the borders, without expecting extra payments. God bless them, help them if you can.

Therefore, make this movement a cherished one, for generations to come, as the grand spectacle of unparallelled National Unity for National safety.

Please do not waste your time and my precious time by writing such demoralising open letters.

MERE SUBH KAMNAAYE KAMAL HAASANji,

Narender Damodardas Modi,

PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.

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G K VISWANATHAM

Retired LIC Manager, Cricket Fan, Interested in Indian Politics, Culture and Heritage.