Breathless and the Prime Minister

The announcement was made in a speech by Prime Minister over Government media.  All the chananels of telecast and broadcast his peech.  It was in the interest of 1350 million citizens of the country.  That he has at the stroke of midnight decided this measure. This came as he had to do what it takes to make the country great. It was obvious that he also wanted to be a great PM. And that any great feat could be achieved only by involving each citizen of this country.  They should feel touched by the decision. Some may feel it as smooth as silk and others may feel it as a electric shock. It depends upon whether you are good or bad. There would always be cynics who would say that they were tortured by the decision.  The PM thought that they should feel that they have contributed substantially to the nation building by going to the places where he has ordered them to go and stand in queues.  BY this they would show that they are also patriots like the PM.  Yes the PM had made his mark in the history of the nation.  None of the rulers in the past 2000 years of history had dared to do what he has decided to do now.  For this alone he would be in history books in future.  That is what he desired and achieved.  Some distractors said that this is only a stunt without any substance.  There are economists and doctors who said that this could have been done in a graceful and better way and not necessarily as a weapon of surgical strike implemented without prior planning or notice. But the deed is done.

         The Cabinet Secretary came to know of it when he listened to the official radio in his office for at that hour of midnight he continue to perform his duty of the nation’s wealth and health. He immediately called his Deputy.  Has he been kept in dark? Has his loyalty been doubted by the PM, he wanted to know.  If it is so he would be shown the door.    If any of his deputies knew or even had a hint of what was coming,  he would take it as an insult to his position and his integrity.  He would immediately resign.  But he wanted his pension and reputation in tact at least for one or two years till his tenures fades from the memory of officers.  How can PM announce, what has not been disclosed to his immediate subordinate and the supreme officer in Government above him there is only the PM.

         The deputy Cabinet Secretary was prepared.  He had also the same doubts about whether PM had ignored him and had faith in some of his deputies?  Have they betrayed him? He told cabinet Secretary that neither he nor his collegues betrayed him for none of them had prior information on the announcement.

         Later it turned out that none of the Cabinet Ministers, not even the senior most who dealt with the subject knew anything about this.  The political party to which PM belonged and to whose reputation he attaches himself were aware.  But Cabinet Secretary’s intelligence deputy expressed a doubt – it means that it is the news for this is his method of communicating the truth - that an organization outside the Government linked to the PM could have known that.  That is those political leaders who control the cultural organization connected with the PM knew it.   It was a betrayal as for as the Government officers are concerned.  But the thick skinned officer only mind only about their reputation and next promotion and not about the respect that the organization of Govt. failed to get.  The cabinet Secretary did not speak more.  He was not a novice.  He was very happy and relieved to know that the PM himself had kept it a secret.  

The method of taking this decision was ancient in accordance with the beliefs of the PM. In his sleep he had dreamt of a healthy country into which he would march, taking everyone along.  But it will be kept a secret.  Ancient holy books of knowledge envisaged that a Saint of a leader knows everything that happened in the past and that would happen in the present and future.  The elephant that occurred in his dream was that which appeared in the dream of Buddha’s mother and which was also the vehicle of Indra, the leader of Heaven.  These are the determining factors for taking the country forward to 22^nd century.

Cabinet Secretary (CS) immediately took action to save his position.  He released a statement explaining the nitty-gritty of the decision and impact of the decision on the people and economy.  People said this is nothing but the standard ‘everything will be fine after 15 days’ press releases for the consumption of the fools that governments release after every crisis that does not simply go away. This cannot be taken at face value. The officers linked with the health policies and Finance also expressed their solidarity and support to the move made the PM. There was no other way.

The PM today has announced that each of the citizens should be advised initially and coersed subsequently to attend sessions of physical exercises at the designated places.  A name was given to the programme ‘Breathless’ for each citizens would be forced to be breathless in between the exercises in order to make them breathe freely after they complete the physical workouts.  This will ensure the health of all the citizens and save 15 lakhs of rupees for each in the future costs for treating lung diseases acquired by the pollution and pollution cannot be avoided in a coutry aspiring to be the leader of the world.  Who in the middle class and upper class does not want to be in the country that is leader of the entire world?  For that they are ready to bear even a dictatorship of the worst kind. This is what they would say. 

The news was treated with an explosive anger but no citizen expressed it. Whoever heard it was shocked at first and surprised after sometime.  Though no logic or reason could be found for the decision to intervene in the personal life of millions of citizen in the name of ensuring their health, since it is done in the name of the country and in the name of patriotism, none of them could speak for the fear of becoming anti-nationals.  They expressed the view that it is not in the five year programme of the Government.  PM in his speech said that none of the Governments in the last 80 years had thought of citizens lungs and its health and that he is taking this step to ensure better health of the masses i.e not only those who voted for them but also for those who forgot to vote for them.  This way those who did not vote for him will remember him in the next election.   

None of the citizens questioned whether they can improve the health without enuring the availabaility of food items throughout the year all over the country and that would be more important for them to earn, eat and survive and lungs can be taken care of only if they survive. 

None of the criticisms affected the decision.  Everybody was busy locating the centre to which they have to go and how to reach there and how much time it would take to finish the task everyday. PM announced that all the citizens of the country irrespective of religion language region or anything else will have to do pranayama also.  All schools will be the designated places for this purpose.

         On his election by 30% of the people of the country PM has become God. It is not that he was not a God earlier.  He sacrificed everything for the country i.e. for becoming the PM of this country.  As per Indian tradition any man who sacrifices everything for the country is a pure saint and if he has additionally sacrificed his family, paticularly his wife, he becomes God even before he becomes PM.  If God becomes PM of a country what would not happen, think of it.  Bharat Mata ke jai.