Firoz.T.Totanawala The Bangalore Metro Reporter BAILING WITH THE SICKNESS JAILED NETAS END UP IN HOSPITALS AS REFUGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Firoz.T Totanawala 

The Bangalore Metro Reporter 

 BAILING WITH THE SICKNESS 

 JAILED NETAS END UP IN HOSPITALS AS REFUGE 

The other day former Chief Minister Yeddyurappa suffered an assortment of serious illness as he entered the Parappana Agrahara Jail. Later, he was rushed to Jayadeva Hospital and kept in an ICU. On the same day Malur MLA and former Minister Krishnaiah Setty collapsed in the Court hall after his bail plea was rejected. He was taken to the Jail in an ambulance and was taken to hospital, again for multiple diseases. 

 It may be recalled that a month back, popular film star Darshan too was admitted to Victoria Hospital for getting sudden illness, the moment he entered the Jail premises. Another Former Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu who is in Jail for the last two months is fighting to get bail on the plea of suffering from cancer. Similarly, MLA Sampangi, who was trapped by the Lokayukta, while accepting the bribe did not even enter the Jail as he complained of chest pain etc. and was taken to the Jayadeva Hospital. He remained in the hospital till he got the bail. 

Same is the case of Former Minister Haratala Halappa, who after being remanded to Jail, complained of serious illness and was shifted to Victoria Hospital. He remained there for almost two months and the doctors kept giving details of illnesses and he remained in VIP ward. After the court granted him bail, he was discharged from the Hospital. While he was on wheel chair all the time while in hospital, he was literally dancing during his welcome in his constituency, after his discharge! 

Same is the case in the 2G spectrum and CWG scams at national level politics. A. Raja who was hale and healthy till the CBI touched him developed serious illness later. Suresh Kalmadi was rushed to the hospital after he complained of chest pain etc. One can go on listing such cases of politicians and VIPs, developing sudden illnesses the moment they were remanded to judicial custody in connection with criminal offences. 

It is because of these manufactured illnesses, politicians have rarely gone to jail in criminal cases. Ordinary people ultimately became cynical but off late, this cynical opinion has started to change as many VVIP politicians and businessmen are denied bail by the courts in various scams. For example, Former Central Minister Raja is in jail for the last six months and DMK Boss and TN Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Kannimozhi who is also a MP is in the jail for the last three months. Similarly Suresh Kalmadi, a Congress MP and a powerful leader, too is in the Jail for his involvement in CWG scam. There are many other big names in the corporate world who are in jail for their involvement in one or the other scams. 

Even the Supreme Court has refused bail to them and any amount of sudden illness has not helped them get bail. 

Arguably, the top honour of Jail Yatra in State must go to former CM Yeddyurappa. Yedurappa was remanded to judicial custody by the Lokayukta court in two of the five cases against him under prevention of Corruption Act. Yedurappa who had successfully blocked the probe and proceedings against him while he was CM saw the tables turning against him after being removed as CM. He first tried his best to avoid appearing in the court itself but was forced to appear and he tried to get exemption on the plea that he has health problems, but in vain. The court apparently rejected the bail plea. While the Malur MLA Krishnaiah Setty collapsed in the court on hearing the rejection and was sent to jail in the ambulance, Yedurappa was issued arrest warrant as he finally surrendered in the evening and was sent to judicial custody. 

Immediately upon entering the jail premises, Yedurappa developed sudden illness and was treated in the Jail hospital. But that was not to his liking. After midnight, he was shifted to the Jayadeva Hospital and lodged in the VVIP ward and put in an ICU. The doctors of Jayadeva gave many technical names to the assortment of diseases and VIPs including the CM made a beeline to Jayadeva to see Yedurappa and hold discussions. Also many Swamijis visited him in the hospital. Mind it, all these was when he was in ICU, where the normal procedure is that the doctors do not allow anybody to visit and talk with the patients who are put up in ICU. 

It is time; one has to put an end to this ‘Jail illnesses’ of VIPs and VVIPs. 

And that is all.