"80-year-old tries in vain to meet PM" written by Mehboob Jeelani

A biological father (Abdul Ahad Rah) in his 80-years of age and a resident of Srinagar has been unable to meet his two sons who were picked up by police from their Khatmandu, Nepal leather workshop in 2000 for their alleged role in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 in December 1999.

A police enquiry 2001 found the elder brother having links with a militant outfit in the early 1990s in Srinagar while the younger one was given a clean chit. But the father hasn't seen, nor heard anything about them for the last 15 years despite representing to officials from Tahsildar to Home Secretary and pleading before the human rights organisations.

The PM Narendra Modi was 90 meters away on the podium delivering a speech for the State of Jammu & Kashmir in Srinagar on November 7,2015 though the old man with the photos of his sons and a bunch of documents reached the first row of audience by breaching security  cordon with a view to attracting the attention of PM and proving the innocence of his sons. 

A PM who is accessible to more than 10 million people on Twitter / facebook accounts is not reachable by such helpless citizens in this country. It means the grievance redressal system has not been perfected yet. 

Alas! The old man will die sooner or later without seeng his sons. Who is to blame? The entire system of governance since independence? It is immaterial who becomes the PM or CM in this country.

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