IESM: Fast for Justice Rally Jantar Mantar, twenty third day

Dear Colleagues,
The Battlefront is under the charge of our ESM from Punjab today. The campaign is continuing with consistency. A lot of well meaning colleagues keep sending email advice on myriad points.
Allow me to say:
1. We are sharply aware of media’s waning interest in our campaign. This is only expected and we need not allow doubt to gnaw at our resolve. This is simply media fatigue and happens with every event.

2. Those of us actively involved would like to assure that there is no disconnect with the PBOR; the whole ESM community is together. There is of course a communication problem with those who don’t work the computers. We have started getting material published in Hindi papers that have wide PBOR readership. (Articles have appeared in Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Hari Bhoomi, Business Bhaskar, Vir Arjun etc).

3. The campaign is at a pivotal moment and we are constantly reviewing the situation. It would be incorrect to assume that it has not mattered one whit with the government.

4. Some ESM have recommended recourse to methods recently followed in Rajasthan. It is reiterated we wish to keep the campaign totally innocent of violence.

5. The legal option is on the cards. The legwork has already started.

All mails are welcome and are appreciated. However, since the problem and various implications are well known, advice in the form of crisp suggestions in short mails would be preferable. Some of us get nearly 150 emails daily. Even one day’s absence from the computer makes it impossible to catch up. I beseech your discretion in drafting mails. At times every message may not be responded to. No colleague should feel the addressee is being short with him.

Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM