In my final year of college i was well versed in university politics and my group of friends were pushing me to stand for university president post but i was not keen to stand for the post because all the powers were already in our hand and the person who used to win the election were chosen by us and we were the actual masters.And at that time my only objective was to enjoy and i did not knew that it could have changed my destiny.
So we choosed Ajay Maken since he was nephew of Late Lalit Maken and at that time he was a nobody and used to fear us.So we thought we will use him as our puppet and finally we ( NSUI) won the election again and we also won the executive council by the same method as i have told in my earlier blog.Now in today's time he is congress party's top leader.Some times i think it is possible that i might have been his place and one of my friend Ramesh Bidhuri has recently(2014) won the Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket from delhi and in my college days i was much ahead of them in political circle but it;s destiny.
I have told you in my earlier blog that their were two rival camps and we used to have Gang war regularly with each other even shoot out and once it resulted in the killing of one of the person from rival camps.This type of rivalry is best depicted in hindi film MERE APANE by Gulzar.Vinod khanna and Shatrughan sinha has played the role of leaders of rival camps.
I want to share one incident to show that when you are young you do certain thing in rash of blood which later on when you mature you regret.One day we 6-7 friends went to Bengal Sweet in south extension and ordered cold drinks and since it is famous restaurant of delhi which always remain full with people they did not served us the drink and one of my friend told the owner why they are so late ? He replied that it will take some time and in rush of blood and backing of politicians we ransacked his entire restaurant and broke all the glass on the wall.Later on he filed the case against us but our party provided us all the legal and financial support.Some how my name did not figured in that case and after six year of court battle the restaurant owner withdrew the case.
Another one such incident happened when i was boarding the DTC bus at Lajpat nagar and i entered the bus from front gate and the driver objected but because i was a student leader and i was all alone at that time i told him that i have done the right thing and he can do whatever he can.The driver was also stub born and he refused to drive the bus till i go down from the front gate.In this tussle there became a big jam in lajpat nagar and people pleaded with me that they are getting late but in my arrogance i refused their request.Then everybody asked the driver to carry on but he refused to budge.In the mean while traffic police,Senior DTC officials also came and i told them that i am a student leader and any body will touch me their will be a mayhem tomorrow by college students and we will burn the buses.
Then these officials arranged another driver but i told them that it is question of my prestige either the sams driver will drive the bus or they have to arrest me.They did not wanted to take the risk of annoying the college students so they again pleaded with the same driver and told him that he is a student leader and they are helpless.So finally the same driver came and started the bus and in next stop i got down from the bus.
Today when i look back at this incidence it looks so foolish because it caused lot of trouble to thousands of passengers and it created a massive jam which took hours to get cleared but it shows you the thinking and immaturity of college students and power of youth also.
So we choosed Ajay Maken since he was nephew of Late Lalit Maken and at that time he was a nobody and used to fear us.So we thought we will use him as our puppet and finally we ( NSUI) won the election again and we also won the executive council by the same method as i have told in my earlier blog.Now in today's time he is congress party's top leader.Some times i think it is possible that i might have been his place and one of my friend Ramesh Bidhuri has recently(2014) won the Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket from delhi and in my college days i was much ahead of them in political circle but it;s destiny.
I have told you in my earlier blog that their were two rival camps and we used to have Gang war regularly with each other even shoot out and once it resulted in the killing of one of the person from rival camps.This type of rivalry is best depicted in hindi film MERE APANE by Gulzar.Vinod khanna and Shatrughan sinha has played the role of leaders of rival camps.
I want to share one incident to show that when you are young you do certain thing in rash of blood which later on when you mature you regret.One day we 6-7 friends went to Bengal Sweet in south extension and ordered cold drinks and since it is famous restaurant of delhi which always remain full with people they did not served us the drink and one of my friend told the owner why they are so late ? He replied that it will take some time and in rush of blood and backing of politicians we ransacked his entire restaurant and broke all the glass on the wall.Later on he filed the case against us but our party provided us all the legal and financial support.Some how my name did not figured in that case and after six year of court battle the restaurant owner withdrew the case.
Another one such incident happened when i was boarding the DTC bus at Lajpat nagar and i entered the bus from front gate and the driver objected but because i was a student leader and i was all alone at that time i told him that i have done the right thing and he can do whatever he can.The driver was also stub born and he refused to drive the bus till i go down from the front gate.In this tussle there became a big jam in lajpat nagar and people pleaded with me that they are getting late but in my arrogance i refused their request.Then everybody asked the driver to carry on but he refused to budge.In the mean while traffic police,Senior DTC officials also came and i told them that i am a student leader and any body will touch me their will be a mayhem tomorrow by college students and we will burn the buses.
Then these officials arranged another driver but i told them that it is question of my prestige either the sams driver will drive the bus or they have to arrest me.They did not wanted to take the risk of annoying the college students so they again pleaded with the same driver and told him that he is a student leader and they are helpless.So finally the same driver came and started the bus and in next stop i got down from the bus.
Today when i look back at this incidence it looks so foolish because it caused lot of trouble to thousands of passengers and it created a massive jam which took hours to get cleared but it shows you the thinking and immaturity of college students and power of youth also.
Good college life!!!! Enjoyed it! Thanks!- Pankaj
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