“If businessmen start dying, who will build the nation?”
— R. R. Pandayan Saheb
In a country that calls itself a fast-growing economy, it is a tragedy that those who drive that economy — our small businessmen, builders, and entrepreneurs — are being pushed into depression, helplessness, and in some horrifying cases, even suicide.
R. R. Pandayan Saheb, the National President of Bhim Sena, has sounded the alarm over a dangerous and growing crisis — the systematic harassment of entrepreneurs by corrupt local officials, bureaucratic red tape, and a lack of government accountability.
The recent case of Suraj Parmar, a builder who died by suicide in 2015 after naming local officials and politicians in his suicide note, has once again come to light after years of silence. The courts have finally acknowledged the injustice. But why did justice take four years? Why did it take a life?