*hey is the mic all set ?*
*yes sir.*
*chairs, water bottles and other things are ready ?*
*yes sir. Everything is completely ready.*
*The CM sir is coming in. Everyone get ready.*
Inside an auditorium the preparations for a big ceremony has been completed and many guests from political world and media are waiting for the ceremony to be commenced very eagerly.
Through the lenses of the cameras the entire ceremony is being telecasted in the entire state of Tamil Nadu.
And many people are watching this ceremony through their televisions in different places such as some people are watching from their homes, some are present before TV shops where the TVs are showing the ceremony and some people are watching it in their offices.
Now you might be wondering what this ceremony is that has made an entire state sit and stand in front of TVs and with piqued interest watching this ceremony.
So let me tell you that this ceremony is not any small matter but rather this ceremony is about a greater matter.
Because this ceremony is the sworn in ceremony of the new CM elected of the Tamil Nadu state which has seen a very dramatic events.
The CM who was of the state Tamil Nadu died after severe heart attack and then the acting CM who came in place of the old CM has been arrested after the by elections due to the corruption charges against him.
And now the new CM-elect who has come into power and for whom this sworn in ceremony is being held got this chance due to the efforts of the arrested acting CM and his own effort.
This new CM is called Balaji Patturaj who was the local councillor of Lalgudi in Trichy belonging to the ruling party and for the first time he became the MLA(Member of Legislative Assembly) of Lalgudi and now the CM.
There are a very great number of people who are not happy with this dramatic change in the state politics of Tamil Nadu.
But those people are just staying silent without saying anything because there is something inside their hearts that has made them completely silent.
But there is a very small amount of people who have decided to became vocal about their anger and frustration that has built up by the constant deceive of the political leaders throughout the years.
But more importantly right now the main star of this ceremony the CM-elect Balaji Patturaj walked upto the podium of the auditorium for his sworn in as the CM along with some of his bodyguards, administrative officials and other government personnel.
Folding his hands and greeting everyone Balaji walked towards podium and when he stood before the mic to take his oath he was watched.
Through the opening of the door in it's upper part there was a sniper whose sniper gun was fully pointed towards the heart of Balaji.
The sniper in his frustration didn't hesitated for another second and pulled the trigger and with a loud bang the bullet left the sniper gun and hit the chest of Balaji.
With the impact of the bullet Balaji flew backwards for a few distances and immediately the people around him caught him from falling down.
A very deep state of shock and horror ran through the people who are present in the auditorium and also the people who are seeing this through their televisions.
The sniper was immediately apprehended along with his two other companions who turned out to be three youngsters of Tamil Nadu who just as mentioned are angry and frustrated with the political systems.
*corrupt government down down...*
*benami government down down...*
These slogans began to echo in the auditorium that are chanted from those three youngsters.
Meanwhile the police who are holding Balaji checked on him and after some seconds they all became shocked when they saw Balaji opening his eyes.
Looking at those police officers Balaji opened two buttons of his shirt and showed bulletproof vest that he is wearing under his shirt because he has anticipated something like this to happen.
Balaji Patturaj: "Bulletproof. I can't trust you guys because if I can bribe you and make you do things for me then someone else can give you bribe to betray me as well. Now help me stood up."
With this Balaji Patturaj stood up which once again shocked the people and standing up he saw the police standing below the podium started a tussle with those three youngsters.
Seeing Balaji spoke in the mic to stop this tussle which immediately got stopped and once again the slogans began to echo in the auditorium by those three youngsters.
Sniper: "What kind of government is this ? Anyone can become a CM and form a government."
Balaji Patturaj: "You are killing the democracy. I can understand your anger which is reasonable. The person whom you voted to be CM is no more. The person who grabbed the power and became the acting CM is in the jail and now another guy became the CM. Your anger is reasonable. But how should you express your anger ? By using gun ? Today you will shoot me down. Tomorrow there will be another guy. Will you shoot him as well ? After him there will another guy. How many can you kill ? You have a weapon with you that is more stronger that gun which is your vote. Why didn't you express your anger while voting ? You could have made me loose the election. That guy over there contested in the same election as I did. He is educated. He quit his job and contested in the election as an independent candidate. His symbol was tie. He wanted to do something for the society. Did anyone of you knew him ? He got 413 votes. Did I defeat him. No you all lose him. In every election of Tamil Nadu independent candidates contest thinking to bring change in the society. But we don't know about them. We only know about two parties and two symbols. Aren't you votes cast based ? You sell your votes to the politicians by taking money from them. This gives the audacity to the politicians to run scans worth crores. I agree the politicians buy votes but who sells them ? How many of you paid the fines instead of bribing the policemen ? How many you have got the license without bribing ? We only know bribe works. We politicians are also one of you. So how can I be a good leader when I am one of you and knows only that if I give bribe then my work will be done. Yes the entire system is corrupted which we have brought it to become. But is there no redemption for it ? Yes there is. Instead of believing in an actor of famous person to come and bring change put your faith in your children instead. You wish your children to become an engineer or doctor but instead of that you should wish for your children to become a good person. When an entire generation is good then their leaders will automatically be good. Let the future generation shun the corruption. Let's talk about today. You shoot me today thinking I am Bhojappan's puppet and this is a benami government. I am your leader. This is not a benami government. This is pro people. You don't believe me ? My first signature after taking charge is to request CBI to investigate the corruption charges against Bhojappan. If someone doesn't believe on this I will resign from my post. If you don't trust my words then shoot me down. I will remove my bulletproof vest shoot me down. Everything is as per the law. Now you tell me should I take the charge ? Should I take charge ?"
Sniper: "You can..."
*you can...*
*you can...*
The words that Balaji spoke sent a deep realization and inner guilt that the people had in their hearts which fully resonated with his words.
Whether it was an elderly couple who had taken money by selling their votes which they have kept near their God or a father who looks at his daughter thinking that how he should raise his daughter to be a good person.
Even the youngsters who have came to kill Balaji realized how they all are responsible for creating the monster called corruption by their own hands.
And these realizations and guilts are what that made them realize that Balaji is indeed a good person and they all unanimously agreed for him to take charge.
With a normal face Balaji looked before him where he saw the people fully in support of him and along with that his eyed glowed in blue color light which no one knew about.