After her open letter on her blog asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to investigate the circumstances behind the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa did not receive any response, Gautami has written another post now, questioning the silence of the Centre.
In her February 3 blog post, the actress, who says she has had faith in the Prime Minister of the country till now, questions, “Is South India and most specifically Tamil Nadu, not deserving of the attention and accountability of our Central Government?”
She seeks to know why the Prime Minister who is adept at social media has claimed ignorance of her letter. “As a political leader who has promised to listen to his people and bring about true and meaningful change in the way this country has been governed through the past decades, this denying any knowledge even of a justified and rightful query from the very citizens of his country is disappointing to say the least. How is a citizen’s query, made with honest intent and immense grief, any less relevant because it has been delivered on a communication platform of modern technology?” she asks.
Alluding to the recent protests in Tamil Nadu that achieved the cause of overturning a ban on the traditional sport of Jallikattu, Gautami asks, “What will it take for our governments to listen to us? For them to respond to us? Another massive uprising of every citizen on the streets of this state before they will pay attention? And do the right thing only when faced with protests of gargantuan proportions? At what human cost?”