Emphatic speech by Owaisi in Parliament rejecting Z Security

Should our leaders enjoy special security at the cost of hard-earned money of the tax-payers? Aren't leaders supposed to be equal in status and opportunity to the voters as per the rights of equality mentioned in the constitution? Will the leaders enjoying the special security ever be able to get the real understanding of the fear under which the general public lives? 

Two days after his convoy was attacked by bullets at a toll plaza near Hapur, Asadduddin Owaisi made an emphatic speech in Parliament. Rejecting the offer of Z-security Mr. Owaisi called the attention of the house towards the root causes behind such hooliganism instead of conferring extra privileges to the parliamentarians. Apart from his personal choice of remaining free from the bodyguards with guns, he raised a more pertinent question of the equality between the rulers and the ruled which the democracy  proudly boasts. He said, "my life is not more important than the lives of Akhlaque and Pahlu (who were lynched by vigilante groups). I will be safe if the general public is safe". 

While one can question the intentions behind such statements calling them an emotional appeal by a populist leader to the community he caters, the deeper questions which arose out of his speech are nevertheless significant. Owaisi's request of providing safety to the masses before granting him any special privilege is the position any statesman and real leader would take. Under the existing situations in the country in which minorities are being hounded and lynched, this stance taken by a leader who claims himself to be their voice should be hailed. 

The real objective of democracy is not just to get an elected government but to usher in the society a social democracy wherein people are governed by none other than their equals. Lynchings of common citizens happening in the country where the Prime Minister enjoys special security worth hundreds of crores yearly can't be termed as the ideal democratic situation. Our elected representatives should have the moral courage to bring themselves down to the ground where the common citizens stand.