Political parties, their youth and students' wings, the activists go for it.
For citizens upset with establishment, that's the ultimate form of resistance and expression of anger.
The 'putla' may cost anything ranging from Rs 200 to 1,000 at the local 'putla-maker's place.
The effigy may even symbolise a Pakistani leader or even WTO.
But it's not that you are free to burn anyone's 'Putla'. There are risks too.
If it is CM or a top leader, the policemen try their best to snatch it, before the effigy is burnt.
That's a scene you should witness--when cops run away with the 'putla' before it has caught fire. It appears that its their main job for which they are paid--to stop the effigy from getting burnt.
Cops may book you, depending on 'local sensitivities' or situations in different states.
Media-newspapers give it less coverage these days. But local politicians--NSUI, ABVP, Youth Congress, Bajrang Dal, Sena, Manchs and professional Putla Jalao walas, continue to burn effigies.
