Two days ago, a shaky video from the Indore Collectorate circulated on social media, leaving many disturbed. In it, a young man stands in the middle of a government corridor. His voice wavers as he speaks with anger and despair. Next to him, his frail, visually impaired mother tries to calm him down. Her hands shake, not in protest, but out of fear that her son’s pain could lead to more trouble.
Indore’ man cry in govt office over stopped pension of his blind mother
“Public hearings happen every Tuesday,” he shouted through tears. “Tuesday comes only once a week. I’ve come on many Tuesdays. No one listens to the poor.” His voice echoed off the government walls that have heard countless pleas.
In a moment that tugged at hearts, Prajapati attempted to grab documents from his mother’s bag, threatening to tear them up right there in the Collectorate. His mother begged him to stop. She is a widow and struggles to see. She relies on a pension that has been on hold for a year.
Collector make excuses, but not solve matter of poor man
“My father is dead. My mother can’t see,” Prajapati cried in the video. “If the Collector won’t listen to the poor, then what are these public hearings for?” That cry, raw and desperate, was not rehearsed. It came from a place of hunger, exhaustion, and a long wait collapsing into one unbearable moment.
When media found Prajapati at his small rented home in Karma Colony, Indore, his voice was calmer, but he still showed signs of fatigue.
“I went to the Collector’s office because my mother’s pension had been stopped for a year,” he said. “They said the KYC wasn’t done. For a year, I went to the municipal corporation, zonal office, Collectorate… everywhere. We were hungry and thirsty that day. We stood in line for three to four hours. When the Collector passed by and didn’t listen, I broke down.”
Prajapati makes his living doing small jobs and daily labor. His family lives in a rented house. His mother’s widow pension of Rs 7,200 was not just money; it was a mode of survival. After the incident, the KYC was completed, and they finally received the pending pension. But the anger show deeper pain.
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