How Politics work

It was news time on the Kannada channel when I turned on TV this morning. The gorgeous news reader read that a farmer has committed suicide because of debts.
This was third or fourth such incident in the past three days. I could not believe the chief minister was not really doing anything about this. Contrary to my belief, in the same news broadcast she read that he held an open house with all the farmers and listened to their woes. There were other ministers and even the opposition party leaders too. I really appreciated this for a moment. But there was more in the news. It was held in Bangalore. What a choice for the location! How can farmers travel all the way to the capital just to tell the issues to the government? Still there was a large farmer turnout, and several were denied entry to the ‘open house’ (not an open house any more). Most of these so called leaders who wanted to listen to the woes if not ‘solve’ the problems of them were found taking good naps. All in front of camera! Honorable chief minister too was found taking a bold nap for he kept his palms to support his sagging head.
Expectations would be different. But what any one wishes their government to be doing in these kind of situations? The moment a genuine case of suicide (if at all) of a farmer due to debts comes to light, rush to that village. Take a stock of the situation. What actually was the problem? Was it a crop failure? Is there a drought condition or crops failed for different reasons? Is it a one-off case or most of the farmers are facing similar situation? If drought, why district administration failed to alarm the situation? What are the next steps that can be taken to solve the problems of others in the neighborhood? Etc
This would go a long way in rebuilding the confidence among several hundreds of farmers across the state. At least they will be assured of that this government is caring for them.
Chief minister himself cant do this all the time. Agreed. What about the various officials in the heirarchy? Agriculture minister, ministry officials so on.
Get the reports. Brain storm with experts, assess drought conditions if any, get hints from previous such instances and evolve a strategy for the current situation. The strategy can be immediately distributed to all over the state where like conditions exist. District administrative authorities can use a customized strategy suitable for their province. Think of short solutions to avoid/minimize the imminent damage, and thrive for a long term plan to mitigate these kinds of situations in future. We all know that there are lots of parameters to consider that would act opposite to each other, and there may not be a single solution for this. It’s not about solving the problem but committment towards it. OK, now lets see why you dont see these things happening.
This approach would not work, because of several reasons:
By visiting the farmer’s place you are accepting the responsibility. You are accepting that you ‘created’ this situation.
Suppose even after giving the assurance, and implementing a plan for them, if you fail, you may not recover from that political impact at all.
Mostly you may not be able to come to a strategy because your goverment is not stable and you are a dummy head.
So, by politics, the best approach for this situation is to just listen to farmers, listen to media and assure of actions (don’t even do anything immediately). Follow the popular note: Everyone forgets over the time!