On one hand, PM Manmohan Singh gave a clean chit to former Telecom Minister Raja in the case of issue of telecom licenses for peanuts which resulted in a huge loss of estimated Rs. 30,000 crores to the government and the people of India. Now he does not want to take Raja and Baalu in the Cabinet because of their tainted image. What this means is that PM Manmohan Singh was not honest when he told the people of the country that there was no foul play in the issue of telecom licences.
I was happy to read an article in Economic Times of today which detailed some of the things Congress should do. I believe it is right on target. This is the only article where someone has listed out key issues like governance, making public servants more accountable, expansion of police, judges and jails (law & order) and corruption. One thing that it missed out was delivery of quick justice. This is what I have been talking about all along. I believe once you do the above, everything will fall in place automatically. This is the vital part of the 80/20 rule. All other things are trivial.
May 18th, 2009 in
Government Accountability,
What is wrong with our country?,
What should be done?,
What should be government's decision criteria? | tags:
80/20 rule,
Aravalli hills,
Arnab Goswami,
Congress,
Economic Times,
governance,
Praful Patel,
public servants,
Rahul bajaj |
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So finally the election results are out. Congress has turned out to the largest party and will form the government. So let us see that with all the advertising and marketing campaigns (lead India, Pappu, Jagore) to motivate and convince the voter, what is has finally done for you and me, the citizen of this country. Will it bring about the change that we wanted or the change you wanted.
I have always maintained that none of the political parties in India know what is wrong with our country and how to fix it. BJP has made the following 7 main promises (in other words, their to-dos after being elected) which have also been co-opted by the NDA:
May 16th, 2009 in
General Politics,
Lok Sabha Election 2009 | tags:
BJP,
black money,
Congress,
corruption,
NDA,
public distribution system,
Rajiv Gandhi,
Tax exemption,
Waiver of all farm loans |
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I had stated when I started this website and blog that we need to vote for unknown candidates who are standing for elections as independents or those that are representing small unknown political parties. I had also stated that we will be able to find good honest candidates. I was right.
Actually, I thought that Rajiv Gandhi was probably a little different from the rest of the politicians. I thought that he would be able to change the way Congress functioned which would no doubt have a positive effect on the political system in this country considering that Congress is one of the largest political party in India. But I see a number of signs that suggest that he is no different. What are those signs?
Meera Kanwaria, BJP candidate in Delhi says, “This area had a Congress MP for the past many years. But where is the development in the rural areas? There are no schools or roads.” She also added that acquisition of farmland and lack of sports facilities were also issues. Do you see any issue that Meera is fighting for which try to solve the problem of corruption, lack of law and order, accountability in government etc.?
A great deal has been made about Mumbai folks not coming out to vote in large numbers. Every news channel and newspapers carried headlines that just 47% voters came out to vote in Mumbai considering the anger the people had shown after the terrorist attack on Taj and Oberoi hotel.
Bofors happned so long back that I am not sure most of us even care about the issue anymore. But BJP has nothing else to do but to keep looking back. I believe that BJP should forget about Bofors because of the following:
It was reported in Hindustan Times that hearing an appeal by the CBI in the Delhi High Court against acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-sikh riot case has hardly made any progress since it was filed six years ago. The reason. Too many adjourments sought by various parties including witnesses. Frustration is evident when Justice BD Ahmed stated, “You file petitions for early hearing and then seek adjournments. You should abide by committments.”
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