Monday 3 February 2014

 No political party is bad in philosophy but often bad in logic
     All political parties use to hold a good philosophy in giving good governance and a better economic stability for the nation. To woe the voters they present their manifesto. But even at this 67th year of independence no party has been able to deliver as per their promise to this biggest democracy of the World. It requires a thread bare study.
     There was a post office marked for a particular postal area. The government appointed a Postmaster in that post office.  As per the existing official procedure the post master virtually work inside the office every day. Moreover the Postmaster was not aquatinted to that area. He appointed a local lad as the postman to deliver letters in the area. By virtue of his longer years of acquaintance with the public and the locality, the postmaster has to depend on that lad to identify the concerned persons  of that area on official requirements.
      In course of rendering the service of delivering letters, people started offering him gifts and tips during delivery of letters. The postman gradually presumed that the tips were his legitimate dues. He started demanding more on the occasion of delivery of a parcel or a money order. When the tips were not up to his satisfaction, he started to commit mischief and at times he resorted to return a letter with his comment 'addressee not found’. The postmaster who was naturally not aware of the addressees was to endorse him while returning back the letter.
    Due to non-delivery of the postal consignments the local people agitated by castigating the postmaster as corrupt, and demanded his immediate transfer. He was transferred. And a new incumbent was replaced .Since the new postman was not acquainted with the area he had no alternative to continue work with that same local lad.
     Here in our story we mean the postal area as the 'state', the 'postmaster' is the periodically elected 'political masters’ and the 'local lad’ for delivering letters to public is the 'bureaucracy’. Barring few politicians who are in the politics business for long time, actually become the victim of his own ignorance by the corruptive practices of the local lad.
     In general practice, people criticise the political masters. But how much is their share of corruption in the system? Compared to the quantity of public servants, they are negligible. There are lakhs of crorepatis in the bureaucracy. It is the public servants whims which primarily affects a common man. Only on being aggrieved a common man approaches a politician, knowing little that the same politician otherwise depend on that public servant.
    There is a breed of politicians who are actually novice about the nuisance factor of the public servants. They dare to promise heaven to  the  voters. After reaching the office they fail in all aspects and get rejected by the public. The government is no doubt sovereign, but its exchequer is no charity. The economy is guided by certain principles. If you conflicts with its cardinal principles the result may be violent.
     Promising freebies may create a momentary benefit but it sow the seed of diminishing GDP. Assuring people to cut Electrical bill by 50 %.giving 20 KL of water per month free to every household, providing rice, wheat and pulses at Rs2 or 1 a kilogram, subsidizing on Kerosene are unethical and counterproductive. The political party’s offering such freebies in their election manifesto are far away from  sound logics.
    We are not absolutely against freebies. Budgetary allocation of adequate freebies must be made for absolutely incapable ones. Freebies can be sanctioned to projects which would generate earning for the common man. The politicians should appreciate that real empowerment always lies in creating an equitable society in which the people do things for themselves and for their own welfare. While giving assurance to the voters mind it, your logics should be rational.

Saturday 1 February 2014

 People with power must be clean in their heart.
      When a system ig governed by certain rules and hypothesis it is called in sanskrit as a "Nithee"or a 'rule'. Artha Nithi(Economics),Kuta nithi(Diplomacy), Raja Nthi(Politics) and the likes.In other 'nithi's when the cardinal rule is violated, a wrong result is expected. But in 'Raja nithi', every odds can be accommodated.
     Politicians often say “in politics nobody is untouchable”, “nothing is impossible”. Forming a coalition government, or to weed out incompatible elements from the system etc.,although is not within the law, it happens in politics. Now a new thing is started-'sledging’. Major political parties are appointing spokes persons who are now authorised to issue sledging comments on persons of other parties. It was first started in a big way by Digvijay Singh of congress towards Narendra Modi of BJP followed by Beni Prasad,Nitish Kumar,Kumar Biswas. Now Aravind Kejriwal has created a new trend in sledging en masse from other parties.
    Few days back Kejriwal has released a list of politicians across all political parties to whom he brands corrupt in his own wisdom and has asked AAP cadre to see those are not elected to the Parliament in the coming election. This is called 'politicking’ or to throw a stone into still water to see who comes out. It is a 'Nithi' in 'Raja Nithi'.The public should understand these tricks. At all politics is practiced by persons who are not saints. Unless you break the rule, you cannot come to the limelight.RTI activism, conduct fasting at public place, creating public agitation, Gandhi giri, practicing non-cooperation is some of the chapters in politics. But these practices are episodic. When it becomes perennial, it turns into’ politicking'.
    Anna Hazare told that, he is interested in eradication of corruption from governance, but not in politicking. But Aravind Kejriwal told 'unless one enters into the mud, how can one be able to clean that’. Logically this hypothesis is appealing, but in reality it is politicking. It is a fact that, Democracy and corruption are both sides of a coin. Where there is habitation, rodents cannot be far behind.
    A system works perfectly on a machine or on an electrical circuit. But in a system, where the ICs, capacitors, resistors and the repair tools(bureaucracy and judiciary) consists of ordinary human beings who are not above mundane greed’s, it is not expected to function as per the cardinal rules. Because what is absent in a machine is "Attitude" which a human being holds. To our wisdom, only a set of deterrent rules can only develop fear psychosis among the persons with power. In China for corruption the incumbents is generally awarded a death sentence. In USA for tertian violations the fines are so high that the person in conflict of law will just think multiple times before breaking a rule. India should follow these rules now. Cases relating to corruption and adulteration must be tried in fast-track courts.A rule must be there to create deterrence in judiciary to deliver time bound judgments.
    In India we have been enjoying excess democracy. The country now requires democracy stew garnished with little bit of anarchism by really persons with patriotic philosophy to take out the system from the fathom deep of mud. The people of the nation must now wake up to select such a system, and should not be biased with the politicking by the persons who are in this profession to earn their livelihood.

Tuesday 21 January 2014

                Legislature and bureaucracy are two subjects: Kejriwal to perceive

    In a democratic system of government the bureaucracy delivers the governance under the guidance of the legislature. They are portrayed as two legs of a democracy. None of the legs interfere with each other for smooth walking of the government. The legislature tells the law while the bureaucracy enforces that. This is governance in a democracy. Judiciary is the arm of the democracy to act as a watch dog to ensure smooth governance and to interpret the rule of law.
     A sex racket raid is a police function. The police is provided with arms to take action and given an Asoka emblem to wear for maintenance of law and order. Legislature may at best order the police for a raid, not to participate in a raid operation. If anybody from either of the wing interferes in their work the governance mal functions. The AAP minister who participated in a sex racket raid is punishable under law. Because unlike police his action in the case will be treated as an interference with some body`s personal liberty.
    Aravind Kejriwal was in bureaucracy. He must rise to the occasion.  His demand for suspension or transfer of three police officials for not coming to the terms of his Law Minister has demeaned himself and has exposed him bias to save the face of his minister trapped under controversy. He should know the credibility of his demand. Being a Chief Minister, demonstrating against police not only seems bizarre. It shows their inexperience to hold such a coveted constitutional post. The way he acted by  putting  Delhi as well as his government under siege for a petty demand has no doubt raised eyebrows of the enlightened aam aadmi to consider if the country will be safe in his hands.
    'Aam Aadmi' has become a movement in the country to express displeasure with the politicians who have failed in giving desired governance to the aam aadmi( Common man).People irrespective of age, sex, cast and creed started giving equivocal support to Anna Hazare`s  ante graft movement. It was not to support Aravind Kejriwal, but the hapless aam aadmi jumped into the fray to support the movement within the existing system, not beyond. Anarchism has no place in democracy. God knows how he could confirmed himself as  an anarchist and addressed the police force restricting him , to take leave and join his dharana.
   Now the situation has ripened to a never win state for Kejriwal. Even though the three police officials are transferred it will give bad impact on the AAP governance system. Hence by the agitation AAP is surely losing more than it has gained from its agenda.
    It is learnt that the Center has toughened its stand on Kejriwals demand and has decided to take any action  only after a proper inquiry. Delhi holds the national capital. Constitutionally the Delhi police is under the direct control of the central administration. Because any inaction will have an international impact. Earlier Sheila Dikshit government wanted to take the police under the control of the state, but had to contain in consideration of the national importance. Kejriwal should have referred to those earlier proceedings instead of creating an unprecedented fiasco.
     Although Kejriwal had declared slashed electrical tariff only for the poorer mass as a short term arrangement, his government has not yet issued necessary government orders to the concerned departments for the required billing. His much hyped grievance redressal mechanism has proven impractical. Delhi gets water from Haryana. He preferred to skip the Jal Board meeting yesterday which was to be attended by the Haryana Chief Minister than to appease his minister.Kejriwal must get aware that he is alienating more middle class supporters than its followers from the Delhi slums and unauthorized colonies. The enlightened middle class believes in work only. In the case, the underclass versus middle class polarization happens; it may not benefit the AAP, because it is the middle class support that possibly gave a pan-India appeal for AAP. Kejriwal`s  perception to be more a rebel  than an executive and to be both government and the opposition may likely to put off the educated middle class from perceiving AAP as a genuine alternative to politics as usual.
    Delhi has several inherent problems which the earlier Congress government failed to solve. Delhi has become an urban mess devoid of proper drainage system, efficient garbage disposal mechanism and required water supply facility. To prove their capability of taking responsibility to govern Kejriwal should concentrate in delivering his party`s pre election promises  in a sustainable way rather than indulging in perpetual agitation by creating enemies from the bureaucracy to the political rivals.