POLITICS OF POLITICS

I don’t find 02 feb , as a day, holding or having any specific significance in the history of our country after independence. However , after the SC’s decisive verdict(under justice AK GANGULY) on the 2G SCAM, cancelling all the 122 licenses of 2G SERVICES , allocated during the reign of A.RAJA (the then telecom minister) has definitely imprinted 02 feb(2012) in the history of modern India’s democracy. The apex court’s judgment(including the Vodafone’s tax evasion case), has once again proved that, our legal system is foolproof and not bound or controlled by the people in governance, which makes it  more sustainable, powerful and respectful in eyes of  the whole world…

But, Indian Politics is always ready to bifurcate the issues, in a sense, to obfuscate the entire country. Cancelling of licenses has clear implications that there was a considerate amount of wrongdoing in the handling of 2G allocation process. But, rather than, accepting its own failure or inability, in stymieing such illegal n unaccountable process, Congress came out strongly in its defence,inculpating BJP and it’s so framed “FIRST COME FIRST SERVE” policy for the whole debacle….i find this extremely unpalatable I m sure many  of uu ll too… 

Adding to this, the way all the political parties, contesting in the undergoing elections in the five states, are going, it appears even more obnoxious. To woo voters, all kinds N types of fundas are being applied. Political parties, as before, shall never jettison the morbid logic of vote-bank politics.  To factualise, consider some among many:

--  SP(in UP) n AKALI JANTA DAL(in PUNJAB),have promised to  provide high school and senior secondary school students i-pads n laptops(rather than  promising n making concerted efforts, to ameliorate computer education at school level broadly)….

-- Congress’s using superb tactics to woo muslim voters by offering them a lollypop of 9% subquota (though 4.5% is the decided one) in OBC quota, unmindful of even warnings issued (to law minister SALMAN KHURSHID) for Violating the CODE OF CONDUCT during elections…

--  BJP resorting to its ram-janmabhumi  trump-card even now, without contemplating whether it makes any sense now  or not…

--  BSP has thrown plethora of welfare schemes which seems quixotic n far-fetched.

This clearly highlights that our political system is still engraved with the vote-bank politics, with the politicians, appearing senseless of real issues n challenges, which r jeopardizing our country’s probity and stature, both at national and international level….

            As citizens of this country and to improve the efficacy of our democracy, it’s essential that we have quintessential knowledge of our political system, so as to properly understand the “POLITICS OF POLITICS” , in order to regulate our rights and duties in best possible way.

         

            JAI HIND…………

 

                 

THE DWINDLING DILEMMA - A Ray Of Hope

                                                                       

   It is  in the years before  aug 1947 ,where we actually find examples  of perfect  congregation  of people from all cross-section of societies ,who had devoted themselves  for a common cause—which was then “INDEPENDENCE”. The next such mass movement or protest (at least for the generation of my age)that caught  the eyeballs of every individual  was “INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION” movement led by shri ANNA HAZARE. Everything  went off well, from a behemoth  public support , to politicians actually feeling  the anger burgeoning  within each n every individual  regarding the far-stretched  corruption  in public life  which further goaded them to pass the sense of the house, as a promise that the recommendations proposed by TEAM ANNA would be seriously considered while drafting the LOKPAL BILL.

               However, TEAM ANNA took everything for granted from there on, even sometimes seeming procrustean, which somewhere, down the line, hampered their   image n movement. Though, TEAM ANNA began the campaign as a totally unbiased political movement,  they  ended up  scathing only the ruling party for sabotaging the passage of the LOKBAL BILL 2011 in the upper house in the winter session(although it is the prerogative of the entire parliament to pass the legislation), appearing biased and flummoxed to a great extent. Further, their  decision to campaign only against CONGRESS(as they are in power) in the coming elections in the five states drew more flak as it somewhere lent  credence to the burgeoning views that they  are working in alliance  with the left parties(especially BJP N RSS). This in turn, combined with the tepid response that TEAM ANNA received during their last protest (going along with parliament proceedings ) at MUMBAI, enfeebled  the whole movement, as described by many.

            But then, drowning the confusions n  realizing the ethics, essence n probity of a national movement, TEAM ANNA decided in a haste not to put the complete onus on the ruling party for the debacle of  LOKPAL BILL and said it would abstain from campaigning against CONGRESS, albeit, it was their major play card earlier….

                 Having decided this, it seems the dilemma surrounding the TEAM ANNA, on further course of actions, is ebbing away fast and in true sense should be carried forward to embolden the ANTI-CORRUPTION MOVEMENT in a concerted manner to make people realize, the importance of such campaigns, their moral responsibility towards our democracy and the  need of a strong mechanism which can work as a panacea  to treat the malady of CORRUPTION…………..