ARE WE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT OUR J&K?

Jammu & Kashmir once known as the ’Paradise on Earth’ has over the last three decades evolved into a land of violence and hatred. The burgeoning unrest into the valley can be attributed to its blurred and murky treatment by the Government of India. I would not blame the terrorism because the trouble makers cant be expected to be the harbingers of peace. They could have been treated in a harsh and attacking manner from the very beginning. The efforts by Indian Army and CRPF in restoring peace to the region, apart from some mishaps or as is discussed the ultra vires use of the powers conferred on them by AFSPA, is commendable.

The root cause of the problem lies in the disputed status of Kashmir from very beginning. I dont know the history in detail but know that during all recent surveys conducted the majority of the people are against the schism theory.

When India is taking into account the view of each and every kashmiri ( whether he wants to stay with India, Pakistan or wants a free Kashmir), despite India’s supporters among them in a clear majority, thus exhibiting the true spirit of democracy, then it is also the responsibility of the secessionists to partake in the various efforts made by the Government of India in this regard such as All Party Meet, sending of delegations and the like.

Why dont we take any legal action against leaders such as Geelani for delivering seditious speeches? The problem is that until and unless we will be to assertive and possessive about J&K, it will all go on like this. Now , China has also started playing Geopolitical games in the issue, (by issuing stapled visas to J&K residents and building rail link to Pakistan via POK) which already makes claims over India’s some part of Arunachal Pradesh.

Finally it is upon us not to politicise the matter and play with the sovereignty of the country but to have a strong stance on this issue, such as; J&K is a part of Indian territory and any attempt by any State to foil the this state of affairs would be considered as an attack on the pride of the nation inviting severing of all its ties with that State.

Will India get rid of corrupt politicians?

Dear friends!

When I was in 9th standard, I had one subject called 'Democratic Politics'. CBSE had just started using cartoons (just to increase interest of students) in their books and just as experiment one cartoon was there which stated that 'Canada's people believe that 98% politicians should be kept in a car and threw away in valley'. What I believe ultimately that how can Canadians think that their next generation politicians would not be corrupt.

As compared to India, Canada is much developed country and I also suppose for now that politicians of India are more corrupt (which indeed are). If we performed the same thing which Canadian people think then I think would not work. It is nearly impossible to get rid of corrupt politicians.

Today I had gone to have four wheeler driving learning licence. After the completion of one month finally we get permanent licence and for that we have to show our capability by driving the vehicle. I had a brief talk with the people there. They are at sea whether they would get permanent licence or not. Passing the test of capability is in the hands of inspector there.

They said me that if they failed in the test then they have to give bribe to inspector. Sometimes there were instances that candidates drove vehicle correctly but they failed as the inspector wanted to purchase gold bangles for his wife.

At one time, we have corruption of nearly 74,000 crores at CWG and other instance we have corruption of 100-200-1000 also. So in future when economics would be taught then a line would be there 'Bharat ek rishwat pradhan desh hain. Yaha sau rupaye se lekar lakh crore rupaye ki rishwat tak bhrastachar kiya jata hai' in English which means 'India has variety of corruptions from Rs.100 to 100000 crores.

Thanks,

Take care,

Raj Agrawal

BIHAR POLLS

The Bihar Polls seems to be the most important issue at this very point of time. Nitish Kumar, the incumbent CM who has got laurels from most  parts of the country for his wonderful development work is the strongest contender as per my opinion. The Congress Party is also trying to to gain momentum, BJP already being in alliance with Nitish's JDU. On the other hand Lalu and Pasvan are also making huge claims and are quite confident of their success.

The motive of Election Campaign should be to bring into the light the unexplored and undiscovered avenues of growth and development which can be pursued by the party concerned on the basis of the blueprint it has prepared. But unfortunately Campaign is a medium of carrying flaks, blames, right and wrong and the like committed by the Government during its tenure by the contesting political parties (earlier opposition) which is a total repetition of opposition's work already been carried out earlier. The tendency to win due to other's failure or criticism mars the zeal to win due to one's own excellence. And that is the main reason of the falling political ethos of the country. 

The attitude of schadenfreude possessed by the opposition towards each and every failure of Government is condemnable especially when that incapacity and incapability comes heavily upon the national interests. This feeling is bearable upto a certain extent when it only entangles the internal affairs of that political party or alliance that is in power.

Recently, Rahul Gandhi commented that Nitish Kumar could not utilise the funds from the Central Government in the most efficient manner and similar views then were expressed by our PM Manmohan Singh. Our PM went on to say, " It is unfortunate to know that the state government is taking credit for the schemes of the Central government and their benefits are not reaching those intended". I would lament the first part of the statement being made by the occupant of such a high post but would support the second one. It is because the first one is a baseless and a political remark not in nexus with the PMO. All the Central schemes have their own name and it can be easliy verified from GOI's Website. The Centre's makes scheme for all the states including Jharkhand and Chattisgarh; first one of them being struggling to have a legitimate government since its very inception in 2000 and the other being a constant target of naxalites. What this brings out is that even for a proper implementation of Centre's scheme, state government's efforts must be there.

And finally what everyone wants is development irrespective of the originators of the schemes which subsequently resulted in this development...