TAKE UP BIG ISSUES /PARLIAMENTARIANS

There were lot of resentments and disturbances in the PARLIAMENT on 11/5/12 over the issue of some CORTOON on Dr.AMBEDKAR in some school books. No business in both houses could be conducted due to this incident. But then this is not for the first time that PARLIAMENT has been made DISFUNCTIONAL on PETTY AND INDIVIDUAL issues and for blame games. This seems to have become its regular feature. SOME TIMES DOUBTS ARISE OVER CAPABILTY OF THE PARLIAMENTARIANS to bring forth the issues of national importance. So only, interest is taken in creating disturbances. There comes to mind an incident some years ago on the depiction of some HINDU OBJECTS OF WORSHIP in bad shape by an other artist. That time most of this class and the so called SECULARISTS had justified the depictions as freedom of expression. There are also the instances when many persons were killed in TRAIN BURNING INCIDENT IN GODHRA. This HORRYFYING incident did not attract reasonable attention and resentment from most so called secularists, but still in the riots taken place there after, the issue is kept alive, mostly seemingly for political gains and to show sympathy for the particular community [for whose votes all are ready to kill their own nears and dears, as had been when Bharat was invaded by the intruders from across the borders]. Same way many Hindus have been driven out of Kashmir, but the issue in general does not attract attention of this political class, but when some one from the other community is harmed/arrested or killed in POLICE ACTION OR VIOLENCE THERE MOSTLY IS LOT OF HUE AND CRY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE security PERSONALS GET TOTALLY demoralized and confused, as to whether they are there only to be harmed and killed and are not supposed to do their duty as security personals. Then there are cases of the writers, TASLIMA AND RUSHDI who despite being from Indian origin are not helped in this very country to lead reasonable and peaceful lives. Should such cases not attract attention of those raising so many individual issues? The request is hereby made to all in the political class and others in the society NOT TO OVER STRETCH such small matters; rather work whole heartedly and with full dedication to ensure that all efforts to divide the nation on such matters, just for POLITICAL GAINS are put a brake to. Let the sentiments of all be treated on equal footings without distinction of CASTE/CREED or COMMUNITY. The parliament and its members are there to frame and oversee working of laws for general national interests. WASTING PARLIAMENT’s time and nation’s money by its dysfunction need be treated as acts of TREASON. THESE SELECTIVE SENSIBILITIES OF OUR KARAN DHARS ARE SURE TO HARM THIS NATION TO ANY EXTENT AND MAY HELP ONLY IN ITS FURTHER DIVIDES AND MAY ULTIMATELY PROVE SUICIDAL. HOPE THE MASSAGE goes to the concerned ones. R.D.Agarwal-A-86Indranager Lucknow Blog:www.rdagarwal.blogspot.com, twitter rdagarwal Dated;-12.5.12

POLITICS OF BANDHS/STOP ALL

Political parties of all hues gave call for BHARAT BANDH for 31/5/12. The call was given to protest against decision to increase PETROL PRICES by about 7 rupees per liter. The parties after close of the day MUST BE all jubilant for having created lot of disturbances and inconveniences to the general public, besides loss of public and in some cases even private properties. As this is the general culture of “bands” that such type of anti human and anti national activities do take place. The big question is as to what and how, even those giving call and spear-heading such BUNDHS are benefited even though they feel, that they have gained public sympathy by raising public interest issues. The fact is that the general public in no way is benefited by these acts nor in general they wish such actions to take place, knowing fully well that all these actions are, keeping in view benefits to organizers and as for as public is concerned, their tears are only that of the crocodiles. We now understand that a relief of just about Rs 2 a liter has been allowed just after two days of bandh which going by the price of petrol nearing above Rs 70/ a liter is just a straw in camel’s mouth and the general public is not going to get any comfortable relief by this tokenism. Where the system as well as BANDH sponsors separately feel the winners in the process, but the general public is no gainer at all. As far as petrol prices are concerned, this is not for the first time that such increase has been done, rather this is a very regular feature for this commodity. Every time the increase in done there are protests and anger showings, still the prices continue to rise. About 2/3 years back it was being priced at less than Rs 50/- a liter, in the year about 1965 it was just about or less than one rupee a liter. At that time number of vehicles on roads as well as their owners would be very few. There fore consumption of petrol too was less. Use of bicycles was very common, and for small distances say about 3/4 km, the people would walk down only, mostly not making use of the bicycles even. This would keep people most physically fit and healthy. Since the year about sixties, population in the country has increased many folds. Though it is not connected with increase in population, still number of vehicles i.e. two wheelers as well as four wheelers, I mean petrol driven vehicles have increased still many times more due to TENDENCY OF CONSUMERISM. During the last decade, lending for all types of consumptions including for vehicles are being done very freely by many lending companies including by the public sector banks. So number of vehicles is increasing with a very high speed. The problem created thus is not only petrol prices, rather prices of all items of daily use including prices of bare necessities have increased many folds, to the extent that even upper middle class is feeling it difficult to live a reasonably comfortable life, what to say of the lower middle class AND STILL POOR families. Calls for “Bands” are no doubt given by the political class only who as a matter of fact them-selves are responsible for most ills and problems in the society/country. This I say, because this very class is at the helm of the systems in one way or the other and in one state or the other. All the ills, wherever existing are needed to be discussed thread bare at the proper forums, i.e state assemblies/the central parliament. Not only this, the parties are supposed to take up calling for meetings with the ruling groups, discuss, listen to each other’s views patiently, give concrete/honest /workable suggestions as well as help in their implementations, all standing shoulder to shoulder, with the ruling dispensations as well as those out of these groups. Just now the parties not part of the ruling groups are given the name as OPPOSITION parties, going by the name given, they feel as if their job is only to oppose each and every move of the ruling party. That’s why the under current of each and every move of the party sitting in the opposition benches is so only. There fore, the need of the hour is to change this given name. Let them, instead be called as SEHYOGI DALS meaning that their duty is not to oppose only, but is to help also in the progress of the nation. AS THE NAME, SO THE ACTIONS. Some other reasons for increase in prices at all levels with suggestions for cure are detailed here to after; The biggest problem for increase in prices of all items is ABNOXIOUS INCREASE IN POPULATION. So THIS ASPECT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE WITHOUT DELAY. The country must learn and act on the Zeal and honesty shown by late SANJAY GANDHI in this direction. Our political class as a whole is afraid of touching this issue fearing loss of sympathy from the voters, giving example of INDRA GANDHI loosing her govt on this very issue which does not seem to be the real cause of her defeat, but it as we see was due to some in the political class having been able to fool the public just for political gains. Making family planning as the issue THE FACT REMAINS THAT IGNORING THIS ASPECT MAY PROVE VERY HARMFUL TO THE PRESENT AS WELL AS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SOME ONE SEEMS HAVING RIGHTLY SAID-; “LAMHON NE KHATA KI THEE SADIYON NE SAZHA PAAYI”. So immediate need is to act here, going by the perils created by this obnoxious increase WE HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED LOTS OF LOOT AND HUMILIATIONS DUE TO MANY FOLLIES OF OUR ANCESTORS. Let us not repeat these mistakes. . . Consumerism at all levels need be controlled. As a start we must immediately take up the functions being organized at Govt. levels as well as by the individuals. For individuals a ban of maximum of 50 person’s gathering can be put. Similar restrictions are needed for the decorations and dishes to be served. ON the part of the system, besides many other actions needed to be taken should be BAN on unneeded constructions specially needing acquiring agricultural land/changing of names of states/districts/cities/ roads/institutions and so on, as these changes besides being putting the general public in dark well, also have to be supported by changes in all govt records incurring huge expenses. Again, too frequent transfers on change of the persons at the helm need be put a break to. For this purpose definite policy guidelines need be made and enforced. This again is to help control unneeded expenses, as on transfers lot of money goes down the drains. Besides pilferages/corrupt practices at most working places resulting in loss of funds need be checked. JUST NOW IT IS VERY GENERALLY OBSERVED THAT THE WORKING CLASS DO NOT HONESTLY PUT IN THE DAY’S WORK, MIGHT BE AT PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS /OR EVEN AT PUBLIC OFFICES this tendency has developed in daily wage workers as well. THIS ONLY INCREASES the cost on goods and services, which results in further pushing up prices at all levels. SHOULD THE SYSTEM NOT PONDER OVER REASONS for long delays in completing most projects and how this further burdens the system resulting, either in increase in cost of goods and services or by taxes by the system. So this aspect needs to be attended with urgency. To control prices of all items including of petrol in nutshell the need is to control expenses/wastages and increase productivity.[not of humans] Use of vehicles need be controlled by permitting only minimum and selective lending for this purpose, by the lending agencies including public sector banks. Instead our MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES need be given better push and speed so that banks in order to invest their surplus funds do not go for these type of lending’s for all type of consumptions including this MENACE OF VEHICLES, the biggest cause of CONGESSIONS, POLLUTIONS AND INCREASE OF PETROL CONSUMPTION, RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASE IN PRICES OF PETROL. Besides, as is known to every one INCLUDING THE POLITICAL CLASS, DIESEL just now is heavily subsidized. WHY CANNOT THE SYSTEM SEE THAT NOW USE OF diesel driven vehicles has become very common. Most people use very big vehicles for the purpose, owned almost in 100% cases by the affluent ones only. So giving subsidy to this class of people and the Affluent farmers compels the weak ones to carry Burdon of the undeserving ones is injustice. So subsidy of DIESEL need be scraped at once rather use of big cars too need be controlled, so as to spare the already congested roads of this further load. Causes for increase in prices of all items are mostly due to FAULTY GOVERNANCE and their priorities as the system keeps no control on un needed expenses in maintaining and keeping in good humor the EMPLOYEES,THE VOTERS the POLITICIANS AS WELL. And spend a good part of income on subsidies/doles /freebies and If at all so needed let us indulge in politics not more that 10% the rest 90% should be our statesmanship, so that beyond saving our country, the future generations do not hate us as bad politicians and instead remember us with respect as GOOD STATESMEN.. In the light of the fore mentioned, request is made to all the country men/political class/bureaucracy the media all concerned citizens to please make the system AWAKE so that we do not get TOO LATE to enforce corrections where ever needed, but surely BANDHS/STOP ALL are not the remedies. R.D.AGARWAL-A-86 INDRA NAGAR LUCKNOW blog;-www.rdagarwal.blogspot.com twitter-rdagarwal

LOK PAL VS CORRUPTION

Shri Anna Hazare and his team members---Sub-LOK PAL V/S CORRUPTION The committed ones;------------------------ Most in this country appreciate your efforts for installation of the INSTITUTION OF LOK PAL with purpose to set up fool proof systems for investigating known /reported cases of corruption. In the beginning of your open and known call for fight with the system to go in for struggle beginning with your fast and agitation at the RAM LILA GROUNDS in DELHI. Your efforts then were very well received as should be clear from huge gathering all around the VENUE AT DELHI, and its ECO coming from through out the country. As is clear to most thinking people here, THIS CANCER OF CORRUPTION is not being controlled and is rather permitted to be spread all around. This seems all due to lack of will power and positive action on part of the entire political class. Other pillars of our democracy too have not positively contributed for the purpose. After your mentioned agitation in Delhi, people started feeling as if you started taking sides with the political parties, as was clear from the team members supporting/opposing parties in a bye election in Haryana. In the elections to some state assemblies just there after too, people felt as if your team was taking sides. Many started doubting wisdom and intentions of the team knowing fully well that only one single political party can not be blamed for the mess, rather others may be still bigger culprits in the game, other wise the parties in power before and after these elections were no way better than the party whom total blame is thrust upon if case of just one state i.e. UP be taken as a test case. This is being mentioned here giving MOOD OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC who has a lot of hope from your team, and also do not doubt your honesty in any way. Still request is being made to you, to please instead confine your self to the main issue of CORRUPTION; of course for the purpose fight may have to be extended to changing the POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ELECTION PROCESS AS A WHOLE as these we see are the root cause of most maladies haunting our nation. SOME MAIN CAUSES AS have been made out from the mood of general public are detailed here after again with the request to make note of these items as well and fix in your priorities. 1) Just now as is known to all, the system itself permits huge sums of money for contesting elections. The general observations are that in actual terms much more than the permitted limits, expenses by the individual candidates are incurred . So, after getting elected or even otherwise this politician will naturally try to make good the incurred expenses, a big cause of corruption. 2] During electioneering and before entering the election fray, lot of promises for doles and freebies are made, and many a times these are fulfilled too after the elections. For individual party’s desire to be in power, public money is doled out in crores. 3]The schemes like MNREGA and MID-DAY MEALS, etc., too, besides creating beggar tendencies and create laziness in the receivers, are simply BRIBES for the purpose of vote bank gains. 4]Our constitution was framed more than sixty years from now. Those who conceived and drafted this constitution had mandated RESERVATIONS to particular classes in the society for a limited period and that too for permitting certain mentioned benefits only. But this CANCER OF RESERVATION continues unabated, rather this continues to be extended in many directions and spheres. No political party, just for VOTE BANK CONSIDERATIONS, takes courage to take up this issue for the purpose of putting a stop to this practice. In the process the society keeps dividing in many ways besides creating ill will amongst the population of this very country. This also compels the system to compromise on QUALITY /COMPETENCE AND CALIBRE, surely having bad and negative effect on our governance including nation’s PROPER AND ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT. Should showering favours to some at the head of others just for VOTE BANK CONSIDERATIONS not be treated as CORRUPTION OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE? As the CONDITIONS are, country’s economy is under huge pressure. The parties in power at the Centre as well as the States still continue to shower LARGEESE and FAVOURS to all those who put in just minimum pressure. This includes their employees/legislature/and other pressure groups. The Ruling dispensations due to fear of loss of vote bank dare not say NO to the demands of any of them, though BUDGETS GO IN TO NAGATIVE and system has to go for DEFICIT FINANCING. The perils of continuous Deficit are before all to see where besides other things our CURRENCY IS loosing its value speedily. The elected ones, many a time, CHANGE COLOURS /SIDES after getting elected on the tickets of the loosing dispensation. But just for greener pastures and gains, shift loyalties to the other. Shifting almost in 100% cases is towards the ruling groups. The ruling groups too in order to add strength and for the sake of longevity to their Governments, mostly welcome the DEFECTORS with arms vide open. Not only this, rather positions too are given to such defectors. This NULLIFIES THE VERY PURPOSE AND SPIRIT of ‘ANTI DEFECTION LAWS; The country has been divided into many states and still more demands for such further divides continue to crop up. The ruling dispensations show no courage to over-rule these most unreasonable demands, fearing loss of votes. SUCH DEMANDS can be fulfilled only at the cost of acquiring still more agricultural land in possession for creating paraphernalia for the new states to come into being. This creates further divides based on boundaries. Going by what has been mentioned here to fore, many instances of corruption spread all over can be given. The reasons for the system not being able to control is mostly lack of will to govern which is further hampered by the EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE POLITICAL PARTIES ALL AROUND. So in many cases majority party running the system have to take help of others, who continue to PULL AND PRESSURISE the system for their SELFISH ENDS. So need is to give more strength to the struggle for change of ELECTION PROCESS AND POLITICAL SYSTEM where existence of only TWO POLITICAL PARTIES in the system becomes a rule and elections get mandated for the parties and not the individuals. Just going by the percentage of votes polled and polled votes further getting divided between the many, the ruling party mostly represent NOT MORE THAN 15% of the total votes. A BIG BLOT ON OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. Hope the committed ones in the country, specially your group will take up these issues on priority. R,D.Agarwal-A-86 indra nagar lucknow.blog www.rdagarwal.blogspot .comtwitter-rdagarwal Dated;-23.6.2012 .