Wednesday,
October 02, 2013
NEWS – GOOD, BAD & SAD
There are
always a few news that are heartening and invigorating. There are also always a
lot of news which are depressing and demoralizing. Some news are – just not
worth reading. Here are the Good, Bad and the Sad
1.
Excellent :RAHUL
GANDHI defended his stand on the ordnance saying that he expressed Public
Opinion and did not mean anything against the PM or the Cabinet. I personally
congratulate Rahul Gandhi for the extremely correct stand that he has taken in
this case. The ordnance and the Bill in whatever form, congress wants to rework
it – are all coming under the same category. You don’t need a law beyond what
the Supreme Court has said. If anything, allow the convicted persons to go on
appeal and if they come out clean later, let them come back into Politics. The
charge that Rahul has somehow undermined the office of PM or his cabinet is
just meaningless. The ordnance is meaningless and the PM and the cabinet should
not have come out with it. The BJP must not have supported the idea itself
initially. Credit goes fully to Rahul
Gandhi for saving the country from convicted Politicians. Other things –
accusations to and fro – do not matter. They are the typical politics of the
country.
2.
BAD /GOOD : CBI has registered an FIR against
Dayanidhi Maran and some BSNL officials for alleged allotment of over 300 High
speed telephone lines to his residence at Chennai , which were extended to his
Brother’s Television Channel. The fresh case comes even as the Agency is
finalizing its investigations into the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which Maran is an
accused. The 323 telephone lines are allegedly in the name of General Manager,
BSNL, and are connecting Maran’s residence with the Sun TV office through a dedicated
underground cable. The probe started in 2011, nearly four years after
complaints that a virtual telephone exchange was allegedly set up at Maran’s residence to facilitate data
transfer from Sun TV. The agency had
recommended action to the then Telecom secretary in 2007 but the department
allegedly did not give its nod in the case, the sources said. Finally the CBI
filed a preliminary enquiry in 2011.The news also says that the CBI is poised
to file a charge sheet against him and his brother for allegedly receiving
Rs.549 crores for their role in the
acquisition of Aircel by Malaysia based Maxis. This is the news. But, as we can
see, in cases of this nature, such Hug delays can prove very costly for
investigations and convictions. Evidences can get destroyed. It is said that
some Union leaders only exposed the case. They need wholehearted
congratulations for their Bold Stand. Despite that, such delays are there.
However, in this case, it is understandable. If the department is refusing to
give its nod, CBI gets constrained. So, all round, there are protections for
culprits. Filing the FIR is Good. Given the further delays in investigations,
getting proof and filing the case before the Judiciary and the further delays
in the legal processes, God knows when the cases see the light of the day. Lalu
is getting initial conviction after 17 years. He too has still chances for
appeal etc. In this case?
3.
VERY GOOD
: MODI’S TRICHY RALLY :-Modi’s
Trichy rally in Tamilnadu had attracted considerable crowds. This has put the
Local parties in deep thinking. Many of them seem to be interested in Alliances
with Modi now. Modi must continue to project his secular Image and so should
the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. Secondly, Modi must make attempts talk in
English when he speaks in Non-Hindi states. At least, initially, he should mix
his Hindi with English so that it is directly understandable to people. I
strongly urge Modi to ensure this. Also, it is preferable that Sushma swaraj and Arun jaitley also accompany him at as many
places as possible. This will ensure that practical issues that they have
debated against UPA Governance get greater prominence and BJP also projects a
UNITED IMAGE. The chances of BJP success will be that much brighter in 2014.
4.
BAD :RAGURAM RAJAN PANEL’S REPORT : The
Panel headed by Raghuram Rajan has recommended revised Planning allocations
based on a categorization made by it. In this categorization, the "less
developed" category includes,
Gujarat, Manipur, West Bengal, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Mizoram, Tripura, Karnataka, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh. The least developed states include, Odisha ,
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The relatively developed states include Haryana, Uttarakhand,
Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa. This is according to News
reports. Everybody can have his opinion
on what exactly DEVELOPMENT IS.
In my view,
enforcing and ensuring PROHIBITION OF
INTOXICATING DRINKS AND DRUGS is one of the foremost indicators of human
progress. If people are not Drunkards, all members of their families will be
far better off in terms of Human Happiness, compared to families dominated by
Drunkards. But, the state that enforces Prohibition loses our on Huge revenue.
What it loses by way of Revenue, it gains by Human happiness. Gujarat Planning Model scores hugely over other
states in that respect. One may say Tamilnadu is a developed state while
Gujarat is a less developed state – according to Raghuram Rajan’s report. But,
that does not stand the rest of even casual observation. Tamilnadu is developed
in one respect, no doubt. But, Put Prohibition also into view, Gujarat scores a
six over all states in India.
We need that sort of
development, where every family member of every family is happy and is
progressing under NON-DRUNKARD parents.
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