Vox Populi Issue N008

VOX POPULI  

by 

AAM ADMI 

Issue No. : N 008

Issue Date: 28 Nov 2022

Contents:

1. Protect Our Women From Male Homicidal Perverts

2. Of 'Pariah' Nations & 'Pariah' Parties

3. Saudi Arabia Stun Argentina at World Cup

Protect Our Women From Male Homicidal Perverts : 27 Nov 2022

The Maharashtra Police pursuing the complaint filed by Shradha Walkar with the Vashi police in Nov 2020 against Poonawala which claimed that he was physical assaulting her and had threatened to kill and cut her into pieces, could have saved a young life curtailed so cruelly in its prime. Though Shradha had withdrawn the complaint later, the police could have still organised a joint meeting of the two and given both some sane advice from the experience of the police in such cases. This hopefully would have drilled some caution into Poonawala. The problem with the police in our country is that they are overworked and they rarely look beyond what is obviously apparent. Going the extra mile is never done unless there is a pecuniary self interest involved. However, in such cases further enquiries should have been undertaken. Or there should be a procedure set up that complaints or cases related to violence against women should be referred to the nearest All Woman Police Station. Hopefully, the woman police would go into the matter more exhaustively. This is of utmost necessity since on the heels of the Shradha Walkar killing we have had a series of horrifying murders of women and unless quick exemplary punishment is not given, we will continue to see our women getting killed in most brutal circumstances. The Nirbhaya rape case and in its aftermath has not seen the rape cases against women particularly north of the Narmada reduce in any case, thus we need an attitudinal and cultural shift of mindset in our society of protecting our women from unbalanced and perverted men with homicidal tendencies.

Of 'Pariah' Nations & 'Pariah' Parties : 25 Nov 2022

The North Korean President's sister made the following comments about South Korea the other day, that they are 'idiots' and 'a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the US' & their previous presidents a 'rat' and a 'prostitute'. The BJP leaders in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly elections have said that they will strip Kejriwal naked and send him back to Delhi and also saying that Rahul Gandhi's appearance now during the Bharat Jodo Yatra is like Saddam Hussein and that he should have tried to look like Vallabhai Patel or Nehru or even Gandhiji. The latter comment about Rahul Gandhi is the typical make-believe games that the BJP plays of faking things and covering up reality. Rahul Gandhi if he has grown a beard during his padayatra will look like himself, if anyone thinks he looks different then it is in that person's imagination. These BJP leaders try to outdo each other in saying outrageous things to catch the headlines without applying their minds to logic and reason. Thus our BJP leaders are making statements equivalent to those made by North Korea a 'pariah' nation thus putting them on par to being called a 'pariah' party.

P.S. The BJP has taken umbrage of Narendra Modi being bracketed with MBS of Saudi Arabia who was accused of murdering a journalist Khasshogi but allowed to visit the USA since being the Head of State he gets diplomatic immunity. Narendra Modi had not been allowed into the USA because of being an accused in the Gujarat riots cases that happened in 2002 but was exempted after 2014 once he was elected Prime Minister. The honours list of those accorded this facility includes the Heads of State of Haiti and 2 countries from Middle Africa. Eminent company our Prime Minister keeps in a special and exclusive club!

Saudi Arabia Stun Argentina at World Cup : 23 Nov 2022

With the stunning defeat of Argentina by Saudi Arabia at the football World Cup, the game is turning to be a great leveller. Reputation and form have this year in football been tossed aside and the best side on the day have won showing the door to the big names across Europe. In the EPL teams like Brentford, Leeds United and Brighton have shown the door to the giants like Liverpool and Manchester City. Manchester United has been a pushover currently for any team so they do not count. In Italy, Juventus has been struggling as also teams like AC Milan and Inter against the lesser teams. In Spain, Real Madrid has had unexpected defeats while Barcelona is a pale shadow of its past greatness and are anybody's to overcome. In France, PSG is the only team that has maintained its top reputation. Lets see what more the World Cup brings!

P.S. The very next day Japan upset mighty Germany. Both Argentina and Germany were humbled against the run of form. Keep watching the World Cup for more unexpected results.

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Vox Populi Issue N007

 VOX POPULI  

by 

AAM ADMI 

Issue No. : N 007

Issue Date: 21 Nov 2022

Contents:

1. The Ronaldo Story

2. Criticising Nehru & Others by Modi & Other BJP Leaders

3. Putin's Misadventure in Ukraine

4. Bringing the T20I World Cup Cricket Trophy Home To London

5. The BJP's Double Engine Government

The Ronaldo Story: 20 Nov 2022

Ronaldo after a long silence and many slights by manager Ten Hag has finally spoken and decided to come clean about his problems with Manchester United. Like they say it is never too late. With Ten Hag not putting Ronaldo in the starting line-up on many occasions during the current EPL season, there was not much choice left for Ronaldo. Overall if you see without Ten Hag football will not be the loser but if you do not have Ronaldo on the field football is the biggest loser and more so to the fans. Ten Hag has recently made a statement that Manchester United can do without Ronaldo. That we have been seeing with the team's up and down performance, more down than up, lately. Also Ten Hag has nothing much to commend himself as a coach but for a truncated stint at Bayern Munich and then a longish term at Ajax. Ajax is not so much a top tier side in European football these days. Thus Ten Hag's credentials are suspect as also his ability to deal with top tier players and teams. He could have handled the whole matter with Ronaldo differently and with more finesse. There was no need to stir up things to a flashpoint. There is a possibility also that Ten Hag may have deliberately ignited this issue to save his skin from getting fired because of the clubs ragged performance after he took over. There were a number of celebrated sackings of coaches in the EPL like Tuchel at Chelsea and also across Europe. So what better than to make out an issue out of Ronaldo who is bound to attract headlines and divert the media and club management attention away from Ten Hag himself. In that he has been very successful one must admit as we see how the issue has shaped up. One must however admit that Ronaldo has also been at fault, first as a senior player he should have respected the team management decisions about his playing times in the matches in the interest of discipline. And secondly, in giving the TV interview, possibly in contravention of his contract which will get him into trouble. It is being reported now that the club has been consulting their lawyers in trying to find a way on how to deal with the problem. When lawyers get into the act it is hard for players to get the upper hand and it will be very unfortunate if Ronaldo has to leave Manchester United. But one must say that Ronaldo has got his timing right, in fact perfect, in precipitating the matter. With the football World Cup commencing on 20th Nov and Ronaldo leading Portugal in the Cup, he will be doing what he likes best, playing football. While Ten Hag and the club management at Manchester United is kept occupied with what to do with Ronaldo when the EPL resumes on Boxing Day. If Ronaldo does well at the World Cup with Portugal, he ups his value. If he realises that then it will be good for the World Cup and we should be able to see great football. If he does not do well at Qatar then with the likelihood of Manchester United closing their doors on him, he may have to consider going out to pasture in the US or elsewhere. Australian football has already said that they would welcome him but the compensation package may not be as good as his present one. Ronaldo one way or the other will have to take a hit at the fag end of his career. This is rather unfortunate and football will be the greatest loser. The best way out of this mess is to have Sir Alex Ferguson step in. He was instrumental in getting Ronaldo to join Manchester United this time. He can prevail on the club management to have Ten Hag leave the club and get some other manager and have Ronaldo continue with Manchester United. That will be the best thing for football and Manchester United, one feels since Ten Hag is disposable while Ronaldo is less so. Whether the Glazers will accept it or not is another story.

Criticising Nehru & Others by Modi & Other BJP Leaders: 18 Nov 2022

The tendency of the BJP leaders with Narendra Modi in the lead of slandering our past leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and others is shameful. The latest to make a statement against Nehru is Central Minister Rijiju who one wonders whether he was even born when Nehru was alive. These people are aping Modi in criticising our past leaders with the intention probably of pleasing him, in the manner of - Follow The Leader. The present crop of leaders that the BJP has are no comparison to our past leaders and do not have even a fraction of the personality that the earlier leaders possessed, let alone try to compare themselves and their present achievements and contributions to the nation, with those of the past leaders. The present lot also fail to realise it is easy to now sit and criticise these past leaders since we are not fully aware of the situation and circumstances that prevailed when they took whatever decisions. Instead of delving into the past our current leaders of the BJP and other parties should concentrate on the present and tackle the prevailing problems that are on their plate. A self-review of their actions and activities will show on their part complete ennui and mishandling in dealing with matters presently in front of society and the State. This is precisely the reason why the country is hurtling down the slippery slope of performance in all spheres of activity be it economic or otherwise. The present critique brigade of our  past leaders should think of how history would judge them and their performance maybe 50 years hence. Or maybe they will be completely ignored for not having done anything meaningful in public life. 

Putin's Misadventure in Ukraine: 17 Nov 2022

Putin in the Ukraine war has unintentionally one would assume exposed the vulnerabilities of the Russian military apparatus. The latest withdrawal from the Kherson area emphasises this. It is not only just that but there have been reports that the Russian army has been running out of ammunition and supplies have been coming in from even North Korea via the Gulf. The continuing war will thus end up not serving Russia's interests and in the event of a military confrontation with the West in the future it will have to deal with a more aggressive NATO and the US. The West have in the battlegrounds around the world in modern times like in Afghanistan and Iraq have used these conflicts to test their latest armaments and weapons and thus improve their military capabilities. In contrast Putin in Ukraine has exposed to his enemies the flaws that are existing in the supposed might of an armed Russia. Thus it would leave Russia as a doddering old man wagging its atomic weapons as a last resort. In Putin's misadventure in Ukraine has been laid the ground of Russia's demise as an influential member of the world polity.

Bringing the T20I World Cup Cricket Trophy Home To London: 15 Nov 2022

In the T20I World Cup cricket final England at Melbourne y/day, 13th, again showed consistency in disposing off their opponents, Pakistan who were a pale shadow of the team that beat the Kiwis in the semi-finals. England after some reversals in the league games peaked at the right moment. Buttler's understated captaincy, Curran and Rashid's ability to lock down the opposing batsmen and Stokes' 'Rock of Gibraltar' act brought the T20 trophy home. What a cricketer, this Stokes is, a Mr Cool like no other. One still remembers his innings against Australia in England at Headingley in 2019 where he stood like a wall against the pace trio of Cummins, Hazlewood and Pattinson with the help of the tail and took England to victory with an unbeaten 135. As Buttler commented earlier with Stokes in the team and at the crease at crunch time, he has less of worries. Stokes proved this and more during the finals on Sunday. Congratulations to England for adding the T20I World Cup trophy to the ODI trophy already with them. Way to go Buttler, Stokes and the rest of the English team.

The BJP's Double Engine Government: 14 Nov 2022

The BJP has for long been touting the Double Engine model of having the same party in power in the States as that at the Centre. There is undoubtedly some merit in that argument and where it happens in the normal course it is alright. But we have seen since 2014, what happens if this does not work out through the ballot the BJP goes all out to engineer it through Operation Lotus of toppling governments. The process involves the buying out of the other party legislators through the massive war chest of funds that the BJP now commands. When even this does not work the BJP then uses the Governor Torpedo to create nuisance for legally elected governments in its attempt to de-stabilise them. Every single non-BJP government in the States has had and is having varying degrees of interference by their Governors, notorious among which was Vice-President Dhankar who was elevated to his present position as a reward, one would assume, because of the constant pestering he was indulging in against Mamata Banerjee's TMC government in Bengal. This will undoubtedly encourage other incumbent Governors to intensify their nuisance in hopes of better loaves of office. Thus the BJP's motto seems to be Double Engine government at any cost. Come Hell or High Water!

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Vox Populi Issue N006

 





VOX POPULI  

by 

AAM ADMI 

Issue No. : N 006

Issue Date: 14 Nov 2022

Contents:

1. Is the Supreme Court always right? 

2. Another World Cup Gone! No trophies. How long do we have to wait?

3. The Demonetisation Spin 

4. Cyrus Mistry Accident To Be Proceeded Against by Maharashtra Police 

Is the Supreme Court always right? : 13th Nov 2022

The rape and murder of a 19 year old girl in the Chawla area of Delhi during 2012 and the recent acquittal of the assailants on procedural issues by the Supreme Court is a sad commentary on the justice system of India. The High Court had while sentencing the rapists to death described the case as 'rarest of the rare' considering the cruelty and bestiality exhibited. The Supreme Court though admitting that the assailants had committed a heinous act decided to let them off on counts of shoddy investigation by the Delhi Police. This one thinks is an error on the part of the Supreme Court since it sends out the wrong message out to society particularly future rapists who will try to buy out the system and thus go scot free. What the Supreme Court could have done is either referred the case back to the High Court and instructed it to order a re-investigation so that proper punishment could be meted out to the assailants. One does not expect the Supreme Court to throw up its hands on procedural issues and as a consequence of that acquit offenders. The disturbing part of this judgment by the 3 Judge Bench was that it comprised the earlier Chief Justice of India, Justice Lalit. One would think the last few of his judgments before he retired. 

Another World Cup Gone! No trophies. How long do we have to wait? : 

12th Nov 2022

The semifinal clash with England in the T20I World Cup at Adelaide was a disaster for India. It showed up yet again the inability of ours to defend scores, any scores. The 169 for victory that India put up for England to get was not a bad score. It was our bowlers who let us down and Rohit Sharma failed in to ring the proper bowling changes. There is nothing to take away from Buttler and Hales who put up a classic show of aggressive batting and sent our bowlers on a leather hunt. Our cricketing team strategists including Rahul David, the coach, have not drummed into the bowler's heads that in T20 sometimes taking wickets is not important but you got to contain the batsmen and give away less runs. Rohit on his part sometimes does not see things correctly. Like going into the middle overs when our bowlers were being hit all around the park, he should have brought Shami in earlier. Granted Shami is more effective with the older ball and in the end covers he takes wickets. But when your other bowlers are leaking runs bring Shami in to see if he could stem the tide. Finally when Shami was given the ball he did give away less runs than the others and he got the first real chance of a wicket, which catch Surya Kant Yadav muffed. Anyway with the current squad and with Kohli coming into form we had a real shot at the T20I World Cup this time which was not to be. We can console ourselves that there will be another time, another trophy, another place and wish our cricket team all the best. They played well but they need to show endurance and stay the course for the full championship. They also need to remember that we criticise them so that they can do better the next time. 

The Demonetisation Spin : 11th Nov 2022

Leading up to the anniversary of Demonetisation on 8th November, there have been many stories doing the rounds of the media. These are more in the nature of a spin on the pros and cons of the Demonetisation exercise. It is precisely in these conflicting stories that India's credibility about any economic figures lies in tatters. Just about a week ago it was reported that cash in the economy is much lower than what it was in 2016. Then a few days back we are told that the cash is almost at double the level it was in 2016. The latter report is more plausible since in multiple reports over the years since Demonetisation it was stated that the cash use in the economy has not fallen. In contrast it has risen signifying that the transition towards a digital economy is slowed down. It is not that card transactions have reduced. They have also shown growth, what we call organic growth consistent with their trends but nothing dramatic to indicate that it is replacing cash on a massive scale. In India we need to understand that public acceptance of any measure is slow. This is because of our diversity both geographical and economic. Unless an individual is able to rationalise the measure in his mind, he rarely accepts it. The political leadership if they are in a hurry like in this measure of converting people to plastic money, they will always fail or come up a cropper. Media also complicates these issues by not reporting the correct news. Media today, a majority of them owned by large industrial groups are agenda driven and play up to vested interests for their own reasons. It is rare to see any independent media entity which reports the news as it is. In the above context, there was a media report the other day citing a lady Dy Governor of the RBI saying that the buoyant GST collection and increased direct tax growth was related to the better compliance that Demonetisation has engineered. One does not know whether Shaktikanta Das' tenure is scheduled for completion making this lady to laud the incumbent government to earn brownie points for her candidature to seek the Governor's chair. The increased GST collection is like a misconception since earlier the majority of the Sales Tax would have been collected by the States but now everything comes to the Centre. So the Centre's pile has grown bigger giving the relatively false impression that the indirect sales tax, now called GST, has grown. As for direct taxes the coverage is still very low compared to developed countries and trends of increased compliance are good and healthy though how Demonetisation can be linked to buoyancy in income tax is not understood. 

Cyrus Mistry Accident To Be Proceeded Against by Maharashtra Police : 

8th Nov 2022

The Maharashtra police is understood to have filed a case of rash driving against the lady gynaecologist Pandole who was at the wheel of the Mercedes Benz car which met an accident and in which Cyrus Mistry and one other person died. This is the correct way to go. There has been a lot of spin attempted about the accident ranging from problems with the car to the design of the highway at the point where the accident happened. On the latter even our Central Minister of Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari has joined issue claiming that the highway at that point indeed narrowed and he would in the future have foreign experts design our highways, in contrast of his present stand to support local highway engineering experts. All this is being clearly done because the Pandoles are well-off and one would assume well connected. The system clearly is out to protect them and transfer blame to other entities so that they get off scot-free in this incident. This should not be allowed. One has all the sympathies for those involved in the accident but the driver should take responsibility. Here we need to state that highway driving is not easy and one needs to be used to it. It is also far removed from city driving and that is where lady driver lapsed into error which led to the accident. If it were not for the death of Cyrus Mistry in this accident and the hi-profile nature of the other occupants of the car, this incident would just have been written off as yet another highway accident adding to the rising statistics of such cases. 

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Vox Populi Issue N005

VOX POPULI  

by 

AAM ADMI 

Issue No. : N 005

Issue Date: 7 Nov 2022

Contents:

1. Modi's Doublespeak on Corruption

2. India In Denial Re Economic Problems

3. One Nation, One Uniform, for the Police, Another Kite Flying Exercise by Modi! 

4. Scrap the Position of Governor from our Political and Institutional Charter

5. Lessons in Democracy From The UK

Modi's Doublespeak on Corruption : 6 Nov 2022

Modi while speaking to the Central Vigilance Commission at a function in Vigyan Bhawan on 3rd Nov 2022 asked them not to spare the corrupt however powerful they may be or connected with vested interests. At other times Modi has said that corruption is the bane of the country and we need to destroy it. However, his speech seems to be variance with his actions on the issue and his penchant to look the other way when his BJP functionaries are involved in corrupt actions. Recently we have had headlines in the paper from Karnataka on the news of cash in Deepavali gift hampers ranging from Rs. 1 - 1.5 Lakh given to journalists from the CM Bommai's office. The news of this came out since some of the journalists who were sent the hampers with the cash returned them to the CM's office. The BJP remained in denial of the incident and there was no comment on this from Bommai's office or from the higher ups in the party echelon. 

There have been cases in Goa of corruption in which BJP politicians from outside the State have also been involved. There is the case of the construction of a bungalow in Old Goa on heritage land adjacent to ASI protected monuments by Mumbai based Chudasama, one of the earlier spokespersons for the BJP and the excise licence for Silly Souls Bar & Restaurant case in which Smriti Irani is involved. In both cases the concerned officials were bribed to give sanctions for construction on the pretext that it was renovation of a shed on the property in the first and licences for bar operation in the second. Not only that when the cases were brought to public notice the BJP functionaries mentioned resorted to misuse of their political power by getting the concerned officials transferred. In the first the Superintending Engineer of the ASI was shunted out for having served a show-cause notice as to why the bungalow should not be demolished. In the second the Excise Commissioner was transferred when he had similarly asked why the bar licence should not be cancelled. 

Thus Modi's talk seems to be at variance with his actions to stem corruption. It is this blow hot, blow cold policy by Modi which has encouraged the nefarious people to continue with their activities. In 8 years  the country has been brought to its knees. Another term to Modi & the BJP in 2024 will make India go down and out forever.

India In Denial Re Economic Problems : 4 Nov 2022

The impact of the Covid pandemic has been less because of the economic policies pursued by the present government is what Modi claims. The hollowness of this statement can be checked if women employment is verified to show that it has fallen over the last 3 years as also the number of suicides that have increased among daily wage labour and in the unorganised sector workforce. The number of MSME's that have closed down in the same period is alarming and signifies the distress that is widespread in the country. Unemployment is another issue that indicates the state of the economy. The proof that jobs are just not there is exemplified in the fact that Modi himself has been organising Job Fairs across the country lately and distributing appointment letters to more than a million unemployed. Modi and his government needs to understand that they cannot continue to remain in denial about the dismal state of the Indian economy. Apart from the urgent need to control inflation and stimulate growth, we need to improve our efforts in promoting our economic efforts. We are part of the world economic scenario and thus have to become a serious player therein. There is thus the need to engage effectively with world economic indice formulators like Global Hunger Index etc. etc. and get them to revise their positions re India. We need to keep them informed about the efforts that we take like in the case of hunger, that we have been during the pandemic and even up to now have been giving free rice, grain and essential food items to a humungous number of people amounting to some 80 million. No country in the world would have done so much to feed so many to alleviate the pangs of hunger. Thus one would believe that we are not keeping the world informed about what measures we are taking and what we are doing. The simple philosophy in this is that what works for the rest of the world should also work for India in terms of the ratings agencies and there is a need of a healthy interaction with them. No one is sitting out there in the world trying to deliberately pull India down. In fact many countries still look up to India as a leader and follow us. Therefore we should drop this negative and peevish attitude of looking down upon oneself and engage in world matters with more forthrightness, clarity and confidence.

One Nation, One Uniform, for the Police, Another Kite Flying Exercise by Modi! : 

2 Nov 2022

Modi had earlier been putting forward the idea of - One Nation, One Vote, which he does not follow now as a step-by-step process as clearly shown in not declaring the election schedule for Gujarat along with that of Himachal Pradesh. Thus Modi's latest of - One Nation, One Uniform, for the police, just like the One Nation, One Vote, is yet another idea up in the air, in the manner of flying kites without any intention to see it actually happening. This proposal is one that impinges on the State's charter and goes against the spirit of federalism as enshrined in the Constitution. The problem with Modi  is that he wants everything to be centralised and under the Centre's control so that it is all under his thumb. This cannot be allowed to happen. Let the States have the freedom to decide what they want and what is good for them. 

The delay in announcing the schedule for the Gujarat elections is becoming more and more clear with the slew of projects that Modi is announcing for the State with the latest being the launch of the Tata-Airbus joint venture  for the manufacture of military transport aircraft. There are more sops and projects on the anvil that are being rushed through before the Election Code of Conduct comes into force once the election schedules are announced. The Morbi bridge collapse is one such project that was accelerated for opening on 26 Oct before the Gujarat elections and see what has happened. Though Modi will not allow even this disaster in which some 130 people have died to escape from his efforts to garner voter's sympathy and is extracting the maximum mileage out of it by shedding crocodile tears on the tragedy, announcing monetary relief for the dead and wielding the stick apparently by arresting the contractor and some 8 indirectly responsible people claiming their involvement in the accident. Why was it necessary to open the bridge on 26 Oct? Why could the contractor not have been allowed to complete the restoration work comfortably and then open it to the public? After all it was a more than 100 year old bridge. One is not saying that Modi is directly responsible for the incident but in the culture before elections where people surrounding him believe that anything goes and everyone wants to please the Emperor, such things are bound to happen. One can leave the dogs of war, to use an analogy with elections, loose but one needs to have the competence and ability to exercise control on them. 

Scrap the Position of Governor from our Political and Institutional Charter: 

31 Oct 2022

One thinks that the time has come to seriously review the positions of the Governor of our States. The powers with them are mostly titular. The Governor is a hangover from the British Raj and the time has come to eliminate it. The constitutional position of being the head of the State can be reviewed and seen whether it is at all necessary and/or alternate methods of governance evolved. Over the years the position of the Governor has degenerated and today it is occupied by men of lesser stature and import than in the past. Where political parties in power see this as a position wherein to shunt their superannuated and/or undesirable members in what is called boot them upstairs in management parlance, some of the persons thus being acted upon resent this action of removing them from active politics. There are others who enjoy the perks and benefits of the Governor position which provide for palatial accommodation, courtesy the  British Raj , and the pomp and benefits of protocol. They thus luxuriate in this in pampered retirement. It is not that the first category does not enjoy these benefits but they chafe at the reins of abstaining from the din and clamour of active politics. This resentment festers and they begin to interfere with the State's administration. This is more so where the political party in power in the State is other than the one at the Centre. We are seeing this happening around us across the country with the spats between the AAP and the LG in Delhi leading the pack down to varying intensity up to Soren in Jharkhand being pestered by the Governor. When there are valid issues where the Governor has to intervene there is no problem but needless interference with an elected representative of the people running an authorised government is where the principles of democracy are overthrown. This should not happen. Thus we need to scrap the position of Governor from our political and institutional charter.

Lessons in Democracy From The UK: 30 Oct 2022

Our politicians have noticed a man from the minority community, Rishi Sunak, in the UK taking over the reins as Prime Minister. But they have failed to spot the message in the event that preceded this. That is when Liz Truss's resigned saying that she is quitting because of her inability to deliver the mandate that she had promised to the people. This is how true democracy works as demonstrated by the country that gave the world Parliamentary Democracy. In contrast what do we do in India. Election Manifestos (EM) are declared religiously before each election. These become waste paper or raddi, the moment the election results are announced. Rarely are the matters that are promised in the EM's acted upon by the political parties. More often than not the elected leaders and their political parties take the people for granted in the periods between elections. These mostly corrupt leaders ride on the backs of the electorate to feather their nests  in self-seeking and money making agendas until the next election schedule is announced. Time for us to change and follow democracy in its true spirit and principles as shown by the UK.  

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