The elections to the Parliament is just around the corner. Anyone and everyone, aspiring to be a player in the political arena and thinks that he's closely connected to the party decision makers, goes crazy and does unimaginable things to get the ticket to fight the election. Otherwise, how does one justify the following actions that border on crass opportunism and many a time, simply an endeavour to be the news maker:-
(a) Kiran Reddy's resignation from the post of Andhra Pradesh's chief minister.
(b) The fracas in the Rajya Sabha over the Telangana statehood bill.
(c) Jayalalitha's move to free the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi consequent to the Supreme court's judgement. (d) The advertisements depicting the extent of development that has come about over the past decade of
UPA rule - I feel, that by highlighting about the metros, airports, educational institutions that have
come up, the author of the promo has unwittingly accentuated the common refrain that only select
constituencies of the mighty get nurtured while the majority of the towns and villages continue to be in
the same shambles as they were, a decade ago!
Governance has taken a backseat as the government seems to have run out of ideas and has, sadly, become reactive. Much of the schemes begun to help the 'so-called-poor' is yet to take off for want of clear directives in their implementation. The 'food security bill' is a classic case in this regard.
I've a friend who shudders to envisage a regime change as he's been a beneficiary from the present government on a couple of things. What he and probably, many others like him do not understand is that, change has become inevitable. How it would manifest in the end, remains to be seen!
Tailpiece.
Newstime, on television, has been reduced to comedy shows. How else does one describe the scenes that showed an MLA slapping the watch and security staff in the Jammu & Kashmir legislature or a couple of MLAs stripped - waist above - in the Uttar Pradesh legislature?
(a) Kiran Reddy's resignation from the post of Andhra Pradesh's chief minister.
(b) The fracas in the Rajya Sabha over the Telangana statehood bill.
(c) Jayalalitha's move to free the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi consequent to the Supreme court's judgement. (d) The advertisements depicting the extent of development that has come about over the past decade of
UPA rule - I feel, that by highlighting about the metros, airports, educational institutions that have
come up, the author of the promo has unwittingly accentuated the common refrain that only select
constituencies of the mighty get nurtured while the majority of the towns and villages continue to be in
the same shambles as they were, a decade ago!
Governance has taken a backseat as the government seems to have run out of ideas and has, sadly, become reactive. Much of the schemes begun to help the 'so-called-poor' is yet to take off for want of clear directives in their implementation. The 'food security bill' is a classic case in this regard.
I've a friend who shudders to envisage a regime change as he's been a beneficiary from the present government on a couple of things. What he and probably, many others like him do not understand is that, change has become inevitable. How it would manifest in the end, remains to be seen!
Tailpiece.
Newstime, on television, has been reduced to comedy shows. How else does one describe the scenes that showed an MLA slapping the watch and security staff in the Jammu & Kashmir legislature or a couple of MLAs stripped - waist above - in the Uttar Pradesh legislature?
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