Had seen an interesting news item in the social media that a distinguished judge of the Gujarat High Court, Justice JB Pardiwala faces impeachment by the Parliament, for his remarks in his recent judgement in the Hardik Patel case on the matter of Reservations.
And I quote the Honourable Judge, "If I'm asked by anyone to name two things which have destroyed this country or rather hasn't allowed the country to progress in the right direction, then they are (a) Reservation and (b) Corruption. It's shameful for any citizen to ask for reservation after 65 years of independence especially, when our Constitution had stipulated that the reservation would remain for a period of 10 years. The importance of merit cannot be understated. The paradox of the situation is that India must be the only country where some of the citizens crave to be called backward!
The biggest threat, today, for the country is corruption. All Indians should rise and fight corruption at all levels."
He's being recommended for impeachment for uttering the truth and which must be the dominant opinion of all the right thinking and well meaning people of this country.
Can only laugh at the ignorance and the blatant misuse of power by the perpetrators of this move but I'm sure that Justice Pardiwala will come out of it, unscathed!
My take.
Every Indian is aware of the fact that the reservations are not meant for the upliftment of the needy but is meant to be a tool to extract maximum leverage in 'vote bank politics'. And every political party is guilty of the act!
Tailpiece.
We'd returned from Palakkad by teatime. It took us about 21/2 hrs to reach Guruvayur thanks to sparse traffic.
And I quote the Honourable Judge, "If I'm asked by anyone to name two things which have destroyed this country or rather hasn't allowed the country to progress in the right direction, then they are (a) Reservation and (b) Corruption. It's shameful for any citizen to ask for reservation after 65 years of independence especially, when our Constitution had stipulated that the reservation would remain for a period of 10 years. The importance of merit cannot be understated. The paradox of the situation is that India must be the only country where some of the citizens crave to be called backward!
The biggest threat, today, for the country is corruption. All Indians should rise and fight corruption at all levels."
He's being recommended for impeachment for uttering the truth and which must be the dominant opinion of all the right thinking and well meaning people of this country.
Can only laugh at the ignorance and the blatant misuse of power by the perpetrators of this move but I'm sure that Justice Pardiwala will come out of it, unscathed!
My take.
Every Indian is aware of the fact that the reservations are not meant for the upliftment of the needy but is meant to be a tool to extract maximum leverage in 'vote bank politics'. And every political party is guilty of the act!
Tailpiece.
We'd returned from Palakkad by teatime. It took us about 21/2 hrs to reach Guruvayur thanks to sparse traffic.
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