Thursday, October 24, 2019

News views.

The analysis of the news, making headlines today, is being analysed. Some have very interesting results ans so, here we go:-

   1. At Reduced Rates.

       The cabinet has approved the following rates as traffic fines for the state of Kerala:-

            (i) Over speeding         Rs.1,500/-  *(For 1st offence for LMV).
                                                 Rs.3,000/-    (For 1st offence for HMV).
           (ii) Dangerous
                 driving        Rs.2,000/- and social service(For 1st offence).
                              Rs.5,000/- and social service(For repeated offence).
          (iii) Violation of road
                  safety regs              Rs.2,000/-         
          (iv) Driving w/o
                 permit                   Rs.3,000/- (First offence)
                                               Rs.7,500/- (Repeated offence).
           (v) Not wearing
                 helmet/seat belt       Rs.500/-
          (vi) Allowing more
                 passengers than
                 permitted limit         Rs.200/- per passenger.
         (vii) Driving w/o
                 insurance                  Rs.2,000/- (For first offence).
                                                   Rs.4,000/-(For repeated offence).
        (viii) Drunken driving       Rs.10,000/-

        Happy driving! Though my personal opinion is that the central government's fines should
        have been adhered to.

   2. The Results of the Assembly Polls.

       Though the BJP and the Shiv Sena seem to have pulled off another win in Maharashtra, Haryana
       seems to have offered a different script for the BJP. The reason is because of the lacklustre
       governance of Jagdish Khattar, I can say without hesitation. Kerala's five Assembly seats have
       gone to LDF - 2 and UDF - 3.

       Coming back to Haryana, one can see as to what the deep fault lines of caste create on poll
       outcomes. Let me dwell upon it for a while. The genesis is that Haryana was carved out of
       Punjab. The following factors are discernible:-

           (a) In Punjab, the Sikhs are a majority while the Hindus are a minority. On the other hand,
                 in Haryana, the Jats are a majority Hindus and Sikhs are minorities. It's said that when
                 caste starts playing up, the Jats and the Hindus are fierce opponents!

           (b) Jats come together to uphold their 'pride'.

           (c) Jagdish Khattar - a bachelor - is a Hindu and when he was made the CM in 2014, there
                 was a simmering resentment among the Jats in the BJP.

           (d) The anger against the Punjabi Hindus is the crux behind all Jats, non-Punjabis and non-
                 Akali Dal combining together to ensure that the BJP doesn't come back to power.

           (e) The tussle is deep rooted with the genesis of Jats and non-Punjabis vs the Punjabis!

           (f) In the Indian context, it's not that good governance gets votes but the caste that continues to
                play the spoiler!


Tailpiece.

Rains kept visiting us, off and on, throughout the day accompanied by frequent power outages. Padmakumar and Rema reached home by 1700 hrs. It was a quiet evening, thereafter!

           
                  

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