JUST RESIGN AND THATS IT !

As a common man, if my name appears in some sort of scam or any other
charges are framed against me, I shall have to pay a hefty price for it, and there
can be drastic consequences which I cannot even think of.
For an honest person, it is only the respect he earns which enables him to
lead the rest of the life in a peaceful manner.
But for our नेता लोग respect is something they daily trade as if its traded in the stock market.

Mr Shashi Tharoor was clearly involved in the KOCHI IPL franchise through Ms Sunanda Pushkar (the then girl friend and now wife) who was ofcourse Mr Tharoor's undeclared proxy. He categorically denied it for a long time and finally gave in his resignation after the orders of PM / Soniaji.

Nowadays he is happily married and enjoying his life, with no enquiry and investigation ordered against him.





The Ex-Ex Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh, had to resign in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack..How unfair, he must be wondering if he had known he would have to resign, he could have squabbled some more money and got his name figured in the all time list of major scams..He was left stranded of a major chance to cause a loss to the common man's already robbed pocket.

The latest ex Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, made sure he was not too far behind, he distributed the Adarsh Society flats to his near and dear ones in abundance, and made sure each and every relative got a piece each. The flats were originally meant to be distributed to the Kargil martyrs. After a lot of dilly dallying, he was finally shown the door and then came the much awaited resignation.

So here comes the KING of all scams, A. Raja, now the ex- minister for Telecommunications, made a whopping Rs 1.76 lakh crore worth of rupees and the 2G scam is the largest scam till date..Hats off to him for achieving such a feat. He did what no other minister could have even dreamt of doing. Even after he was named in the CAG report, his dream run continued for a long time and finally, the orders were given by Karunanidhi to him for a resignation.

So the jist is whatever these ministers do, the Buck just stops at a mere resignation, and after that they are free to enjoy the money the've made. The Government is showing an austerity drive by not receiving their salaries for the non-functioning of Parliament, but the fact is Raja has already given them enough to feed their next seven generations.

KASHMIR BURNING

Kashmir has been burning from last 3 months, and as the case is, The Government wakes up only when an alarm is raised. You all must be wondering as to what exactly is the problem there, the news channels do not report the whole picture, and as fellow countrymen we all should be aware of what is the truth.

Hoisting of Pakistani flag in Kashmir

      

MAIN DEMANDS :

Azaadi (Free Kashmir from Indian Control), 

Repealation of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), 

Free Stone pelters,

Autonomy, and among many others...

Include Pakistan in talks

It all started in June this year when some youths got killed in the valley due to mistaken identity of being as terrorists, though inquiry is still on and nothing is confirmed yet. The pro-pakistan people in the valley started taking out processions and encouraged the youths to turn as stone pelters who then rampaged the police, CRPF, Army with stone pelting. This continued for a while, then normalcy would return for some days, but then again it would start all over again...For an economy which strives mainly on tourism, this is a total disaster, as the main season this year is just over, and the winters are nearing.

    

Burning of Indian Flag in Kashmir

IMPLICATIONS :

• Business operations completely shut
• Education ruined
• SMS Services banned in the whole state (including Jammu)
• Loss of Government property worth crores
• Loss of Human Lives
• Loss of Security Personnel's lives
• Alienation and disintegration of Kashmir from Rest of India
• Tourism Industry totally in loss, hotels closed, staff retrenched.
• People shifting to other states for work, education.

Imagine yourself living in a place which has been completely shut down for last 3 months, no business, no education, nowhere to go.

The Government of India has failed miserably to address this situation and is landing itself in a complete mess day by day.

These people in the image on the left are highly anti-national people (Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz umar Farooq and Shabbir Shah) and responsible for the present situation in Kashmir. They have got lots of money and their families are living abroad while they create a mess in India. They are popularly known as the Separatists or the Hurriyat Conference. They say Kashmir is disputed and want to go to pakistan, well the Government should welcome them and give them a free passage. But to our utmost surprise the Indian Government is not even arresting them, they should be hanged instead. If they make the same statements in Pakistan which they make in India, they shall disappear overnight itself and nobody would even know their whereabouts.  

Ask a question to yourself :

Can you ever tolerate if a person in front of you abuses India and burns the national flag,  how will you react ?

The Indian Army faces the same situation everyday in Kashmir, just imagine their plight. If they do something, then they are blamed, then what should they do ?

The Army needs to be motivated, their hands should not be tied and we need someone like KPS Gill who transformed Punjab by eliminating militancy from the state in the 1980s after which the militants turned to Kashmir.

Please do let me know your views..

INDIA's POLITICAL SYSTEM

India's Democratic system is famous all across the globe. Everyone lauds the way India carries out its election process on a mass scale. Whether the results are genuine or not, only God knows.
Unlike the Americans, who follow the bi-party system, India follows the multi party system which gives every party and a lot of independents the right to contest the elections. Here the PM is decided after the elections, whereas in US, all the office bearers are decided prior to the elections.
This system has been a pain in the neck now for many years as it has created a havoc in the Indian Political League. Every year a large no. of new parties are created and get added in the system. After that they need controversies so that people recognise them and thats how more and more controversies emerge. The race to the Parliament and Assemblies have been intensified in a peculiar manner over the years, with state parties playing a dominant role giving rise to the Coalition 'puppet' Governments. In 2004 when Congress came to power, it was with the support of the Communists and every move of the UPA govt was with the communists' prior approval.
What India actually needs is the bi-party system so that the blackmailing of the state parties ends and the Governments which get formed are stable, as what happened in the late 90s when Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji's Government ended after 13 days and 13 months, and then the chair of PM shifted from HD Devegowda to IK Gujral and back to Atal ji but this time for a complete term. The intention of multi party system was to give representation to all states but the manner in which it is misused is very disappointing for the country, the Yadavs' (Lalu and Mulayam), Paswan, Karunanidhi, Abdullahs, Communists, Didi (Mamta Banerjee) all run the Government in the actual sense, i.e blackmailing.
In India there are two main political parties, i.e BJP and Congress and only they should prevail in the Lok Sabha Elections for the development of the nation.

It is very important now for the people to realise that regional parties should be marginalised when it comes to election to the parliament, as it can only lead to a hung parliament and the development shall be minimised, instead vote only for national parties.
Every year elections are held in different states, which causes a great loss to the exchequer and results in wastage of taxpayers' hard earned money, instead all the state and the Lok Sabha elections should be held together as it will result in a lot of saving of money for the nation and can be used for a lot of developmental works.
The MPs are now demanding a steep salary hike, whereas if their attendance in parliament is checked, it goes a steep downwards slope, we the people have a lot of power in our hands and we can use it to great effect if we wish to.

The BIG IPL Mess and the Politicians

Well by now almost all of us know what the IPL mess was.
It had been a series of events just like a pendulum, swinging either way each day.
All started with Mr Lalid Modi's revelations about the shareholding of Rendezvous Sports for the Kochi franchise and Mr Tharoor's alleged involvement in it and ended with Mr Modi's suspension.

The key players involved in the entire process were Mr Modi, Mr Tharoor, Mr Shashank Manohar (BCCI President), Mr Sharad Pawar, Mr N Srinivasan (BCCI Secretary) who by the way also happens to be the owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise and the MD of India Cements, last but not the least Ms Sunanda Pushkar, who was the eye of the storm for 10 days or so.

The damage control seems to have been done temporarily with the resignation Mr Tharoor and the subsequent suspension of Mr Modi. But the real issues start now.

The Income Tax deptt has swung into action and is issuing various notices to the franchises, the excise deptt is also not behind, raising demands, where were they before for the first 2 seasons of the IPL ? The investigations revealed the equity transferred to Ms Pushkar was not in accordance with the law, and various other rules had been ignored.
How a minister of state in the Indian Govt used his influence to get a stake for his external affair in the name of his state and kept denying the fact till she actually surrendered her stake.

The problem with our system is that the Cricket administrations and the state associations are being run by the politicians who are ministers, MPs and hold various posts in the Govt.

One of the charges Mr Modi is charged with is his association with the franchises and his stake in them, then why doesn't the board question Mr Srinivasan also, if it has to maintain transparency with its administration ?


I genuinely feel there is much more to the IPL saga than what we have actually seen, a lot of black money has been transferred through this medium , lot of taxation and corporate law issues which need to be sorted out.
Unless the sporting arenas are made free from the political personnel, there cannot be any transparency, its all about money and that too big big money which is involved here. Modi and Tharoor have been made the scapegoat, the actual people involved in this mess are still in hiding and the truth is still awaited.

EMPOWERING WOMEN, ACTUALLY ??

With the 33% womens' reservation bill finally getting a nod in the Rajya Sabha 186-1 after a lot of hue and cry by the Yadav trio, the Congress and the Opposition favoring the bill still have a task in their hands with the bill yet to be tabled in the Lok Sabha. It seems highly unlikely though in this session now as the Congress is gearing up to convince the allies. With Lalu withdrawing the unwanted support and Mamata continuing with her doldrums, the Govt wants to achieve a consensus for the bill among all.
While the corruption is on a peak high and the way our Parliament and State Assemblies run with no respect for the Speakers at all,we hope women will add some sort of decency to the House.
But the big question is : Will the women actually add to the quality of members or it shall be a mockery of the system once again ? We'll have to wait and watch, it may turn out to be a dummy set up in the political arena or a family affair now.

ARTICLE 370 OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

What exactly is Article 370 of our Constitution ?
Many of us Indians don't even know what kind of discrimination and injustice is being done with us. Suppose someone comes to your city and settles there permanently but you cannot go and settle in the city from where he came. Doesn't it sound strange, and isn't it some kind of an imbalance ?
This is Article 370.
The history goes way back to the partition days when J&K became a part of India, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the accession papers on October 26, 1947 under which the state of J&K acceded to India on the same pattern as the other states. During that period, Pt. Nehru pressurised the Maharaja for handing over power to Sheikh Abdullah. On the request of Sheikh Abdullah and keeping in view the peculiar circumstances prevailing in J&K at that time, the instrument of accession was kept interim. The peculiar circumstance was that within two months of its formation, Pakistan had attacked India with the objective of acquiring Kashmir by force. When the State was at war, its people could not be taken for granted. The question therefore arose as to what should be done till the Assembly took the final decision? For this period Article 370 was incorporated in the Constitution as a temporary measure. But even after the State Assembly of J&K ratified the state's accession to India, the Article was not scrapped.
Only the people who lived in J&K before partition can purchase land in J&K, nobody else can buy a single piece of Land in J&K.
If this be the rule then why are people from J&K allowed to buy land in other parts of the country, isn't it unfair, the law should be equal for all.
These days the Thackerays are raging for Maharashtra, the Govt says India for all, its high time the Govt should introspect now and set an example by repealing Article 370 in J&K.

CONTROVERSENA's

There was a time when the SHIVSENA (Including Balasaheb, Raj & Uddhav Thackeray)
had a strong and good hold in Maharashtra.
It seems as if that grip has got loose over the years, with a no of factors contributing to it:
After Murli Manohar Joshi's term as CM ended and Congress with the help of NCP formed the Govt with Vilas Rao Deshmukh as the CM and Chhagan Bhujbal as his deputy, it seemed as if the Great Wall of China had been shaken and nobody knew that till present day SHIVSENA would not be able to form the Government.
Just like the BJP which has only itself to blame for their successive poll debacles the Shivsena has been a victim of its own policies, first of all Raj Thackeray deserved a status of higher rank than Uddhav which led to the creation of MNS, a big blunder of the decade, which Balasaheb should have stopped at all means. This not only meant the division of votes between the two factions but it made sure a win win situation for their oppositions. The SENA's are nowadays looking for issues to embarass the Government but they dont realise they are losing the support of people at a very rapid pace, whether it be slamming Sachin Tendulkar, Aamir Khan or Shahrukh Khan, they are India's global face and patriots to the core, they'll not get any sympathy by targetting them, instead they should act as a constructive opposition and should work on stronger issues which would really benefit the people, only then do they stand a chance of comeback, otherwise it may be an impossible dream for them now. As the saying goes "United we Stand, Divided we Fall".