12-17-2011, 09:29 AM
[Capt Sahab,
The intentions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or the UPA or NDA are of no particular consequence. The fact of the matter is that all political parties and formations along with a vast majority of the officials are all involved in corruption in varying decree.
The movement that was started by Anna Hazari to route out corruption is indeed a very pressing requirement in present day India. Given the fact that all political formations are involved and many of their top functionaries have assets beyond their know source of income, any forward move will be full of bumps and obstacles.
At the moment a few of the political class, who are not in power at the moment is showing some support to the Anna Hazari movement. However, they are all conscious of the fact that there is a limit up to which they can extend support to the movement. If it is allowed to cross a certain point, a situation may arise when the leaders of the political parties supporting the movement will themselves come under the scanner. It is therefore, quite possible that there will be a gentlemanââ¬â¢s agreement between all the political parties to ensure that the movement started by Anna Hazari is contained within permissible limits.
On the issue of liberalization and free market economy, the Prime Minister has chalked out a certain line of action on the economic front. Unfortunately, due to the compulsions of coalition politics he has not been able to implement many of them and in fact had to roll back some of the measures. Whether the plans put forward by the present government are good or bad and whether they can really bring any significant improvement in the living standard of the common citizen are all debatable . It will be unfair to pass a judgment without giving an opportunity of implementing even some of the measures.
A section of the political leadership cutting across party line cannot agree to many of the reforms that the Prime Minster would like to implement. They are afraid that these measures will disturb the electoral vote bank as well as the traditional sources for election funding. As you must be aware that today elections in India are very expensive to fight , one has to move in helicopters and private aircrafts. The days of moving from village to village in old jeeps purchased from Army dumps is over.
The intentions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or the UPA or NDA are of no particular consequence. The fact of the matter is that all political parties and formations along with a vast majority of the officials are all involved in corruption in varying decree.
The movement that was started by Anna Hazari to route out corruption is indeed a very pressing requirement in present day India. Given the fact that all political formations are involved and many of their top functionaries have assets beyond their know source of income, any forward move will be full of bumps and obstacles.
At the moment a few of the political class, who are not in power at the moment is showing some support to the Anna Hazari movement. However, they are all conscious of the fact that there is a limit up to which they can extend support to the movement. If it is allowed to cross a certain point, a situation may arise when the leaders of the political parties supporting the movement will themselves come under the scanner. It is therefore, quite possible that there will be a gentlemanââ¬â¢s agreement between all the political parties to ensure that the movement started by Anna Hazari is contained within permissible limits.
On the issue of liberalization and free market economy, the Prime Minister has chalked out a certain line of action on the economic front. Unfortunately, due to the compulsions of coalition politics he has not been able to implement many of them and in fact had to roll back some of the measures. Whether the plans put forward by the present government are good or bad and whether they can really bring any significant improvement in the living standard of the common citizen are all debatable . It will be unfair to pass a judgment without giving an opportunity of implementing even some of the measures.
A section of the political leadership cutting across party line cannot agree to many of the reforms that the Prime Minster would like to implement. They are afraid that these measures will disturb the electoral vote bank as well as the traditional sources for election funding. As you must be aware that today elections in India are very expensive to fight , one has to move in helicopters and private aircrafts. The days of moving from village to village in old jeeps purchased from Army dumps is over.