05-25-2006, 01:01 AM
<b>Politics of sympathy</b>
<i>The lack of concern shown by ministers to the doctorsâ strike betrays a moral bankruptcy </i>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The two distinctly differing stances by the UPA government to the NBA agitation, on the one hand, and that of the medical students, on the other, reflect the cynicism of its political practice. It is testimony, if indeed such testimony is required, of its general moral and intellectual bankruptcy. Every political stance it takes, every public espousal it makes, is carefully weighed in the scales of electoral acceptability. Since the anti-reservations position lacks resonance in terms of crass vote bank politics, its votaries are given no quarter at all. Such expediency cannot make for the integrated political vision and inclusive governance that a country as large and variegated as India demands.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<i>The lack of concern shown by ministers to the doctorsâ strike betrays a moral bankruptcy </i>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The two distinctly differing stances by the UPA government to the NBA agitation, on the one hand, and that of the medical students, on the other, reflect the cynicism of its political practice. It is testimony, if indeed such testimony is required, of its general moral and intellectual bankruptcy. Every political stance it takes, every public espousal it makes, is carefully weighed in the scales of electoral acceptability. Since the anti-reservations position lacks resonance in terms of crass vote bank politics, its votaries are given no quarter at all. Such expediency cannot make for the integrated political vision and inclusive governance that a country as large and variegated as India demands.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->