Govt must stop the governance of protecting 1 percent

The government has a duty towards the citizens, not just the corporate

rakesh-manchanda

Rakesh Manchanda | January 9, 2012



So, where is the tolerance in the new people and parliament relationship? The sadak (streets) – Sansad (parliament) equation is changing fast. American Senate wants more jobs. American politicians want to wish away their dirty unemployment at the cost of Indian economy. Time management is lost on the Indian parliament. The creation of the Lokpal is still held at ransom by parliamentary arithmetic since 43 years. Wholesale sell out of Indian market and agriculture to WalMart and Mosanto is a shameful event. Everyone in urban India seems to have a clear idea about peace and how other people should lead their lives. But no one has any idea about his making his life trouble-free with endless price rise and no opportunity for dignified jobs. If government cannot generate more jobs it has no right to grab the present Indian market network and gift it to WalMart and send 40 million traders out of work.

FDI has been 'retired hurt' by cabinet at the cost of ‘no work’ in parliament for ten days. Attack on politicians and slap on agriculture minister is, however, condemned. When a politician is slapped there is a debate in the parliament and the aam admi who did the slapping is sent to jail for 14 days. A village sarpanch and leader of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has repeatedly slapped a lady teacher, who was demanding a permanent contract and a job, at a function in Muktsar district in Punjab but parliament closes its eyes and ears.

FDI may again be imposed on the traders and the farmers of India. Respect has to be earned and not demanded. Respect flows down from the top. The Pawar slap has opened up the debate. One slap on the cheek gets focused on for a million times in TV channels with media playing it on loop. Where should the aam admi go if he is angry? Shall he go to CBI or RTI? Shall he get killed as is happening to whistle blowers? Before the slap the agriculture minister tried to gag and dodge the media by saying that cotton and farmers’ suicide is not for him to explain, pinning it instead on the textile ministry. The real impact of FDI is the same on the traders as it is on the farming community. More than 2.5 lakh farmers in cotton have committed suicide since liberal policies were applied in agriculture. It appears that agriculture life instead of 'farming' shall soon be rechristened as 'pharming' (from pharmacy) and then the agriculture minister shall wash off his hands saying that GM seeds’ plan falls under ministry of health or ministry of industry. With the introduction of American MNCs Walmart and the middle class traders and poor farmers will be wiped off as has been seen in America and England.

Shall we talk about anarchy and unruly behaviour in parliament and Vidhan Sabha where shoe throwing, abuses, hurling chairs and paper weights missiles are seen? The honourable members of parliament – if the institution of parliament and India is degraded or dishonoured, it is because of them only. The dignity of parliament has to be kept intact by its own members. Is this what netas and parliamentarians are teaching the citizens of the country? India has the highest rate of consumer price inflation among G-20 countries but there has been no discussion and no action has been taken to protect the citizens.
After this 'slap-politics' India is back in the usual 'slow format' of governance. Time management in parliament, in offices, in police stations, in factories, in ration shops (PDS outlets), in courts, in panchayats and in agriculture fields needs attention and accountability. Correction needs to trickle down from top. Parliament remains fair but honourable parliamentarians continue to subvert laws and escape. In a country where the Parliament is loaded with majority of MPs who are fixers or are blind followers of the American agriculture model, it becomes necessary to collectively understand as to how the truth can be rescued. Truth is always like oil on water, no matter how much water we add, it will always float on the top.

I feel the participatory work power of 99 percent from the Sadak to Sansad needs to be strengthened more by organised lobbies, political parties and civil society in theory and practice both. This means we must also see the hidden corporate in the 'chain of survival' of parliamentarians. Corporate pay extra to CEOs who help them to hide money in tax havens and they buy MPs to get favourable policies passed but keep the rest of the workers insecure. CEOs help investors to steal money from the 'wheel of production' and pump it in the 'wheel of speculation' or the 'wheel of gamble' called the stock market. Share baazar promises faster growth but in actual it is controlled by government-corporate-bankers nexus and steals away the hard earned money of the majority 99 percent. This ugly cycle now no more hidden goes on and on.

India's work and simple survival format needs to be understood and revisited. If Politicians dismiss any debate on No Work No Pay(see my Article No Work No Pay from PM to Peon) then they must redefine their role as Nagar Sevaks. Politicians as a Role Model must understand that they run a factory called factory of Tongue & Talks coordinated by eyes, ears and brain experience. This factory makes safe laws which if applied correctly can encourage more & more people and less conflicts with slap politics. Politicians at large must stop nursing the governance of 1% people and should finsh their promised made to People in time.
 

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