WHY DO WE AT TIMES BEHAVE LIKE AN INFANT.................
The recent petrol hike once again prompted all and sundry to be the guardians and promoters of the austerity drive. Everybody is ready with a deluge of suggestions from the PM office to the ads. in media prompting people to dawn the clout of wisdom , patriotism , and be environmentally sensitive -- the shelf-life of such morally high histrionics being no more before another big news hitting the stands and hypnotising the viewers --for we all know is how short public memory always has been.
The legislators and MPs not long ago have been visiting foreign lands on the pretext of some reformative project or so and have found themselves landing at the casinos and discos, dancing to the tune of imported bellies and gulping down a few pegs ---all that at the great GOVT. OF INDIA's expenses. Oscar Fernandes has been on long jaunts not with his minitrial officials but with his chamchaas, the ministers vying each-other to break the records and spend the maximum summer in the warmth of international arena, the recent report of judges on foreign trips --courtsey THE GOVT. OF INDIA 's kind gestures, commerce minister spending 14 months out of 42 months of UPA govt., 1 crore kms of travel by UPA ministers, and then bandhs and dharnas, dismantlling railway tracks, stalling work at ports and airports, burning national and private property, damaging factories , public transport, forceful closure of shops, flights, buses and trains cancelled.............................losses to the tune of thousands of crores -----------------------------WHO SAYS WE NEED AUSTERITY ................or just is it another PLOY TO HOODWINK THE PUBLIC to the totality of misfunctioning of any govt .that comes to power. Is it not the impotency of our democracy or the loopholes that we create in the system to fill our coffers or how else would Mulayam, Lalu, Mayawati and Paswasn after floundering crores and crores be still on the power seats. ----------where is our austerity drive then.
The recent extravaganza and the touch of opulence given by the Delhi Mayor in spending and decorating her office in a manner that attracted major news headlines negates the very purpose of the austerity drive or is it to say until slapped on the face none of our legislators and MPs realize the need what our economy needs and how judiciously and wisely the money is to be spend,,,,,,,well are they judicious or wise enough at the first place -----is something that needs a great thought. The induction of cavalcade of cars ---the luxurious ones with the change of govt. in the state or centre running into crores indicates the vacum in which our political setup works.
The garbage on the roads ,the spilling dhaloas on the road sides extending to middle of the road , stinking air because of the polluting functionaries on the roadsides like the cloth dyeing or ac.repair shops that use toxic gasses and colours , the eve-teasers and hooligans accumulating in the dhabas nearby and passing lewd remarks makes it deterrant for the people to walk on the roads and instead take out their cars even for a short household errands.
Before preaching and spelling out the sermons , it must be seen if their are viable options that are people friendly. Just sticking out one's neck once in a while in the voter game tamasha....the ground level realities and penancing attitude at the ruling level must be adhered to to set an example rather than issuing directives once the hammer is stuck.
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