SWINE FLU swings its way..........

It was expected.......the swine would take its toll...........

With the kind of lethargy and inconsistency shown by Gulam Nabi Azad, the man whom I had always admired for being the youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi govt. to a successful Chief Minister of a rather volatile state --J.&K., the situation surely has gone for a six. The more shocking and pathetically casual was his statement about the first victim of the swine flu--Reeda spreading the dreaded disease to 85 people. By such an irresposible statement, the Minister runs the risk of inviting the wrath of any activist-lawyer to sue the govt. in failing to protect the fundamental rights enshrined in Part-III, article 21 of the Constitution. Right to live with human dignity, Right to pollution free water and air, Right to health and Medical assistance are an essential ingredients of Article 21. Failure of these as exlicit in the instant case of Reeda, the govt. has misreably and the minister criminally failed in ensuring the basic tenemants of the said right to live. More criminal is the attitude with which the minister holds the little girl responsible for spreading the flu.

The least he can do is to take care of the judicious way the ethics of the game are followed. Corruption and chalta-hai culture, the perenial garbage lying scattered wherever the retina feasts, pollution in the air, are the areas that the minister should come heavy on. A stern message against those found guilty rather than cursing the helpless girl should have been the mindset of the govt. N-95 masks at an exhorbitant rate of Rs. 300 whose original cost is Rs. 80, is a slap on the various measures that we see govt. roaring with.

A responsible attitude not when meningitis or a swine flu hits but all through with stern action against the corrupt officers and ministers whose share is always inherent in any big deals is the real answer. The minister would certainly upgrade his TRPs by more effective actions rather than irresponsible ansd casual statements.

Well haven't we heard,,,,,,,,,,,MERA BHARAT MAHAAN...........we will cross over the bridge.........but after many an innocent soul having been drowned in those waters........