Thought for
the day
“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
-
Oscar
Wilde (Irish, 1854-1900)
Word of the
day
Moiety (n)
One of two equal parts; a half.
(Source: Dictionary.com)
Shri Nārada Uvāca
On World Toilet Day, a World Bank report says 53% Indian
households defecate in open. No one has so far challenged this report.
Should all politicians making claims of development, equity
and social justice be barred from public life forever for making false claims,
lying and misrepresentation of facts?
Letter to Mr. Narendra Modi
Since you were declared PMship candidate of BJP two months ago,
you have very aggressively accused the Congress Party for all the mess in the
country. In particular, you have raised issues of food inflation, corruption in
public life, poor governance, incompetence, nepotism (dynasty), and dichotomy
of power sharing between 7RCR and 10 Janpath.
You have usually not held any bars in attacking the Gandhi
family and Prime Minister, accusing them for all round failure. While the issue
of propriety and morality of personal attacks is debatable, the mood of people
so far appears forgiving. However, the moot point is whether highlighting
incumbent governments’ failure is reason enough for voting BJP led NDA to power
or people would want to see something more.
While you have repeatedly cited the Gujarat Model of development
as cure to all malaise, unfortunately we have really not heard any concrete
proposals, programs and policies you would want to implement (if voted to
power) to take the country out of this mess.
For example, people may want to know -
1.
Would you be able to control food inflation? If
yes, how and in how much time?
2.
How would you ensure that corruption is
eliminated from all public offices?
3.
What would you do to bring an end to dynastic
politics?
4.
How would you ensure elimination of Nagpur-New
Delhi dichotomy?
5.
If you form government with the help of multiple
regional parties, how would you ensure good governance and competence in the
ministries and departments administered by non-BJP constituents?
6.
How would you improve fiscal balance without
substantially cutting on subsidies, without raising taxes and tariffs, and
continuing with MNREGA, Food Security entitlement and Right to Education
enforcement?
7.
How would you bring INR/USD level back to below
Rs50/USD level?
8.
What would you do to create millions of new jobs
urgently needed to employ burgeoning workforce of the country?
9.
What would be your policy to improve bilateral
relations with neighboring countries?
10.
Would you free the “caged parrot” or implement
Lokpal legislation and bring CBI under this independent constitutional authority?
We appreciate that the incumbent administration may be suffering
from fatigue and appears totally demoralized. It has probably lost the plot and
perhaps has no ideas as to how to get out of this socio-economic mess.
A change is therefore most desirable. But the change if not
properly managed could create more problems rather than solving any.
In coming days we shall highlight why you may like to be little
more careful in your criticism. With warm regards and best wishes.
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