Friday, November 18, 2005

Apna Bihar...(Make it ....)

Few words by me..
We have seen incidents of Giridih & Jehanabad. And it's first time in the history of our country, when Militants challenged administration directly. These are never before incidents.
The matter of Giridih and the matter of Jehanabad are similar, but there are a few differences between them. As Giridih is surrounded by forests all around, there is ample space for Militants to hide themselves and survive. It is well known that Giridih was affected by naxals for a long time. Areas close to District Headquarter like Peertand & Tundi Road were most affected, even after sunset the vechicles on these routes were guided by Police Van for safety. But the scenario of the city was better than most of the Town's of Bihar. The market was operational till 10 PM and even girls/women used to move freely till this time. I was there for two years and I never heard about a single incident of murder or cidnapping there.
But this step is a tight slap on Administration. It shows the ignorance of Local Administration as well as Jharkhand Govt towards People security. Because it's not an easy task to attack on a District Headquarter, but naxalites are doing it now. It means that he is not having only courage, but also weapons, people support as well as advance informations about administration too.
Now, case of Jehanabad. It is well known that Jehanabad is famous for clash between group of forwards & backwards. It is witness of several massacre. But naxals never had courage to attack on District Headquarter. It happened, and again Local Administration and Bihar Govt(in president rule) was sleeping.
I told in begining that both cases are different. There are few differences between them :-
Jharkhand is BJP(Opposition) ruled state. Bihar is under president rule(Cong./Laloo Rabri Supported bcoz they are in central Gov.)
Jharkhand is surrounded by Forests and hills, it's not tough for naxals to hide themselves in forests, even Police is not aware with exact routes inside forests and hills and slopy valleys, and Jehanabad is part of Food Basket of Bihar, there is hardly any forest in this district.
In Jahanabad the clash between Ranvir sena and CPI(M)/PWG is on extreme, whereas Giridih has no such problems.
So, if we say that these incidents were influenced by Laloo(as Uma Bharti said) or someone else then it's wrong. We can't blame for ignorance in President Rule in Bihar, because Jharkhand is not in President Rule.
Bihar Administration/President Rule (Kuch yaaden)

Bihar has become a jungle in past 15 years, thanks to Lalloo-Rabri rule there. People are not safe and running away - kids, doctors or anyone else is being kidnapped as kidnapping has become a flourishing business; students run to places like Delhi for education, labor finds better opportunity elsewhere in Punjab or Mumbai, nobody wants to set-up industry in Bihar, businessmen have to pay money to do business, academic and middle class have lost all hopes of living safely and peacefully in this land of Buddha, and our leaders are singing songs of ‘secularism’.
The slap can’t be on the face of Congress and commies, who are with secular Lalloo- after all, they want the good of Bihar for the people of Bihar- and keeping away the ‘communal forces’ can do that. Since Lalloo’s hugely corrupt RJD couldn’t come to power, the UPA Govt resorted to a pre-emptive strike, ignoring all provisions of the Constitution as well as violating all guidelines framed by the Supreme Court. Two factors played an important role in shaping this patently untenable abuse of power - blackmail by Lalloo, who believes that he and his wife alone have the divine right to rule Bihar irrespective of the people's verdict, and the Congress's contempt for the Constitution of India whose provisions have been time and again subsumed by the party's lust for power at any cost. So, the slap can’t be on the face of secular Cong and Commies.
Is it a slap on the face of Buta Singh, the much-maligned politician, who was politicking in Bihar under the disguise of Gubernatorial rule? His sons were reported to be indulging in all kinds of activities to milk the state. His chief secretary had gone on leave against his arbitrary actions. His rule was said to be actually the rule of RJD/UPA in no disguise. Buta Singh, under clear threat of Nitish Kumar and BJP forming the govt, prevented it by making a report about the horse-trading taking place in Bihar by Nitish et al. As if, any state govt in India can or does get formed without khareed-farokht of MLAs/horses? No, it is not a tight slap on his face for he was doing just what the center had asked him to do.
Is it a tight slap on the face of the council of Ministers, headed by our neat and clean PM, Man Mohan Singh, who presided over the midnight cabinet meeting and proposed continuation of imposition of President Rule to avoid the opposition from forming the govt in Bihar? The Prime Minister would do well to introspect on his contribution to the "unconstitutional" act in Bihar. It is unlikely that he will accept the burden of moral responsibility since that would require summoning vast reserves of integrity and ethics. Of course, they had the fig leaf to cover their midnight fraud by claiming that the opposition was indulging in un-holy activities- of trying to form govt? I mean, if UPA/Cong does that, it is holy; if opposition does that- it is un-holy. Simple, innit?
Supreme Court decision on the cabinet approval of such blatantly undemocratic rule is not a slap on their collective faces of Paswan et al- yeh sab toh politics mein chalta hee rehtaa hai! After all, aren’t Kangress and Paswan saving Bihar from communal forces when they want to give reservation to Muslims in jobs, make a Muslim CM in Bihar, give reservation to Muslims in educational institutions and all those secular deeds? No, the slap can't be on such secular faces. The Congress is dependent on Lalloo's support for remaining in power at the Centre; if the RJD MPs were to walk out of the UPA, the present regime would collapse like a house of cards. Hence, Lalloo arm-twisted Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh and his colleagues, especially Home Minister Shivraj Patil, into taking a step that has now recoiled on the Government, severely damaging its credibility and putting a question mark on the sincerity it professes in its commitment to constitutional propriety. It can be argued that our PM, whose integrity is often cited by apologists of the Government's policies and programmes while defending the indefensible, could have stood up to Lalloo's blackmail and dared him to walk out of the coalition
So, is it a slap on the face of the supreme leader, the Saint from Rome, the renunciating, the mahaan Tyaagi, Soniajee? After all, she was the one, who had given the ‘Hari-Jhandi’ to this, for even a 'patta' doesn’t move in Kangress without her permission. Nah! She can never do any wrong, and after all, they just forwarded/faxed the report of the Guv to the Prez in the dark of the night. It was left to the pleasure, conscience and wisdom of the Prez to take action or not? It can’t be a slap on her face as she belongs to Nehru-Gandhi family and they don’t do any wrong! This is the conspiracy of Manuwadi, communal, fascist, bourgeoisie, right wing, Hindu, fundamentalist anti-India forces to malign the bright name of Rajiv Gandhi’s widow, poor Soniajee!
Is it a slap on the face of our upright, innocent, naive and scientist Prez, who could have, but didn’t ask the govt to wait till he comes back to the country? He could’ve asked PM to let him know the specific reasons for the extreme hurry in signing this order and could have proved that he is not a mere rubber stamp Prez like his predecessors- and has a mind of his own, but he didn’t. Why? Kaun saa aasmaan toota pad raha tha? But, he meekly signed it and proved that the slap is not on his innocent face. After all, he is doing what he is supposed to do- sign on the dotted line! He was just following a tradition, thats all!
What we are doing is just exchanging our opinions(which is proof of our intellectuality) with each other, or blaming just Jameendari Pratha, and talking about Land Reforms. Which is useless. It is very easy to talk about the problems, thinking and dreaming about the solutions. But is it as easy as we are taking it.
Actually, the slap is on our collective faces- yours and mine! We get the govt, the Governor, the ruling party, the Prez, we deserve! When people like you and I don’t vote and instead watch TV- the slap is on our faces; when you and I don’t resist being raped by these goons- the slap is on our faces; when we continue to tolerate the zulm, it is we who get the slap; when we continue to say- hum kar bhi kya sakte hain? The slap is on our faces.......

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:53 AM

    Never I have read such a beautiful article. Salute to you Sir. Please let these words ring all the youths ear and the truth flourish.

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  2. Anonymous11:47 AM

    nice blog

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