In the sixties, Lal Bhadur Shastri resigned from the union cabinet immediately after the Ariyalur train accident. Nobody had demanded his resignation. Still his conscience did not allow him to continue as the union railway minister. But that is five decades back. There was political morality among most of the public representatives.
There were more than two dozen major terrorist attacks under the union home ministership of Shivraj Patil since 2005. Every time there was customary criticism against him and the failure of the intelligence agencies. Over 10,000 innocent lives were sacrificed to the blood thirsty terror organizations. Most of these deaths were organized by people coming outside the country. Even the internal terror mongers were aided by the external sources. Bangladesh apart from Pakistan bred anti-India elements and fed them with fatty food and monetary resources. Money came from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
All the terror attacks prior to Mumbai 11/2008 were taken softly and the union home minister Shivraj Patil was let off with lighter warnings. Chief Ministers of Maharastra, Gujarat, Delhi Andra Pradesh and Karnataka were not questioned for the terrorist attacks. It was a simple sensibility. When the state was burning under the terrorist fire not wise to demand the resignation of Chief Ministers. It is this magnanimity of common people and opposition parties that allowed the continuance of moral decay in politics. How worth is it to demand resignations as moral responsibility for terror attacks?
Once Shivraj Patil resigned, R.R. Patil the deputy Chief Minister of worst terror affected state of Maharastra followed suit. That compelled Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to put down his paper. These acts were total farce. With elections to the parliament and assembly only few months away, resignation is just a drama. According to the political pundits, R.R. Patil resigned to force Vilasrao Deshmukh’s exit from the chair of C.M. This was orchestrated by NCP supreme Sharad Pawar who does not like Deshmukh.
In a survey conducted by the Times of India last week 54% of the common people did not believe these resignations as moral feeling. They think that all these are comedy acts. They question the prime minister’s morality after these blasts and attacks. Why the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh did not resign owing responsibility as the head of the state?
Their question is genuine. The people had the government where it pains most. Instead of making mockery of public sympathy and support, the government actors should work with sincerity. Any play with public sentiments will backfire. This warning is strict and serious. Those who had tried to play with terrorist attack in Mumbai for vote were punished. Delhi election result is the right reminder
This culture is not related to one party. Cutting across the political spectrums, public representatives have the same trait. Sticking to power at any cost is the common culture among politicians. With these kinds of people how can one country have public serving representatives? Most of them exist of power. There is no sense of serving the people. Democracy becomes meaningless. This is evident from the worsening situations in the states where there is full scale representation to the locals. Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur where the local heroes rule the state the problem is more complicated. What we need today is a culture of politics which is keen to bring about total change in the lives of people. Change for better. Change for peace. Change for development and change for the satisfaction of one and all. Till then the politics and its resignations are just farcical bites.
There were more than two dozen major terrorist attacks under the union home ministership of Shivraj Patil since 2005. Every time there was customary criticism against him and the failure of the intelligence agencies. Over 10,000 innocent lives were sacrificed to the blood thirsty terror organizations. Most of these deaths were organized by people coming outside the country. Even the internal terror mongers were aided by the external sources. Bangladesh apart from Pakistan bred anti-India elements and fed them with fatty food and monetary resources. Money came from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
All the terror attacks prior to Mumbai 11/2008 were taken softly and the union home minister Shivraj Patil was let off with lighter warnings. Chief Ministers of Maharastra, Gujarat, Delhi Andra Pradesh and Karnataka were not questioned for the terrorist attacks. It was a simple sensibility. When the state was burning under the terrorist fire not wise to demand the resignation of Chief Ministers. It is this magnanimity of common people and opposition parties that allowed the continuance of moral decay in politics. How worth is it to demand resignations as moral responsibility for terror attacks?
Once Shivraj Patil resigned, R.R. Patil the deputy Chief Minister of worst terror affected state of Maharastra followed suit. That compelled Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to put down his paper. These acts were total farce. With elections to the parliament and assembly only few months away, resignation is just a drama. According to the political pundits, R.R. Patil resigned to force Vilasrao Deshmukh’s exit from the chair of C.M. This was orchestrated by NCP supreme Sharad Pawar who does not like Deshmukh.
In a survey conducted by the Times of India last week 54% of the common people did not believe these resignations as moral feeling. They think that all these are comedy acts. They question the prime minister’s morality after these blasts and attacks. Why the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh did not resign owing responsibility as the head of the state?
Their question is genuine. The people had the government where it pains most. Instead of making mockery of public sympathy and support, the government actors should work with sincerity. Any play with public sentiments will backfire. This warning is strict and serious. Those who had tried to play with terrorist attack in Mumbai for vote were punished. Delhi election result is the right reminder
This culture is not related to one party. Cutting across the political spectrums, public representatives have the same trait. Sticking to power at any cost is the common culture among politicians. With these kinds of people how can one country have public serving representatives? Most of them exist of power. There is no sense of serving the people. Democracy becomes meaningless. This is evident from the worsening situations in the states where there is full scale representation to the locals. Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur where the local heroes rule the state the problem is more complicated. What we need today is a culture of politics which is keen to bring about total change in the lives of people. Change for better. Change for peace. Change for development and change for the satisfaction of one and all. Till then the politics and its resignations are just farcical bites.
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