MAHATMA`S BLUNDER

                                  MAHATMA`S BLUNDER

        In 1959,I was in 5th.Standard.We had a text book of English language carrying essays on great personalities of India.The first essay was on Mahatma Gandhi.It opened with the sentence-
        "If any one can be said to have won the freedom for the nation,he was
         Mahatma Gandhi."
   We were made to mug up the essay I still remember even after 54 years.Gandhi`s aura was so big then that no body could dare speak against him.He was darling of the masses.Probably,he still continues to be so but new generation having not heard so much about him,their concentration is more on Nehru -Gandhi dynasty only.Their idol ranges from Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.Congress thought all their sins shall be diminished with the surname Gandhi.
            In 1946,Sardar Patel was almost unanimous choice for Prime minister ship but Mahatma Gandhi changed the course of history by mandating Patel to withdraw from the contest in favour of his favorite Pt.Nehru.Misfortune struck the nation,we were burdened with Nehru who with narrow vision did not allow the nation to grow in normal way,Russian Socialism was followed by him where everything was closed and the people did not get fair opportunities to go naturally,it was all state controlled,license and permit raj was the hall mark,economy moved very slowly,a few industrial families close to Nehru benefited from his rule but India did not benefit.It was a close economy,history was made to be written by his captive historians where Nehru was eulogized for great economic development,foreign policy was designed in such a fashion that India did not have upper hand,enemies showing up all around.Pakistan and China exploited Nehru`s weaknesses and raised their heads to the disadvantage of India.
            When Nehru era came to an end in 1964,there was lull for a brief period for the family when Shastri Ji became P.M but misfortune again struck India in 1966 when Shastri Ji suddenly died and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister who also followed old rotten Nehruvian Policy and made a captive governance.The misrule of Indira Gandhi continued till lifting of dreaded Emergency in 1977.People brought the Manta Party Government with great fan fare which could not sustain for more than 27 months and Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980 till she was assassinated in 1984.Disaster was doubled when Rajiv Gandhi was first installed as Prime Minister without election for leader of the House and Rajiv Gandhi winning 415 seats in Parliament.With such a vast majority,he always remained uncomfortable for his full term.He was first P.M who suffered the allegation of corruption.
        Though,NDA government did fairly well but by narrow margin lost the 2004 election and UPA l and UPA ll remained in power for 10 years under a deaf, dumb and a blind Manmohan Singh which gave to this nation a most corrupt government under his umbrella.He came protection to all corruption and misrule,people suffered immensely.Then comes 2004 election giving hope to recover from the yoke of UPA.We thought Manmohan Singh was suffering from the compulsion of collision politics but now it has been revealed by Sanjaya Baru that it was not Manmohan Singh but Maa-Beta who were misruling the nation.Manmohan Singh was only a mask.
          The announcement of 2014 election brought Narendra Modi to the fore and BJP realized that it can sail in the boat of Modi.Modi became a phenomenon and he energized the nation with his untiring and aggressive campaign.In free India.no other political leader worked so hard as Modi has worked,Contineousely for 7 months he went to every nook and corner of the country addressing more than 450 rallies traveling more than 3 lakh Km.People profusely responded to the man who started his life by vending tea in train in Vadnagar in Gujarat.All political leaders of all hue heaped on him all abuses,he is most persecuted and abused leader in India.All opposition leaders were abusing him as if it was he who was misruling the country and people suffered misgovernance at his hands and condoned all the sins of Maa- Beta ki Sarkar.
           It appears to me that all leaders who indulged in corruption are mortally scared of Modi as they know they can not manage him as they were managing Maa- Bete ki Sarkar.The so called intellectuals are scared as they will not be able to  exploit Modi as they were able to manage SoniaG- RahulG duo.
        The nine phase 2004 election closed on 12 the.and the Exit Poll shown by all channels predicts Modi lead government on 16 th.When I traveled to Canada on May 10,I talked to some people at Heathrow,London and Toronto Airports.When I told them that Narendra Modi is an incorruptible leader and a man of vision of growth and development,they were very happy and satisfied and they wished me and India well.
          The blunder which was committed by Mahatma Gandhi in sidelining Sardar Patel and bringing a incompetent leader like Nehru is going to be corrected after 60 years of misrule by the people.The course correction is a laudable act by the people of India who rose above caste,creed and religion to bring in Modi and save the country from a retard RahulG.People deserve all praise for their courage and conscience ness towards their duty towards the nation.Mahatma who brought freedom failed to navigate the nation by derailing the nation at the first government formation level which the people of this nation have done now by electing a man who rose from the dust, remained incorruptible and dreamt of a vision for good governance.

DEAF,DUMB AND BLIND ELECTION COMMISSION

                        DEAF,DUMB AND BLIND ELECTION COMMSSION

       Never before Election Commission of India felt so much helpness as the Commission under Sampath is feeling now.The Commission no doubt is undertaking stupendous task of holding election in 2014, but it appears to have failed on three counts affecting the outcome of this collection.First,Pune voters complaind that lacs of voters did not find their names in electoral rolls, in other Constituencies also voters lodged this complaint in as much as Mr.Deepak Parekh`s name who happened to be Chairman of HDFC Bank was also missing.Preparation of electoral names is the responsibilities of the Commission and every eligible voter has a national duty to cast his vote but when names are missing the Commission fails the voter to perform their national duty.The Election Commission has been running a campaign to awaken the voters to vote in big numbers. Similar campaign is being run by different media houses to educate the voters to their national duty to cast their vote.
       Secondly, the Commission also failed to stop booth capturing in UP and Bihar,these two states always help parties to form government at the center. Commission have been put at their disposal huge paramilitary forces to help them conduct free and fair election but despite that even Modi had to lodge complaint at a public rally and challenge the commission to hold free and fair election.It is reported that elections were held in Yadav-Muslim in UP which is bastion of Mulayam Singh Yadav where booths were captured by Mulayam`s supporters and cast votes in favour of SP.
      The third most heinous complaint has been Commission stopping communalising the election.The Commission had been very quick in issuing notices to certain politicians who wanted to communalize the election and passed orders not to allow them to campaign but one bizarre case has been of Azam Khan,UP Minister who broke all barriers in public decency in his utterrences.He equated Commission with CBI as an arm of the government which functions at the command of the government of the day.Though he was ordered not to campaign but he still defies the Commission and campaigns.Another case of bad management is of that Beni Prasad Verma who had been abusing the opposition mouthful. Beni Verma appears to be an uncouth politicians who does not stick to any decency.He abused not only opposition but also Mulayam Singh Yadav from time to time in filthiest language unheard of.Salman Khurshid had been yet another case who constantly violates all code of conduct.
        Varanasi is going to be an acid test for Commission but my reading of the situation is that Commission is going to give a free run to all communal political leaders of every hue to play dirty communal politics.All Muslim leaders have decended in Varanasi to campaign against Narendra Modi.Congress have sent its all Muslim leaders such as Salman Khursheed,Gulam Navi Azad,E.Ahmad etc.,NCP have sent Nawab Malik,Maulavi Baba came from Ahamdabad , Maulavi Madani have all come to Varanasi to campaign against Modi.I can not complain against leaders descending in Varanasi to campaign but the question is,have these leaders come to campaign simplycitor and exercise their seculer credentials or they have come to communalize the election?Varanasi have sizeable number of Muslim population running into three and half lacs.Out of that around 70,000 are Shia Muslims who are likely to vote for Modi.Traditionally,Sunni and Shia Muslims are always at loggerhead,if Sunnis resolve to vote against Modi strategically,Shias will vote for Modi.All these Muslim leaders have decended  to stop fragmentation of Seculer votes which was proposed by Sonia Gandhi at the beginning of election campaign. These leaders have come to translate into action the communal plan of Seculer Parties.
         Would the Election Commission remain deaf,dumb and blind to the scenario obtaining in Varanasi?Do they not realize that the campaign of these Muslim leaders are going to be only on communal lines?Would the Commission intervene and take cognizance of the ground realities of Varanasi? My bet is Election Commission will maintain stoic silence in this respect and keep seeing the battle of Varanasi on communal lines.If it so happens,I shall not hesitate to say that muteness of the Commission amounts to encouraging communal politics.The claims of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzib so far claimed by the people of Varanasi is going to evaporate in thin air.It is all going to be Communal,Communal and Communal alone in Varanasi and Election Commission shall remain DEAF,DUMB and BLIND.

ELECTION COMMISSION

                                         ELECTION COMMISSION

    Every civilized nation is governed by Rule Of  Law made by its sovereign body to be complied by the people of nation if it desires to be orderly.The paramount document for the governance of the nation is Constitution which varies in length.US have smallest Constitution which have only 7 sections with a few amendments, India have longest constitution with 395 Articles with 10 Schedules and have witnessed more than 100 amendments ,the first amendment came in 1951 itself.I mean to add the Government of the day could not tolerate and respect the constitution even for one year.Britain has no written constitution but still the Great Britain administration and its courts run the nation on common law basis.
       In India any law passed by the legislatures can be annulled by the Courts but in Britain legislations can not be struck off by the Courts.Courts can only use power of interpretation while it deals with the legislations.
         Article 324 of the Constitution speaks about conduct,control and superintendence of election in India by a body called Election Commission of India which is supreme in all matters connected with the election from the date of notification of election till constitution of the Legislatures.Even Courts do not interfere in any matters relating to conduct of the election.The Election Commission have constitutional protection as the members of the commission can not be removed except in accordance with Article 124 of the Constitution, meaning thereby by way of impeachment which is applicable to Judges of the Supreme Court.Such is the protection provided to members of the Election Commission.
         On the notification of election the President of India and Governer of the states place all the members of beurocracy at the disposal of the Election Commission which obey all orders of the Commission.Temporarily the Central and State governments loose all control over their beurocracy till election comes to an end.
          Under the Representation of Peoples Act,all elections can be challenged by way of election petition to be presented to respective High Courts only and in no other way.
         Since inception, only retired beurocrates are appointed as Election Commissioners which is going on till date which at times invites seething attack by the politicians.Since politicians have to abide by all directions,they can not but obey the directions but use unsavourey language against the Commission.No doubt the conduct of election is a stupendous task which Election Commission have to perform which the Commission have performed with efficiency but at times unpleasant controversies take place which becomes ugly and gives impression of partisan behavior.Nonetheless, Election Commissions have done commendable jobs and performed largely in non partisan manner.