For all those who are still living in fairy tale thinking about India progressing, especially in the Modi era, here are a few things which has happened in the entire year which has missed the mainstream media. I leave the judgement to you.
The finance bill passed this year actually removed the upper limit on political party donation from companies. Foreign funding of parties was legalised. For those who don't know the fulcrum of corruption in this country is political funding.
Till now not a single corrupt politician was imprisoned. In fact the much publicised 2G scam, either did not happen or the guilty found their way to escape. Corruption whistle blowers and RTI activists got a huge backstab as respective laws were changed to make life difficult for them. Read here.
Law and order took a disastrous turn, with 2017 being the deadliest year for cow lynchings with 152 recorded victims across the country. Oh BTW, talking of law and order and punishing the culprit there is a chief minister who has withdrawn a case against himself and 22000 other cases against other politicians. And the cases by his own affidavit in the election commission include charges of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, rioting etc.
It is not that the government in power is looking after its own - every government we have ever had in living memory has done exactly the same, to a greater or lesser degree. What should worry is that unlike in the past, this government does not even feel the need to be covert about it - it is all done in the open , with a "so? what the eff are you going to do about it? bravado that is chilling to the mind.
Apart from the multi billion dollar rafale scam which nobody is willing to talk about, the comptroller and auditor general in a report says two union ministers have released grants of over 26000 crores in three years with no record of beneficiaries. You had to look very hard to find this story though as these news does not come on mainstream media anymore.
The other day the Delhi metro was inaugurated without inviting the Delhi chief minister. But two days before, on the list of VIPs invited for the chief minister Rupani's coronation, there was an invitee called Babu Bajrangi, for those who came in late, who has been convicted in a case relating to massacre of just 97 individuals and was apparently out on bail citing eye treatment. Remember the bravado I spoke about?
For once a legal marriage, of two consenting adults and in fact, of two consenting families, was disrupted because the local BJP district president decided that Hindus and muslims should not come together in marriage.
Oh ya, I forgot to mention the economy in shambles (with almost growth rate halving according the older criteria of calculations), and the foreign policy in disarray what with the number of soldiers losing life the highest in the last decade.
We cannot afford regressions anymore. Time the PM buckle up, but is there the political will?
The finance bill passed this year actually removed the upper limit on political party donation from companies. Foreign funding of parties was legalised. For those who don't know the fulcrum of corruption in this country is political funding.
Till now not a single corrupt politician was imprisoned. In fact the much publicised 2G scam, either did not happen or the guilty found their way to escape. Corruption whistle blowers and RTI activists got a huge backstab as respective laws were changed to make life difficult for them. Read here.
Law and order took a disastrous turn, with 2017 being the deadliest year for cow lynchings with 152 recorded victims across the country. Oh BTW, talking of law and order and punishing the culprit there is a chief minister who has withdrawn a case against himself and 22000 other cases against other politicians. And the cases by his own affidavit in the election commission include charges of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, rioting etc.
It is not that the government in power is looking after its own - every government we have ever had in living memory has done exactly the same, to a greater or lesser degree. What should worry is that unlike in the past, this government does not even feel the need to be covert about it - it is all done in the open , with a "so? what the eff are you going to do about it? bravado that is chilling to the mind.
Apart from the multi billion dollar rafale scam which nobody is willing to talk about, the comptroller and auditor general in a report says two union ministers have released grants of over 26000 crores in three years with no record of beneficiaries. You had to look very hard to find this story though as these news does not come on mainstream media anymore.
The other day the Delhi metro was inaugurated without inviting the Delhi chief minister. But two days before, on the list of VIPs invited for the chief minister Rupani's coronation, there was an invitee called Babu Bajrangi, for those who came in late, who has been convicted in a case relating to massacre of just 97 individuals and was apparently out on bail citing eye treatment. Remember the bravado I spoke about?
For once a legal marriage, of two consenting adults and in fact, of two consenting families, was disrupted because the local BJP district president decided that Hindus and muslims should not come together in marriage.
Oh ya, I forgot to mention the economy in shambles (with almost growth rate halving according the older criteria of calculations), and the foreign policy in disarray what with the number of soldiers losing life the highest in the last decade.
We cannot afford regressions anymore. Time the PM buckle up, but is there the political will?
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