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Generalise advisories are taken casually by the people.The policy of the Government seems to be ‘condolencefor the dead, compensation for the survival.’Not a single person has comeabove Poverty Line during UPAregime : Shanta KumarThe President’s Address contains a number ofthings as well as achievements.The people have beenbenefited and are beingbenefited. I appreciate for it. Butthere are lots of basic problemsof this country. Poverty isincreasing and what is yourachievement to eradicate it?Even not a single person hascome above the poverty line.Some people are very rich.There is no social justice. Iwould like to say that the concentration of propertyshould not be allowed. Besides, the crimes are onincrease in the country and one of the major factorsbehind this is economic inequality. The people are indistress. They are unemployed.Naxalism and Maoism are spreading their wings.No mention has been made on the rising population ofthe country. Global warming is being talked about butwhen the population would increase, the number ofhouses, roads, vehicles etc. would also increase. TheGovernment are not concerned to contain thepopulation. I would like to say that the Prime Ministershould take some initiative in this regard and formulatea National Population Policy.Nothing has been said about corruption in theAddress. It is the biggest problem and on account ofthis, today India has been included in the most corruptcountries of the world but the Government is not seriousto end corruption in the country. The power is controlledby Electricity Board and even then theft of power ofcrores of rupees is taking place in the country.Lokpal Bill is pending for forty years. UnitedNations is also concerned about the corruption andthey had formed a convention in 2003. Its objective wasthat if any wealth from a country by way of corruption,is put in another country then it has to be returned bythat country. 140 countries have signed on it and 120countries have ratified it but India has not ratified it sofar. It has been reported that about 60-65 lakh crores ofrupees are stashed in Swiss Banks which has beenearned by corrupt activities whereas the people in ourcountry are dying from hunger. I want to know thereasons for which India has not signed on thisconvention.Today, the polices of the Government are not beingimplemented on the basis of Antyodya. These policesare pro-rich. Government is making great efforts foreradicating Naxalism and there should not be any laxityin this. Poverty should be eradicated on war-footing.This is not being done at all. Government shouldformulate some new polices to eradicate poverty and itshould make efforts to bring back money deposited byIndians in foreign banks for stopping dishonesty andcorruption.Government should make a law that illegallydepositing money in foreign banks is a crime and itshould make provision for 20 years of rigorousimprisonment for it. Government is not serious to rootout corruption.Union govt. not serious towipe out poverty : BS KoshyariIt is pleasant to note that President quotes Pt.Nehru in the 74th Para of the Address about eradicationof poverty but the statisticsshow the huge populationof the country is underpoverty line. Now thequestion is whether we arereally thinking about them!Antyodaya like programmeswere launched by many ofour leaders in Rajasthan andHimachal Pradesh. Suchapproach should beadopted. The paperworkwithout concreteimplementation cannot eradicate poverty. The way theprices of sugar and other food items have gone up, thedifficulties of the poor have increased. There is adequatestock of sugar at the rate of Rs. 50/- per kg. but you donot have adequate stock at the rate of Rs. 25/- per kg.You must think about the poorest of the poor.Unfortunately, the corruption is so deep rooted todaythat so many scams have taken place and the ChiefJustice of a High Court and an Army officer to the rankof Lt. General are facing corruption charges. Somethingconcrete needed to be done to root out this evil. Howwill a disease get cured without diagnosing it? It requiresfirm actions.March 16-31, 2010 14
You have set up so many missions like NationalRural Health Mission, National Food Security Missionand National Education Mission etc. But all thesemissions can be successful only if you have committedpeople to implement these missions. I congratulate youfor continuing the planning of connecting every villagewith mettled road, which was launched by NDAGovernment. But many of these schemes are not beingcompleted.We should not talk about giving reservation in thename of religion for the sake of vote bank. Every poorirrespective of his religious affinity is entitled to beuplifted but not in the name of religion. The decision isbeing taken against the intentions of our foundingfathers of Constitution. They will never forgive you ifyou take such decision. We had taken a resolution tothis effect that we would evict every inch of land fromthe occupation of foreign invaders. As per the reportswe have and the officers deputed there even admit thatthe people came from the other side and put a red markon all stones erected thereon. But our Minister of ExternalAffairs and Minster of Defence issued the statementsthat nothing short of this happened there. Suchstatements were given during the decade of 1950 and1960 when India was invaded. China is deploying lakhof its army on our border because it has its goal toestablish its supremacy all over the world. Hon’blePrime Minster, Defence Minster and Minster of ExternalAffairs should definitely ponder over this as to howChina rushed to this extent and what action is beingtaken therein about this. The issue being raised by aMember of Parliament who is an ex-Chief Minster of aState is not being attended to and no action is beingtaken thereon. It means in clear terms that we aredefinitely not serous about this. I am of this view thatevery year on opening day of the House we shouldread that resolution so that we many remember ourgoal. Why the States of Uttarakhand and HimachalPradesh are not treated at par with North-Eastern statesand Jammu and Kashmir and why these states are notgiven uniform support. The Atal Bihari VajpayeeGovernment had given special industrial package toUttarakhand, which has been discontinued by thepresent Government. I want that industrial packageshould be restored for Himachal Pradesh andUttarakhand. We will have to sacrifice the way ourleader had made before 1947 to fulfill the dreams thathave been spelt out in the Address. •Continued from page 6where in Ward No. 17, I, along witha few detunes, was lodged at thetime. When he entered the ward, hedecided to play a prank on us.For the first few minutes he didnot disclose his identity. It took usa reasonable time after hearing hisvoice to realise that he was NanajiDeshmukh.In jail I found a wonderfulhuman being in him. He was relaxed,read extensively, analysed thepolitical situation.He became friendly with evensome Left-oriented detenus. He waseven sending words to hiscolleagues outside to lend financialsupport to the families of some Leftactivists who were lodged with usin jail. It was in jail that I discoveredhis passion for good food.Nanaji entered the Lok Sabhain 1977 but declined Prime MinisterMorarji Desai’s offer to be a cabinetminister. He wanted to work for theorganisation. He continued to be akey Organiser of the Janata Party.The failure of the Janata Partyexperiment and break up of theJanata Party substantiallydisheartened him. He wasdisillusioned. He then took the worldby surprise when he announcedthat was giving up politics at theage of sixty.Most others thought he wouldbe persuaded to reconsider hisdecision. He stuck to his decisionand never looked back at politicsfrom the day he turned sixty. Inaddition to Deendayal ResearchInstitute, he spent the next 34 yearsof his life creating institutions forrural reform, ideal villages,educational centres in Gonda,Balrampur and Chitrakoot. Heinspired many to contribute in thisendeavour.He impacted the life ofthousands in the area he worked. In1999, I watched him again for sixyears as a nominated member of theRajya Sabha.All his interventions were nonpartisanand statesman-like.Nanaji had an unusualdynamism. This was tempered witha sense of idealism. He practicedwhat he proclaimed. He cultivatedand nurtured many a relationshipthroughout his life. Even today thereare thousands of civil societyactivists, political workers,businesspersons, professionals,and industrialists who valued hisrelationship. His ability to endearhimself to people who looked up tohim for advice and guidance wasimmeasurable. Nanaji is no more.The institutions he created, thefriends and admirers he left behindwill continue to be inspired by him.•March 16-31, 2010 15
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