Democracy
in Peril
I
Sir,
We have a
Parliamentary democracy in India our
undemocratic leaders in India have
perverted it for their selfish ends.
Selfishness has made them
unconstitutional. It effects right
thinking and ethics. Power hunger is
blinded by avariciousness. It makes us
opportunistic, unfair and unjust. When
right thinking is ''Polluted'' right
action ceases. Our urge for seizure of
political power accounts for 'murder of
democracy'' in Goa and close on its heels
in Jharkhand State by induction of
minority Govt of the Congress headed by
Mr. Shibu Soren soon after the Assembly
Elections by the pro Congress Governor of
the State.
The
corrupt and the criminals sink themselves
and the country low! How to check the
downward drift and make our democracy
constitutional depends on our
intellectuals, leaders, teachers and the
enlightened press to be fair, just and
honest in their professions and also
private and house hold life! They should
be loyal to the country rising above
their party. Province, community etc
because of our country is sound all else
will be upto the mark and sound! All
reform emanates from within and surfaces
out. Great leaders galvanise the nation
and ignite even 'the dead wood'' to
warmth energy and light.
Here are
some suggestions to improve and
democratic polity:- Governors must be non
political party eminent breach of
election norm should entail
disqualification of the candidate.
Defections from one political party to
another should be barred. All Independent
Legislators must be disqualified for
acting as ''Trading horses ''. They
should stay as independents and be judges
of Govt in action and vote
constitutionally on merits. All donations
from Pvt Industrialists and big business
to political parties and politicians must
be deposited into Govts ''calamity and
Relief Fund'' against proper
Bank/Treasury Receipt and not made to the
parties or the personalities for quid pro
quo. No corrupt and criminal even under
probe must be allowed to contest any
election. All formations must have
elected members and majority management
rule. Govt servants are booked for
corruption on owning property
disproportionate to their known sources
of income. This legality must equally
apply to our regislators, rulers and
candidates as public servants''. They
must disclose their Assetts to the
Election Commission and also publish them
in press. The independence of the
Election Commission, Judiciary & the
Auditor General of India etc must not be
interferred with or diluted by the
Executive. The previleged rulers must
sincerely, faithfully and honestly swear
to uphold the constitution and function
as true custodians of Public Assets and
as their honest trustees using them as
they expend their own earned money!
Yours
etc...
Babu Ram Sharma
443-A, Gandhi Nagar
II
Sir,
History
watchers feel a sense of remorse over the
current happenings in country's political
area. In its effort to wrest power in
Goa, Jharkhand and Bihar the performance
of the Congress party smacks of
frustration, arrogance and tyranny. It
appears to have failed to realise that
the struggle is in no sense one of
natives against the foreigners as in the
past in which it played a vital role. The
tincture of nationalism is being thrust
to the background. The politics has now
become a rivalry of different groups
struggling for power and money is every
state, between those autocracies already
established during the last 50 years
versus those struggling to take their
seats. In this struggle
groups/communities are being incited, one
against the other to hold the sway in the
democratic set upto which is not as
illiterate now as it was till nineties.
It seems
the Congress Party has forgotten the
drubbing it received earlier for its
policy of containing its hold on the vote
bank by hook or crook through appeasement
of sections at the cost of majority
opinion which resulted in large sections
getting weaned away from it as in the
past. The party need to realize that with
the spread of education and the help of
media the masses are, progressively,
forming their own views and are no longer
so naive as to get led any with whatever
the politicians thrust on them by means
fair and foul.
In this
struggle the only hope for the country
lies on the young blood which is more
concerned with integrity and welfare of
the nation.
Yours
etc...
D K Wakhloo
29 -Patel Nagar Jammu
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