CHIDAMBARAM’S DUAL POLICY AND HYPOCRISY (29th Nov 2009, 2045 Hrs)

CHIDAMBARAM’S DUAL POLICY AND HYPOCRISY (29th Nov 2009, 2045 Hrs)

Shivraj Patil failed as the Home Minister of India, before 26/11 happened. And now Chidambaram has failed too, as the Home Minister of India post 26/11. He may seem as a somber gentleman in lungi, looking oh so innocent, as if there is no other politicians, who can match his innocence. His PR activities with some of the Congress favourite channels (NDTV, CNN IBN etc etc) and their so-called esteemed editors are perfection to match for any other Indian politicians. Even though he has failed, blamed his predecessor Shivraj Patil about 26/11, Chidambaram’s brand image as a clean politician is intact courtesy Indian media and NDTV.

Ever since he took over as our Home Ministry post 26/11, he claims to have controlled every department under him, so much so that every time he claims so, various department officials have gone ahead to reveal the truth in the media, thereby highlighting how the Home Minister has failed in his duties. Does he really deserve to continue as the Home Minister with all his failures? Time and again, he has blamed the media for speculating things but then, how do the media get to know what is happening in the Home Ministry if he is not leaking all those news & information to his favourite channel NDTV – be it information about ‘Operation Green Hunt’ (which he made public himself about), information of David Headely’s link to 26/11 attack, just to name a few…

However, his favourite channel NDTV is not asking him seriously as to why his ministry has failed to disperse all the compensation announced by the Centre to the relatives of victims of 26/11 Mumbai even after one long year? Why he has not taken any action for all the cheques bounced that were issued to the affected poor families by the Centre? What action has he taken since the last 12 months? Does it take an anniversary to celebrate and be in an embarrassing position for the careless Home Minister to just say a five letter word in capital – SORRY! Does it solve the problems and erase the trauma of the victimized families, who died on that dreadful night? Even the martyrs wives had to reach out to Sonia Gandhi after a year to inform her that the government has not provided and fulfilled their promises to grant them by the spur-of-the-moment promised ‘petrol pump’. Really, it is the biggest blot and SHAME in Chidambaram’s career as the Home Minister!

As we neared the first anniversary of 26/11, skeletons from the cupboard started coming out in various forms… TO THE LAST BULLET by Vinita Kamte, Gafoor’s statement about four high officers refusing to do their duty on that fateful night, the missing bulletproof jacket of the braveheart Karkare, Rakesh Maria’s mismanagement on that fateful night, Chagan Bhujbal’s statement on how the State Home Minister RR Patil refused to step out of his house, no sign or name of the supplier of the bulletproof jackets to Mumbai police, no sign or name of the politicians who cleared the tender for the sub-standard bulletproof jacket, government’s failure to disperse the promised relief and grant to victims’ families even after a year, failure of Indian Intelligence Bureau who just didn’t had any clues about 26/11 attack…

Chidambaram surely has failed as the Home Minister and his dual policy in blaming the media for his incompetence shows how incompetent our respective ministers are in various departments and ministries. On one hand, he wants that his image to be built up in a positive note by NDTV and CNN IBN (he is always available to be on these two channels’ brand building shows) and on the other hand, to hide his incompetence, he blames the media. I don’t deny the fact that Chidambaram has a huge responsibility to look after the nation and not only deal with 26/11 problems or Naxals, but then… if our politicians work sincerely from the bottom of the heart to do something really worthwhile, they can and have achieved greater things. And one of the greatest achievements of Congress leaders is that most of them have become crorepatis in the shortest time and that too, when the world is facing recession! If they can achieve such a big feat in the shortest possible time, surely in a five-year-term, they can achieve wonderful results for our beautiful motherland BHARAT! Jai Hind!

Chidambaram should avoid to be on television reality shows, yes, news channels are actually showing ‘various reality shows’ rather than informing viewers about the happenings around the world. Chidambaram should let his action speak rather than saying just SORRY by shedding crocodile tears in front of camera.

CORRUPTION SEEPED IN EVERY SPHERE OF THE SYSTEM (15th Oct 2009, 2045 Hrs)

CORRUPTION SEEPED IN EVERY SPHERE OF THE SYSTEM (15th Oct 2009, 2045 Hrs)

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit doesn’t even know what is happening in her own office, when she was asked about the implementation of Bullet-proof mirrors in her office. Wow! Well, as usual she doesn’t know anything except giving arrogant statements about various crimes affecting her own Delhi.

You all may wonder, how such a thing is related to corruption in the system, isn’t it? Well, just two days ago when a Delhi SHO Roshanlal was held by CBI for his out-of-proportion property and assets of Three Hotels & One Cinema Hall… it showed all the Delhi Chief Minister is interested in is, how to earn more dollars from various spheres of system, be it Law & Order, Owners of Blue Line Express (yes, they have to give hafta (bribe) to various government agencies for obtaining the license to kill on road, so that Sheila Dikshit can issue a callous statement saying – If people will walk on road, they will be hit by buses.

Under the aegis of government, the revelation that only 16 paise of a rupee reaches the common man, imagine… how many crores and crores of rupees are gulped by these corrupt politicians, who always support and save their respective system. When we talk of a rupee, then it seems 16 paise is such a small quantity. Imagine in the larger perspective, when each project that are announced for the common man, they are in crores and crores. If a project is worth 1000 crores, only 160 crores are spent by the government while 840 crores are gulped by respective politicians and departments in the name of the project. Now don’t get surprised when politicians declare their assets in crores because this is the bitter reality of our corrupt leaders. However, they always have scapegoats ready to sacrifice their career and lives to safeguard these politicians by accepting the fraud when caught.

From Law & Order to Judicial System, from government departments to a small office… nothing moves and is bartered without Corruption. Yes, it happens in every country but Indian politicians surpass all the governments that is why, Indians are No. 1 in Swiss Bank’s Black Money Savings. It is indeed shameful that almost all the leaders are involved in some of the other scam and fraud case.

Take one good example of (late) YSR Reddy, who died in the helicopter crash. Wonder of wonders, immediately after a week’s time, his son Jagan Reddy was lobbying in Delhi to replace his father’s seat and most of the Congress leaders supported this move along with senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee. In the higher social circuit of Hyderabad, there are lots of talks about how Sify’s Ramlingam Raju was enjoying his jail life under YSR Reddy’s governance. One will be surprised to know that the man, who was caught of swindling crore of rupees and in jail, had his own personal library at his disposal 24x7, eating home-made food three times a day, fully air-conditioned room with dish TV and all the modern comforts. Now, do you understand as to why YSR Reddy’s coterie wanted Jagan Reddy to take over as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh?

Yes, all these ministers who were supporting Jagan Reddy knew that if someone else will become the CM, their truth would come out. Obviously, there were thousand of crores involved in the Sify Scam and as soon as the news of YSR’s death was confirmed (the third day), the very next day Raju faked a heart attack and was immediately transferred to hospital for a period of three months. Almost all the top industrialists in the twin-cities are talking about how Raju was being treated with so much comfort and privileges because of YSR’s clout. It is also a known fact that YSR was highly instrumental in raising crores for Congress party through various means and that is why even Sonia Gandhi made her presence conspicuous at his funeral.

Well, when the whole system is corrupt, who will catch the culprits and the big fish? And to cover up the cases of corruption, the Congress talk about AUSTERITY… what a hog wash? While they will do nothing about rural India’s problem, the Home Minister will not hesitate to use Indian Army and Indian Air Force to kill the Naxals… why the Congress government has allowed the Naxal Movement to grow in such a large numbers today? If the government had taken good care of the rural poor population without allowing the corruption to grow its tentacles, today there would be no naxalites in the Indian State.

Well, even the media is to be blamed for the continuous rise in corruption. Channels like CNN-IBN and NDTV always support corruption by covering up Congress leaders’ faux pas and news that reveals the failure of government… well, I can go on and on about all the spheres but then it will become repetitive. Wish our government will come clean and try to solve the growing virus CORRUPTION!