Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Suggestion not to keep sentenced convicts in the same geographical area of crime.

Balwant Singh Rajoana (Photo: Rajesh Sachar)                                                       
The Indian security men do a good job in nabbing persons who are terrorists or assassins and produce them before the Judiciary for making judgement.  The judiciary takes its own time to process the case and finally convicts with pronounced judgements. It takes nearly decades for the judiciary to come to an assessment and awarding punishments during which time the convicts are housed in jails enjoying the hospitality of the state without having to work or earn!  Convicts like Afzal Guru, Kasab, Rajoana, and the killers of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi are all languishing in jails at the cost of tax payers money and mustering strength through splinter radical groups that raise their head in support of the criminal and the crime committed.  The political parties in India are strange alignments in the sense that they oppose to whatever the ruling party does or says as a matter of rule!  The foul play of politics in brought in at all spheres and levels to oppose whatever the government does!

The Dravidian parties in Tamilnadu spearheaded campaign against capital punishment to the assassins of Rajeev Gandhi and even canvassed and funded legal aid in order to get relief from hanging to death in the famous Vellore Prison.  Today, there is a radical group rising all out in support of Rajoana who is sentenced to death by hanging  for brutally killing the former Punjab CM Beant Singh.  This movement has support from the ruling Akali dal government headed by Badals.  Afzal Guru who was sentenced years back to death by hanging for the Parliament attack is a high profile political prisoner who has managed to capture sympathy of political parties who are opposed to his sentence and have been evading it smoothly.
                                                                  
If all such criminals are allowed to escape the gallows and released after spending a few years in Jail, one wonders as to what is the meaning of Judicial verdict and the sanctity of the courts and law in the country?  This tantamount to encouraging the criminals and justifying their acts of gory?

My suggestion to the government is that the convict should not be allowed to be kept in the same geographical region of crime and should be transferred to a jail which is far stretched from the land that he belongs to.  A convict in Punjab should be jailed and executed in Kerala Prison and the prisoners or convicts of Tamilanadu should be jailed and executed in Punjab or Himachal so that the convict does not muster support or strength during the interim period and stall the entire judicial pronouncements?

The Government is made to look like a non-entity when such things happen and the local politics is seen to rise above the national politics and security of the nation.  The central government must ensure that those who are convicted and sent to gallows are hanged to death upholding the judicial values and also sending a stern warning to those who indulge in such heinous crimes.

Monday, March 26, 2012

President Pratibha Patil- official visits abroad


President Pratibha Patil has visited 22 countries during her tenure that has cost ed the exchequer a whooping sum of Rs 205 crores! she still is left with a 4 month tenure and may cost even more for some more trips abroad.  The President has special air crafts to fly her wherever she wants to along with family members that accompany her adding their burden of boarding and lodging to the state. This is the biggest price tag a President has ever given to the state so far after the independence that India got in the year 1947.

while no one is questioning the President for the numerous trips undertaken by her along with a large contingent of family members and enjoying the hospitality in star hotels and the entire staff of the Indian Missions abroad, one really wonders as to what business has she brought for the country in terms of international trade or forging peace with our neighbours or elsewhere in the world with which mutual trust is built for bilateral trade and business.  The President has to explain to the people, as a matter of good will and courtesy, about the resultant fruits that has been brought into the country through her foreign visits.  when a sales executive working for a company is accountable for his daily work schedule and the business that is brought, why not apply the same yard stick to the Head of the State who has spent such a huge sum of money from the Tax payers money?  It is assumed that the President's visits are not meant for holidaying and cooling the heels in a resort abroad! The accompanying family members also have a responsibility to tell the nation as to how their presence facilitated in profit for the nation?

will the President's office explain this to the people of the country? 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Dost dost Naa Raha- Amar Singh & Mulayam singh


The thumping victory of Samajwadi party in the recent U P elections with Akhilesh Yadav as a dynamic youth leader who can take forward the party to achieve its objectives and goals in the coming years.  At the same time, dumping of Amar singh by Netaji has scored points in favour of the party in winning the elections like never before!
Mulayam singh was taken on a joy ride by Amar singh all these years by providing Bollywood heroines to sit on either sides of Netaji and got him confused and attracted towards the glamour world of cinema.  He even managed to sideline the close Muslim leader Azham Khan from Mulayam Singh when he openly stood up against Jayaprada, the yester year actor of Hindi cinema.
wise counsel prevailed upon Mulayan singh when he practically threw Amar Singh from the party and gave the mantle to his worthy son Akhilesh.  Amar singh criticised Akhilesh in more than many ways and even said that he is a school/college drop out and all his degrees were fake or forged.  It is very clear from the turn of events that Amar Singh was merely a power broker and attracted towards cinema and the tinsel world of entertainment.  He remained in limelight only through the film stars that he brought into the party and giving them some kind of position whereby he could always steal the show and remain in the forefront by posing for photos along with them.  He tried his best to romp in Aishwarya Rai in many ways and methods but ended up in failure as she was totally insulated by both the senior and the junior Bachan.  This might have created some heart burns for Amar singh and probably could be the cause for the distance that developed between him and the Bachan family. However, the senior Bachan was magnanimous to visit Amar singh in the hospital when he was bedridden for certain ailments.
The political scenario in U.P has changed and it has become a known fact that Samajwad Party headed by Mulayam singh and his political heir Akhilesh have regained their lost majority and support of the people and will never regret dumping of Amar singh and taking back the popular Muslim Leader in Azham Khan along with them due to which the entire Muslim vote came back to SP sidelining the congress!
Amar Singh may try and come back to the party adopting all means and methods and could even beg forgiveness but the stalwarts of SP should understand that the win could also be because of the ouster of Amar singh from the party and should never succumb to the pleas and explanations of Amar Singh.
Amar singh must realise that his time is up and can not play politics with Jayaprada and other actors of Bollywood and hoodwink the people by all means?