The elections are over. The
temple-tours are over. The swearing-in and coronation are over. In the second
term of Narendra Modi, GOI has to
act on some critical issues at top speed. The time for sloganeering is also
over. LBS coined the famous slogan
“Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”. After the Pokhran tests of 1998, ABV improvised it to “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan”. The latest is NM improvising his own slogan “Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”.
Catchy slogans are great election tactics and sometimes can be guiding
principles in work. But I hope ignominious slogans like “Ek haath Guran, Ek
haath Phantom” don’t return.
The start of the first term
of ModiSarkar was marked with inexperience, diffidence and sometimes with
outright meekness and fear. The best example of such meekness is the instant
setting up of a “Christian helpline”
over the FRAUDULENT “Christians under
attack” campaign by media, NGOs, Sickular political parties and some
foreign goons. Such fraudulent campaigns will continue now that the Sickulars
and Paki-doormats have been thrashed again. There is no need to bend to such
fraudsters. At best, respond only when the full facts are out. Shedding public
tears over Vemula or Akhlaq only emboldens them. In a country as vast as India,
stray incidents of violence happen all over.
The failure to make a clear
statement from PMO that these need to be handled by State Police and not the
PM. A clear and stern message needs to be sent out so that delightful
mud-slinging by Sickos know that it will not work. Here’s a small list of
priority actions (other than the usual economic and developmental activity)
that ModiSarkar 2.0 cannot ignore anymore.
Judiciary:
One of the great things
that separates democracies from dictators is the judiciary. India’s judiciary
has become as lazy, as corrupt and as inconsistent as the Congress or the
media. Medical student Payal Tadvi
committed suicide in Mumbai a few days ago. Three doctors were immediately
arrested for it. Obviously, the case would be harassment and abetting suicide
though there may be surprises. For a similar case, a crook like Shashi Tharoor keeps on getting bails
and has not been arrested even once though he was the husband of the victim and
the marriage was under seven years. I still believe Sunanda is a murder case
and not suicide.
And because PC manages to
get such extensions with some favourite judge, he doesn’t cooperate with the
investigators and waltzes around giving political and moral gyaan and writing
opeds. This is a serious FLAW. Therefore, pass the NJAC again and end this private club called Collegium. If there is
a confrontation, then get rid of judges too through Parliament processes. The
manner in which the Ram Mandir case
has been subjected to politics by the judiciary is deplorable. Make it clear
that this political bent in judiciary is unacceptable anymore. Increasingly,
judges appear to be protecting the corrupt rather than helping justice. A complete
revamp of courts, including investigation into assets of many judges, is now a
must.
Punish the Corrupt:
Modi promised to punish the
corrupt in the 2014 campaign. I can quote many of his statements. One that
stands out was “People not only want to
vote out the corrupt, they want to see them punished”. In the first term, a
flurry of actions against them started only in the last year. There was some
political fear about this. Some BJP supporters also feared punishing Sonia
& Co. will get them sympathy. Nothing of that sort. India is no more in the
1980s. Modi has yet again asserted this in 2019:
If it has to happen in this
term, then action should start straightaway. Ignore all the “vendetta” screams. This is normal for political
criminals. Set up a task force to monitor cases. Set up a separate court, if
necessary, and mandate daily hearings. The GOI refused to touch the NatHerald case for a long time and used
it only for political campaigns. Every Indian wants to see the corrupt
punished. And corruption doesn’t start at the bottom, it always starts at the
top. Political criminals should not be sermonizing society or writing opeds.
This includes media houses and personalities. Their rants on “attack on freedom
of press” belongs in the garbage can. In which country does a Fincriminal get interim-bail
extensions 25 times? Only in India.
In all major democracies,
like the US, the worst criminals sing like canaries after being in custody for
a few months. I am absolutely sure, arrest PC, Karti and all others, they too
will sing like Saigal after being in custody for a few months for
interrogation.
Education:
School education is the
foundation of a nation. In the last decade school drop out rate has dropped
dramatically overall. However, in 2018, in states like Jharkhand, UP, MP,
Assam, Manipur etc. the dropout rate
is still very high. Manipur has a dropout rate of 18%. The national rate may be
much lower than these laggard states. The more serious concern is the high level of girl-student dropouts which
is as high as 57% even in Gujarat. Enrolments aside, the quality of
education, instructions and learning being fun is completely destroyed by incompetent
ministers for many years. Separate the School Education Ministry from HRD.
Establish a Mission to research and implement curriculum in schools. The
subjects being taught in schools still have content from 1970s and
uninteresting text books. India doesn’t figure anywhere in the top educated
countries:
There are critical subjects
(like Math, Science and Language) and non-critical subjects like History and
Civics. The proficiency level demanded at schools for all subjects is uniform. And
even the fraudulent history concocted by Commies into school books needs to go.
Such books predominantly portray Hindus badly, portray Chinese Gandhis as some
kind of heroes. All this requires changes on a war-footing. Patriots and nationalists are not born in
colleges, they are born in primary schools. This is a vast topic affecting
the country and will need a greater exercise in another post.
Article 370, 35A and UCC:
When the SC ruled Triple Talaq to be unlawful, ModiSarkar
quickly jumped on it and passed a law banning it with some punishment. When the
Bill failed in Parliament the GOI brought in an Ordinance. The SC has recommended UCC long back. The same energy needs to be
shown in implementing UCC, either by a law or Ordinance. There would not a
better mandate to do this in the future. When Muslims were allowed to stay in
India at Partition, UCC should have been immediately implemented. There CANNOT
be multiple laws for citizens of a country. Ban and outlaw the AIMPLB. This is an illegal organization that
behaves like they are custodians of Muslim lives. They are not. Get rid of
them.
The same goes for Article
370, 35A. Kashmir is not the property of some Abdullahs or Muftis who
vehemently protest this. It’s a part of India and people should have the same
Rights all over the country. Abolishing such foolishness of Nehru will bring
about dramatic change in JK with investments, industries and job opportunities.
The best way to keep youth away from radicalization and terrorism is gainful
employment. If the moronic clan of Abdullahs and Muftis treat Kashmir as their
“private fiefdom”, come down heavily on such anti-nationals who want to keep
Kashmir as a hostage to national integration.
Most of the above actions
are tough challenges without a doubt. But ModiSarkar has promised to act on
these and have been given the mandate again. The toughest decisions are best taken in the first six months to one
year of a new govt. The opposers and agitators can dance all they want and
will dissipate in a few months. Shed the meekness and diffidence of
ModiSarkar-1 on these issues. Social and national integration cannot be a
political or vote-bank issue in the future.
To be continued…
