Is it really NaMo verses Yuvraaj?

A lot is being presented in the mainline and parallel Media as a  convoluted support for experienced NaMo against inexperienced Yuvraaj-Rahul. BUT IS THIS THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR GREAT INDIA?

Corruption, cronyism, pandering for money+power by any means runs deep, due to bad governance over the past few decades. IS IT NOT TIME TO CHANGE THIS?

How did NaMo win his elections? How much black money and undeclared wealth was used and what was the quid pro quo? Remember the money was extracted by leakages from contracts meant for the nation and states.  How about his blatent hindutwa imagery?  The real test of human index, shows the  pethetic work of the NaMo govt. in Gujarat. 

The INC, its broken promises and scams has received wide publicity anf it is clear that Rahul with best intensions cannot force a sea change. 

Does modern India and the new generation want the same DENY-DIVIDE-DIVERT imagery and actualization for the next decade?  Recall what BJP-Munde admitted in public ... that he used black money for his last election campaign, no apologies.  This is how the current national parties have been  working, he confirms and none of the parties deny. They all have 30 to 60 percent criminal MLAs and MPs. This is established. Is this the future one must live with .. just because NaMo can mesmerize the forgetful citizens.  Changing people and parties has been done many times; one party or the other wins and ... INDIA LOSES, again and again.

Citizens want:  LAW, SAFETY, HEALTH, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, in the given order, they want to choose the direction of development.  Let it be clear, that PARTICIPATION, ACCOUNTABILITY. TRANSPARENCY, DECENTRALIZATION and INTEGRITY are unknown to BJP, NDA, UPA, INC, SP, SS, SAD, BJD, JDU, BSP, AIADMK, DMK, CPI, TMC, etc.  They are opposing the use of RTI for their own parties. In fact, NaMo opposed strong LOKAYUKT in his own state, he wished to decide who the officer would be, a joke right? Ditto with the INC. 

Each PARTY has commenced illegal business with public property and assets to enrich themselves.  So many exposes have been made, BJP is only a bit behind the INC, this only because they are not in power to distribute licenses.

AAP is showing an alternative way, to being SWARAJ back to the citizens. A litmus test is the attachment. It is a quick test for who is who in politics today.  It is nice and a 'feel good' to have a charismatic leader, however, the huge population and the aspirations of the millions cannot be fed on charisma.  Good governance cannot come from bad processes to power.  It is unfortunate that NaMo represents the same old politics that has raveged great India for over 60 years.  INDIA is crying for SAMPOORNA VYAVASTAA PARIVARTAN.  I know AAP will work in this direction, make innumerable mistakes, fall and rise yet again.  Most important, citizens will PARTICIPATE in the change for the first time in our democracy.  SWARAJ will come and the citizens will bring it, the NO-CHANGERS will be washed away.

As an admirer of your newspaper: Hindustan Times - Mumbai, I am shocked at your biased attack on ArvindK of AAP, under the title: The Politics of Negativism, in today Mon24Jun2013 issue on p-12.

There are contradictions galore in the short ill thought report. The third line says "... avowed aim of cleansing the political system ..."; yet in para-2 you question why he has entered politics.

The plans to 'clean up the system' are being explained in the hundreds of meets he and AAP Volunteers have with the Delhi public, and even posted on the iternet; yet it seems your ground reporters seem to only mis-inform in their reports. The need to bring in: Participation, Accountability, Transparency, Decentralization and Integrity in all governance and policy has been repeated a thousand times. If you need to know HOW this is to be achieved, please read SWARAJ, HAMARA SWAPNA and even visit the web link at: aamaadmiparty.org

The Sampoorna Parivartan that AAP has been requesting for great India will come with a STRONG LOKPAL & LOKAYUKTA BILL, Police and Judicail Reforms and Electoral Reforms. Much has been spoken, written and debated on these topics over the past three years; I am surprised that you and some in the Media still seem ignorant of the details. Please wake up to your job.

When the GoI and specifically the leading national parties: evade promises, mislead citizens, indulge in crony capitalism, refuse to investigate issues already in public domain compiled by AAP, misuse statutory national bodies; it is time to look for those individuals who form the core group of evil.  Hence the need to target and expose the tainted, who are free to approach the Courts for redress (this is in line with what AAP has been told to do, even when AAP has no investigative powers). By the way, here is another contradiction: in para-3 you clearly say that the public is aware of the tainted political parties, yet you wonder why specific persons are targeted; the public wants to know who in the parties are responsible. If the Media as the 'fourth pillar' did its job, AAP would not have to 'waste its time'. Regretfully, your publication wants to raise dust and not report news, only give misleading views.

Please end your bias and serve the nation which is YOUR AVOWED AIM. 

The Forgotten Legacy

Son-in-law of one Prime Minister, husband of another and father of a third, its unfortunate that his daughter-in-law and grandson have forgotten his great legacy.  Her Government splurged Rs7.25 crore on the birth anniversaries of Indira and Rajiv, but...  nothing on Feroze's birth centenary.  

Over 50 years ago, an elegant Parsi in the Lok Sabha spoke , better to

say roared.  He was exposing the first scam though he belonged to the ruling party.  His father in law, Nehru was hearing his thundering words.  Nothing prevented Feroze Gandhi from exposing corruptions.

The most extraordinary aspect of Feroze Gandhi's work was the forensic precision with which he collected facts and the manner in which he marshalled his arguments.  He exposed the scam on the Life Insurance Corporation by Haridas Mundhra.  Feroze exposed how Mundhra manipulated the LIC to purchase shares in his little known companies.

Bowing to pressure, the Government appointed a commission of inquiry headed by Chief Justice MC Chagla who upheld Feroze's contentions and said that the Finance Minister should take responsibility.  TTK resigned, Finance Secretary was sacked and Mundhra jailed. 

Feroze exposed corruption by Dalmia- Jain in the take over of Bennett and

Colman by siphoning the funds of public money in Gwalior Bank and Bharat Insurance.  They were the directors of these banking and insurance companies and transferred the money for their own company, which lead to the immediate collapse of these public institutions.  

Feroze exposed Birlas, Goenka ("not the one running a newspaper).  Such was his impact that within two months the insurance industry was nationalised.  When some alleged that Feroze was doing these all for Tata's, as bother parzis, next came against Tata.  Feroze exposed Telco for charging more than double for an engine to railways, which lead to exit for Tata and formation of locomotive workshops in public sector.  

Mahatma Gandhi is said to have told Feroze's mother Rattimai in Allahabad in 1931:  "If I get seven persons like him, India would be free in seven days".   Feroze the greatest campaigner against corruption passed away in 1960 at the age of 48.  Seeing the huge crowd, assembled for cremation, Nehru said : "I did not know that Feroze was so popular".  

Sent by friend Veera Mahabat,           veera32000@yahoo.co.in      
20th Nov. 2012.