So, the mumbai investigation has started going murky with all the allegations and counter allegations. Wat else did u expect? Congress fought over a week to decide the new CM. Now its a open revolt. The new CM's first words "There was not pressure on MLAs to support me".... i was just for a second expecting him to rather say "Mumbai has been a lesson, we will not make anymore mistakes". Foolish me!Shiv Sena has asked for presidents rule in Maharashtra, why not . The president is a maharashtrian. So they are not actually going away from mumbai for marathi policy. Very well.
Anyways no bashing and no blaming them. They are trying to survive and we are too. But our survival is different. We are trying to survive as a nation. So Let me get to the topic of this Post. A New Political Order. We all by now are clear that the current political order ( i mean all the parties together) cannot or more correctly 'will not' save us. We are gonna fend for ourself. I want every citizen to consider the anger on this fraternity we have had for years and consider that Mumbai 26/11/2008 is just an immediate cause for the action. And wats the action?? I say lets start a political party.
OUR NEW PARTY
By now 1/3rd of the readers have closed this browser, 1/3rd is lauging and the other 1/3rd is shaking their head(either with support or thinking 'this will never work'). Anyway, For all these groups let me say. We can work and more importantly we have a common enemy. The political order. We must work together.
Why do we need a political party? You know the behavior of a lion. It will toil or fight only if it is challenged in its pride land. Our politicians are the same. There is not doubt that they are capable. The problem is that they are not channelized. So if we can be successful party either we can put these guys out and make a change or give them a strong run for their money and make them really work some good for the people. Anyhow it will be in the interest of the people.
What should the party do? There are a few immediate things that the party should do. First, remove the caste based partisan system in the Indian govt system.As long as it is there the politicians are gonna go back to the vote bank politics, Second, right to call back elected representatives.
Third, separate security from law and order and make it a subject matter of the union while maintaining law and order as subject of state. Fourth, have a regulatory authority for agriculture and agricultural products like the TRAI or RBI for telecom and finance. A politics independent authority that can take issued based decisions when it comes to agriculture.
Finally, a unified controller for security and intelligence forces. Who will have rights to ask questions and give orders to all internal security forces and civilian intelligence agencies. RAW and The Defense Forces must be kept out of their command but should be asked to communicate with any and every other organization through this authority, This will help in keeping track of information passed, action taken and pinning responsibility.
Many will look at the party idea sceptically, but it can work. If every middle class family in this country comes out to donate 50/- to this organization we can fight any party head on and the corporate houses will then be forced to back it.
But the problem is we should not allow many parties to crop up. It will again fracture and join with the political order. There should be only one party.
And one important thing, in India for a party to be acceptable across the nation it should have a sensational issue backing it. eg:, Congress uses the name of the congress party that was dismantled after the independence movement. It therefore enjoys the support for the original congress especially since its initial members were mostly members of the original one. Then we have the BJP which came to the fore after the Babri Masjid issue(today is its anniversary, and i am sad of the pain that has been inflicted on my Muslim brethren irrespective of whether ram was born there or not. If Ram was alive, he would have happily had a mosque in turn for the peace that would have prevailed in this country.)
These are the only two parties that we can call national others are just there in pockets. Th mumbai is one that is sensational and one that all people are hurt about. This can unite and garner support.
Finally, everybody says "i am in, tell me the time and place". Don't say that. You say the time and place. Don't look for the change, Be the Change.
I tried to start a small rally in my locality by posting in its orkut community. I got three responses in three days. No more replies. How many more such assaults can we forgive and forget. I mailed about this blog to more than 100 ppl. I am sure not more than 30 have read it. Why look at friends, I have around 15 cousins, only one replied, I have not been able to talk about the situation to more than two. This is first time in my life i am being proactive for my nation. For the first time i am resolved.
I DON'T WANT MY CHANGE, I WILL BE MY CHANGE.
with words of Robert Frost, the most suited for this situation let me leave you . I will be back at least on next Sunday if no sooner.
"Woods are Lovely Dark and Deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep "
(I have had some good responses also, some have requested for specific topics. Will be writing on them very soon)
(Plz forgive my mistakes with spelling and grammar, was never good with them)
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