EDITOR'S COLUMN
Friends,
It’s been pretty hot all of April. Passing shower here and there has been of little use both in terms of water augmentation as well as tempering the rising mercury. Will May bring some respite with some south west monsoon! Or will it be worse than April? Will have to wait and see. Hope weather Gods decide to smile on the parched land across the country or sun strokes cannot be ruled out.
As usual Month-in-Perspective has covered most of the issues of relevance with our usual take. However, we have taken-up here two of the latest happening for the importance it deserved.
The killing of some 27 CRPF personnel by Maoists in Sukma, Chhattisgarh has been the worst of its kind in recent years. Although it’s not as bad as the 2010 attack in which 76 CRPF men perished, it’s bad all the same, since there have been improvement in security apparatus to deal with Maoists menace. What is reprehensible is Maoists attacked the police who had come to provide security to the road construction in the area. It was a development project they had attacked, truly speaking. Clearly they do not want the road to come in, which will help everybody, more so the locals. They have once again proved, they are the enemies of people not just the government of the day. Violence has only exacerbated the problem and this killing will force the hands of the authorities to get better of the Maoists. Yes, civil society members and so-called human rights groups are no where around to condemn the killing, who otherwise have a field day attacking the government over its handling of Kashmiri stone pelters, who routinely bring small children as shield. Hope both the state government and the centre would join hands to quickly respond to the growing clout of Maoist blood hounds.
Election to the Delhi Municipal Corporations has thrown up mostly a one sided result with BJP winning all three corporations. AAP with its government in Delhi couldn’t make much dent. Of the 270 seats in three corporations- North Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi- BJP won 181 seats which is more than 2/3rd with AAP winning just 48 seats and Congress being poor third with just 30 seats. For a party which went home with over 95% seat share only 2 years ago, it’s a steep fall. It was disappointing to see Kejriwal still blaming EVMs, unlike his former colleague and beite noire Yogendra Yadav giving EVM a clean chit.
As was the last election to five states with a clear tilt towards BJP, it looks BJP has truly arrived on the national scene as never before. From now on Arvind Kejriwal may at long last stop bragging. His personal ambition to play the national role has put paid to the growth of AAP. That is rather sad. The observation by his guru Anna Hazare “I am happy I have not joined AAP” has only rubbed salt to the growing disillusionment of general public with AAP.
Come July, the Indian Presidential election shall be set in motion. There have been speculations of all kinds about the possible occupant of Rashtrapathi Bhavan. We have taken the issue of the 14th President of India under Focus. Besides the media speculation and in public space, about the possible candidate, we at I&C had our own pick in Azim Premji, currently India’s biggest philanthropist, as a possible candidate for the highest office of the land. Hope readers will like it. Do revert with your inputs.
It’s been pretty hot all of April. Passing shower here and there has been of little use both in terms of water augmentation as well as tempering the rising mercury. Will May bring some respite with some south west monsoon! Or will it be worse than April? Will have to wait and see. Hope weather Gods decide to smile on the parched land across the country or sun strokes cannot be ruled out.
As usual Month-in-Perspective has covered most of the issues of relevance with our usual take. However, we have taken-up here two of the latest happening for the importance it deserved.
The killing of some 27 CRPF personnel by Maoists in Sukma, Chhattisgarh has been the worst of its kind in recent years. Although it’s not as bad as the 2010 attack in which 76 CRPF men perished, it’s bad all the same, since there have been improvement in security apparatus to deal with Maoists menace. What is reprehensible is Maoists attacked the police who had come to provide security to the road construction in the area. It was a development project they had attacked, truly speaking. Clearly they do not want the road to come in, which will help everybody, more so the locals. They have once again proved, they are the enemies of people not just the government of the day. Violence has only exacerbated the problem and this killing will force the hands of the authorities to get better of the Maoists. Yes, civil society members and so-called human rights groups are no where around to condemn the killing, who otherwise have a field day attacking the government over its handling of Kashmiri stone pelters, who routinely bring small children as shield. Hope both the state government and the centre would join hands to quickly respond to the growing clout of Maoist blood hounds.
Election to the Delhi Municipal Corporations has thrown up mostly a one sided result with BJP winning all three corporations. AAP with its government in Delhi couldn’t make much dent. Of the 270 seats in three corporations- North Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi- BJP won 181 seats which is more than 2/3rd with AAP winning just 48 seats and Congress being poor third with just 30 seats. For a party which went home with over 95% seat share only 2 years ago, it’s a steep fall. It was disappointing to see Kejriwal still blaming EVMs, unlike his former colleague and beite noire Yogendra Yadav giving EVM a clean chit.
As was the last election to five states with a clear tilt towards BJP, it looks BJP has truly arrived on the national scene as never before. From now on Arvind Kejriwal may at long last stop bragging. His personal ambition to play the national role has put paid to the growth of AAP. That is rather sad. The observation by his guru Anna Hazare “I am happy I have not joined AAP” has only rubbed salt to the growing disillusionment of general public with AAP.
Come July, the Indian Presidential election shall be set in motion. There have been speculations of all kinds about the possible occupant of Rashtrapathi Bhavan. We have taken the issue of the 14th President of India under Focus. Besides the media speculation and in public space, about the possible candidate, we at I&C had our own pick in Azim Premji, currently India’s biggest philanthropist, as a possible candidate for the highest office of the land. Hope readers will like it. Do revert with your inputs.
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