EDITOR'S COLUMN
Friends,
We are into the month heralding the inset of monsoon. Hope as you read this, rain God must have arrived in the coastal district with his usual grand entry full of sparks and noises followed by torrent from the heavens. Met men have predicted ‘Normal to Excess’ rainfall all over India. Parched land in the Deccan is waiting to be quenched of its thirst. Hope, we do not have to wait for long, it comes soon and in plenty.
NDA led by BJP and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has completed 3 years of its 5 yeas term on 26th of May. Hence, it is but natural for a balance sheet to be presented to the nation, although it’s more than half of its period, it is still too early to pass a judgement. There have been many initiatives, which is not likely to yield result yet. May be just before the completion of 5th year, a balance sheet of achievements and failures is in order.
However looking back, it is possible to have list of positives and negatives of this 36 months of Modi government.
‘Abki baar Modi Sarcar’ had come with a promise of cracking down black money and of course the promise of 15 lakh in every Indian’s bank a/c and Achehe Din too. Looking back Achche Din, may be coming, although it is still to come, burre dins have not come. Yes it is true that cow vigilante inspired violence by some outfits claimed to be part of Sangh Pariwar has made life difficult for those who deal with cow, especially Muslims. Similarly Dalits have become fodder for attack by upper caste Hindus. Whether BJP likes to accept it or not, every time the party did better electorally or come to power, some fringe elements have taken the law in their hands and have resorted to violent enforcement of what they think as right. It is also true that authorities have not been very firm in dealing with these elements although it kept making right noises of condemning such violence. Clearly, enough is not being done to reign these anti-social elements. It is true there have been many initiatives, which can be classified as work-in-progress.
There has been concerted efforts to control black economy and flow of black money which is slowly showing result. Claiming phenomenal success in fighting Black Money, CBDT has reportedly detected `1.37lakh crores tax evasion. Job creation is an important area where NDA led by Modi couldn’t succeed as it hoped. Its very own, an RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jaagran Manch has complained to this effect, just the other day.
It’s also true that the growth story, the spokespersons of NDA talk about, has to tell Indians whose growth they are talking about, Ambani-Adani & company or the aam aadmi!
However what is important in public space is, if the authorities both in centre and those states ruled by BJP take tough and decisive actions on violent fringe elements, the message will go that BJP can be a better alternative, since there has not been any major scams involving NDA or BJP. Hope Prime Minister Modi, gets tough with these in-house violent groups.
Month-in-Perspective has been as usual. The recent ruling of Supreme Court banning liquor vending within 500 mtr of national and state highways has caused expected tumult, among all stake holders. We have taken it up under Focus, for its multiple dimensions. Hope readers will find it interesting. Rest of the contents are as usual. Do revert with your inputs.
J. Shriyan
We are into the month heralding the inset of monsoon. Hope as you read this, rain God must have arrived in the coastal district with his usual grand entry full of sparks and noises followed by torrent from the heavens. Met men have predicted ‘Normal to Excess’ rainfall all over India. Parched land in the Deccan is waiting to be quenched of its thirst. Hope, we do not have to wait for long, it comes soon and in plenty.
NDA led by BJP and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has completed 3 years of its 5 yeas term on 26th of May. Hence, it is but natural for a balance sheet to be presented to the nation, although it’s more than half of its period, it is still too early to pass a judgement. There have been many initiatives, which is not likely to yield result yet. May be just before the completion of 5th year, a balance sheet of achievements and failures is in order.
However looking back, it is possible to have list of positives and negatives of this 36 months of Modi government.
‘Abki baar Modi Sarcar’ had come with a promise of cracking down black money and of course the promise of 15 lakh in every Indian’s bank a/c and Achehe Din too. Looking back Achche Din, may be coming, although it is still to come, burre dins have not come. Yes it is true that cow vigilante inspired violence by some outfits claimed to be part of Sangh Pariwar has made life difficult for those who deal with cow, especially Muslims. Similarly Dalits have become fodder for attack by upper caste Hindus. Whether BJP likes to accept it or not, every time the party did better electorally or come to power, some fringe elements have taken the law in their hands and have resorted to violent enforcement of what they think as right. It is also true that authorities have not been very firm in dealing with these elements although it kept making right noises of condemning such violence. Clearly, enough is not being done to reign these anti-social elements. It is true there have been many initiatives, which can be classified as work-in-progress.
There has been concerted efforts to control black economy and flow of black money which is slowly showing result. Claiming phenomenal success in fighting Black Money, CBDT has reportedly detected `1.37lakh crores tax evasion. Job creation is an important area where NDA led by Modi couldn’t succeed as it hoped. Its very own, an RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jaagran Manch has complained to this effect, just the other day.
It’s also true that the growth story, the spokespersons of NDA talk about, has to tell Indians whose growth they are talking about, Ambani-Adani & company or the aam aadmi!
However what is important in public space is, if the authorities both in centre and those states ruled by BJP take tough and decisive actions on violent fringe elements, the message will go that BJP can be a better alternative, since there has not been any major scams involving NDA or BJP. Hope Prime Minister Modi, gets tough with these in-house violent groups.
Month-in-Perspective has been as usual. The recent ruling of Supreme Court banning liquor vending within 500 mtr of national and state highways has caused expected tumult, among all stake holders. We have taken it up under Focus, for its multiple dimensions. Hope readers will find it interesting. Rest of the contents are as usual. Do revert with your inputs.
J. Shriyan
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