Continued
from previous post –
One
evening our Prime Minister announces that hereinafter notes of 500
and 1000 rupees denominations will not be valid! He gave an excuse
that his government is taking this decision to discover black money.
Such announcement is the duty of Reserve Bank Governor and not PM.
Before making such an important announcement, he should have first
informed members of parliament. However, Modi did not find that
necessary. One BJP member told me that ever since that party became
powerful majority, they have lost all sense of mannerism. They have
become arrogant towards people and other members of the House. They
know nothing can be done by anybody to them and their strength.
Modi's misbehavior is due to this arrogance. He forgot that he had
told voters that he is servant of Indian citizens when he first gave
his speech; and began to do things unfit for a true representative of
people.
The
way Modi announced demonetization of currency he may also one day
announce that all our money in Banks is now property of Government
and that he orders this for the good of India! I will not be
surprised if he does this. What guarantee we have that this will not
happen? Modi has pocketed Reserve Banks of India governor, he has
pocketed all Supreme Court judges, and he has control on attorney
general and such strategically placed persons. This style of working
may work for some time but it will not work always. This is not Modi
alone doing all by himself. The party he belongs is party to it. I
say this because one founder member of present BJP, Pramod Mahajan
had told in one of his interviews that his party and its mentor
agency RSS do not believe in democracy. They want to bring hegemony
on Indian government so that there will be no more elections and once
they get supper majority they will see to that, there will be no
further elections in India and that only BJP shall continue to rule
on India. This happens in Communist countries such as Russia and
China. Modi's steps are in that direction and we should note it well
otherwise it may be tool late. Luckily, for us they have majority in
Lower House but in Upper house, they do not have that. Had they had
that by now, our democracy would have been rapped up and closed down.
These days we are having state elections. If in them, BJP gets
majority their power in Upper House will improve and that could be
the danger signal to our democracy. Therefore, BJP should not be able
to get that majority if we want our democracy to continue.
Unfortunately, most India voters are not aware of this danger from
BJP. Actually, I feel all those parties who do not believe in
democracy, such as Communist party, Shiva Sena, BJP, should not be
allowed to contest elections.
If
you have noticed as soon as Modi came to be PM, he began to try to
control Face Book and Google so that these important media will work
for him. We also should remember that Face Book succumbed to his
tricky talk initially, as the head of that media is a small young
boy. Google being more mature did not and continued to stick to their
neutral policy.
Modi's
craze for internet is well known. Everything that comes under that he
wants to promote. Cashless, digital, on line all these are being
encouraged. All these modern things have their advantages but the key
issue is that availability of INTERNET is first achieved. Modi
government does not understand the priorities in this work. First
INTERNET connectivity must be guaranteed on 24X7 bases and only after
that is realized he might try to introduce them. In our country, we
have not yet done it at city levels. Leave alone village and other
countryside. Therefore, we need formulate act that will make
mandatory INTERNET services to all country flawlessly and after
having attained that government may try to bring them. Unless that is
achieved neither RBI nor government can force people to take to
cashless and other craze.
In
my next post, I wish to elaborate on how our taxation and interest
rate policies are responsible for our present fiscal mess.
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