Among all pulses Tur dal is the most used pulse in Indian cuisine. This
year we have shortage of this pulse and many other usual pulses. Some
say that this shortage is due to lack of rain but not all agree to
it. The real culprit behind this dal fry business is different and as
I came to know of it I wished that I should put in on my blog so that
my readers will come to know how our country works.
Our
political parties such as BJP and its NDA factions need a lot of
money to keep the business of politics going on smoothly. This money
they get from many resources such as big business and some rich
people who want to become leaders in this country. Measure funds come
from big business and to keep it coming, political parties have to
see that these big businesses continue to prosper in their trade so
that they will be able to keep paying to coffer of these parties.
This is not news to all of us voters; we know of this strategy of all
political parties and whatever party comes in position of power
demands funds from these business houses and they also very
willingly(!) commit to pay the payola.
We
have witnessed some time back how prices of onion shot up and that
made much hue and cry in our country. At that time it was onion
traders who were forced to pay the payola to ruling party (that time
it was Congress and NCP) and as enough funds were collected slowly
prices came down to normal. We know of this. Similar price shooting
of essential commodities is witnessed from time to time and that
explains the phenomenon. Our political pundits are very intelligent.
They know that if they continue to pull onion traders every time,
that will not be a good practice and so at this time they decided to
catch hold of pulse traders. In the pulses Tur dal is he most
consumed pulses and so they decided to make that the target. Measure
payers are Tatas and Reliance. Both giants are in business of grocery
and they have huge stocks of variety of all types of pulses. Tur
being the most in them. This year they had to pay a big payola to
ruling party and that is obvious as the party has to contest many
state elections to get hold of upper house. This is usual business
and nothing unusual about it. As prices began to shoot people as
expected began to shout on that and the usual tamasha of detecting
and confiscating stocks of Tur and other pulses began as expected.
About 85000 tons of pulses were unearthed. Government claimed that
they have finally found the culprits and people as simpletons were
impressed by that. The prices of Tur dal has yet to come to normal,
what government is doing of this confiscated dal; nobody knows.
What
I noticed in this tamasha of confiscating pulses stocks from various
traders is interesting. They did not inspect stocks of Tatas and
Reliance! All sundry traders were put to task and they could impress
the people that government is doing its job! Prices have yet to come
to its real place as more funds are required by NDA to contest more
elections and for that they have to protect these giants so that the
payola continues.
We
see rains are usual excuse to hike prices as these rains are always
not coming in time and not giving its dues properly. Even if we have
good rains these occasional price rise for fund raising will
continue; whenever there will be need for funds there will be price
rise in essential commodities and we should know of that. The
relation in occasional price hikes and elections we have to
understand to get to the roots of this problem.
Prices
of protein giving meat are as high as 400/- per kg. Then why not hike
prices of protein giving pulses to that level? This is the point put
up by political pundits. That means, if these prices of pulses go as
high as 400/- per kg we should not be surprised. When I asked one
fellow from this political party he told me, people have to pay for
the ruling that they choose and there is nothing wrong in hiking
prices to collect funds for the political party that wants to serve
these people! I wonder, how many readers will agree to this argument
and justification.
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