We are resilient by Force, not by Choice - A Wednesday.

Monday, December 8, 2008

ANYTHING GREATER THAN ZERO. . .

The reelection of Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Raman Singh doesn’t come as a surprise to me. The reason is very simple, just recall the definition of positive numbers you will know it. The (so-called) Social Engineer of MP, previous CM, Mr. Digvijay Singh and his government left the state’s development hovering positively on the negative side. This was when MP and Chhattisgarh were one state.


The benchmark set for 2003 elections for development was zero, so the voter voted them (Congress) out. Now in 2008, the benchmark was anything greater than zero, which the BJP governments of both the states achieved easily. The real test of BJP’s leadership will be in the next elections where their two performances with be compared.


I also remember the advertising campaign of BJP when they demanded ‘hissab’ from the Congress party for what they have done in past 50 years; the congress could not cite any positive contributions. They chose not to answer BJP and took the line of development in the nation under the leadership of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, but for that too they cited statistics from various government reports that are too boring to read and comprehend, e.g. the UPA government’s aid to MP increased from Rs. 300 crores in 2003-04 to Rs. 2200 crore in 2007-08. What should we make of this statement?


To put it simply, it was evident from the beginning that Congress is not at all serious about these elections, so voters (I for one) stopped paying attention to what they have to say. From this we can conclude that a similar line of advertising will be done by the BJP in the Lok Sabha Elections where OFFENCE WILL BE THE BEST FORM OF DEFENCE.

SEVERELY RETARDED: THE CONDITION OF INDIA’S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.

For the past few days we have seen a spurt in the warnings issued by the Intelligence Agencies. Terrorists have formed sleeper cells, they will attack Red Fort, they will attack Gujarat, they will attack Jamnagar Refinery, they will attack through Air, they will attack important locations in Eastern India. And so on. I want to ask what the hell is going on?

They are issuing the warning letters as if they are appreciation letters to the bureaucrats. By putting our forces and administration on high alert throughout the country, we are not only increasing the stress levels of them but the people as a whole. If nothing happens or fruitful comes out of this, the next time these reports will not be paid attention which may prove fatal. (heard the story of the boy who shouted bhediya aaya to tease people and then was caught one day without any help)

I am no expert in this field but this I know for sure that the intelligence agencies succeed in their duty and work only if they provide specific and accurate information, otherwise there is no difference between them and the Rumour Mongers. I think why not book them for spreading rumours, if their information is false, at least we will have some accountability, when all we know of them is they are the ‘khoofiya sootra/strot/agency’, ‘vishvasht sootra/strot’.