What Is A National Shame, Mr. PM?

Caste system is a national shame. Dowry is a national shame. Female feticide is a national shame. Child labor is a national shame. Regionalism is a national shame. It is a long list but the common element is that in all these is the society. We all share the blame for these ills. But when it comes to an issue like Hunger and malnutrition, the society is not to be blamed. It is the system ergo the government which is to be blamed. So when our esteemed PM goes on record dubbing malnutrition as a national shame (over 40% of our kids are malnourished) I shake my head in dismay. Does this man even know what he is talking about? Our farmers grow enough food to feed us all. If not then we can import food. We can do away with wastes like Commonwealth games and use that money to buy food. We can stop waste of food by building better storages (we have gone hoarse on this blog on these matters). We can step in and stop corrupt practices to ensure the implementation of programs in place. My question to Manmohan Singh is – What can the society do about this? Isn’t this the government’s fault?

Congress has ruled us for more than fifty years of our independent lives. They are always too quick to take the credits for successes. Every achievements gets the Gandhi family name associated with it. But when it comes to failures, the nation gets the blame. It is not national shame Mr. PM, it is your shame. It is your party’s shame. Be a man for once. Accept your missteps.

This government has no right to be in power. They lost any moral authority long time back with just the economic scams. In most countries that would have been enough. I just want to express my outrage at the ineptness of these politicians who are only interested in their Kursi and ensuring the continuation of the Gandhi family rule.

Another small example of such a shame has come to our notice. British tourists shot video footage of semi naked tribal women in exchange for food in Andaman. After this came out the government babus went into a damage control mode. This is what was said in a report:

The Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council had reported sexual exploitation of Jarawa women and recommended action six years before the current furore over a video of half-naked, dancing Jarawa girls. However, it took more than five years — and letters from Sonia to the home and tribal affairs ministries — for the Centre to consider some action in the shape of amendments to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulations, 1956.

So what this report wants you to believe is that Sonia Gandhi’s NAC sent a report to Central government a report six years ago and no action has been taken yet. The implication is that Sonia Gandhi is some helpless person with her heart in the right place trying her best to get this inept government to do something about this tragedy. WOW! Step back. Take a breath. Analyze this. IF there ever was a bigger pile of dung then I have not seen it. Everyone knows that the real power rests in the hand of Sonia Gandhi and her chamchas aka NAC. If they want a problem taken care of they can get it done. They mobilized our army to fix the broken bridge to ensure the success of Commonwealth games. If they had a report on the Jarawa tribal issues and no action was taken then it is because they did not give it any priority. Now this is their shame. All the spin to protect the Rajmata is a farce.

My appeal to this government is that please stop talking. If you are not going to do anything then don’t. But please do not speak with forked tongues and add insult to the aam aadmi’s injuries. That is cruel and unusual.

The information for this post was taken from these url’s
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pm-manmohan-singh-kids-go-hungry-malnutrition-krishna-tirath-icds/1/168377.html

http://newsbullet.in/india/34-more/24513-Six-year%20sloth%20on%20Sonia%20panel%E2%80%99s%20Jarawa%20call