Looking Forward - 2014

The beginning of the year I was busy.  Next for four days there is no net connectivity.  In fact, I wanted to be regular in posting my blogs.  Unfortunately circumstances were not conducive.  But this is just beginning.  Sankranthi is ahead.  I always find reasons for not doing something I should.  If I do it just happens and there is no other go.  Happy 2014 to all who are forced to visit my blogs, or who just happen to stray in.

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The dramas enacted by Seemaandhra representatives are unending.  I really do not understand whether they are really able to impress the people of Seemandhra and gain political mileage in the coming elections.  The politicians in India always underestimate their electorate.  But people always were teaching them lessons which they never learn.  The common people rarely have a good choice.  Even then they always threw out the government which acted against the public interests and electing another that promises something better.  The politicians just get over it saying anti-incumbency factor but fail to evaluate their performance in progressive socialistic perspective.

In the present day the politicians are generally corrupt, in fact, they are entering into politics to enrich themselves and safeguard their ill-gotten wealth and some to carry out their mafia activities under the garb of political power.  A few years ago scams involving politicians or their kin were in tens of crores, but now they are in lakhs of crores. Most surprising to me is even some senior politicians getting associated with persons who are indicted in serious financial crimes, the oldest national party discreetly supporting scamsters for future political gains.

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The AAP’s election in Delhi has come as a beacon of hope.  The formation of government by AAP is hopefully a step towards a new era in politics and governance. The party in its victory josh is aiming high. It will be good to have few politicians with an intent to work for social cause be present in the Parliament.  It is just one step forward but we must wait and see how the team ArKe carries its agenda forward. 

                     

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KCR has shown his farm house.  Is it to clear the doubts of the people or exhibit his modern farm?  I appreciate his interest and praise him for the model farm.  But what is the percentage of farmers with more than 2 acres of land and financial support system as KCR.  If farmers can get at least a lakh for an acre more people would have opted for farming than private jobs.  Ours is basically agricultural nation.  If agriculture is given importance and farmers are given due help and encouragement our nation will definitely become a developed wealthy nation.

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Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh’s farewell speech was dull.  I dissent his endorsement of Rahul Gandhi as natural leader and expressing that it will be disastrous if Shri Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister of India.  So far RaGa had been acting behind the screens without taking any responsibility.  His outburst on the criminal politicians in Parliament bill was immature.  RaGa may be the heir of Indira Congress party but a reluctant politician who fails to present as a decisive leader.  NaMo is a grass roots man with experience and enthusiasm.  But Godhra has become indelible blemish on his governance.  The party above which he had grown is fascist and in the name of Hindutva what cultural imposition will be made on the generation is a daymare.

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This year brings many changes in Indian politics. This year we are going to have assembly and parliament elections.  Which ever party forms government it should try to fulfill the basic needs of the people, food, clothing, shelter, education, health and employment that helps to live people with dignity.   It is NaMo or RaGa or ArKe people want change, change for assertion of their right to live with dignity.

Chandrababu Naidu - Dielemma

A leader should be strong, physically and mentally, able to take decisions with brain, be unbiased and be able to carry his followers in unity with him.  He should have a comprehensive outlook towards a problem and decision should be taken with a vision to progressive development.  I thought Chandrababu Naidu is a politician with vision.  Present situation failed him as a leader who can take tough decisions.  He has become insane by repeatedly invoking emotional views, talking of two eyes and two sons.  In the emotional storm he is moving rudderless.  He is being carried away by the strategy of a rogue politician and political party.  He lost all his sanity and is simply aping a junior politician who is not acquitted of his financial crimes. 

As a leader he is not able to convince his cronies the decision taken in their politburo after extensive deliberations.  Seemandhra politicians are not acting in the interest of people of both regions, Andhra and Telangana.  They are thinking about their personal benefits.  Andhras separated from Madras as they felt being treated inequitably by Tamalians.  They did not learn lessons from that separation.  They never tried to work and develop their identity and their Andhra State.  Instead they influenced the Union government to form Andhra Pradesh on linguistic basis.  What they learnt under the British rule and what they suffered in Madras they practiced in Telangana and subjected Telanganites to discrimination and finally a stage had come that Telanganites have achieved separate state and Andhras have to pack up to their place. 

Andhraites who boast of developing Hyderabad of Telangana in their rule should now try to develop entire Andhra into a new planned state and prove their capabilities.  They have an opportunity to establish their long cherished identity and dignity by developing their new state of Andhra Pradesh into a model democratic state.

Chandrababu who had vision 2020 for Andhra Pradesh previously should think of his future state and its development.  Though I dislike him for the way he had come to power, imposing taxes to continue welfare schemes and then discontinuing the schemes, and by dodging Telangana issue causing death of more than 1000 youth of Telangana, I thought he is the only Seemaandhra politician who can plan to promote residuary Andhra Pradesh into 2050, if only he has strength to take decision and abide by it.  But what is happening now presents gloomy picture of TDP and its leader.  Chandrababu Naidu is not fit to be a leader.  A person who cannot solve an issue, who fails to present to people clear picture of situation and guide them, steer them out of ambiguity and desperation, can never be their ruler.  Chandrababu should now quit politics and enter ‘vanaprastha ashrama’.