{"id":1069,"date":"2008-11-30T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T08:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2008-11-30T13:55:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T08:55:41","slug":"week-1-post-2611-the-bankruptcy-of-the-political-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2008\/11\/30\/week-1-post-2611-the-bankruptcy-of-the-political-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 Post 26\/11 – The Bankruptcy of the Political Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

A parliamentary democracy is made of checks and balances. There is a government and there is opposition. We don’t elect Gods, nor do we elect people with absolute power.<\/p>\n

The role of the Government is to ensure that they uphold the Constitution – and bring in policies that they think are in line with the Constitution. The role of the opposition is to make sure that they do.<\/p>\n

While we are all agreed that the Government – the UPA – has fucked up beyond measure on internal security, the role of the opposition is ignored. The NDA in general & the BJP in particular has seen its role as opposing the Government on everything, and not ensuring that they perform their constitutional role.<\/p>\n

As i watch the news and the announcement of Shivraj Patil’s resignation – i am left numb. Why was he allowed to continue when he was so bloody inept? I am left even colder by the BJP making political capital out of this. Did Advani resign when the Parliament was attacked ? Did Modi resign when 2000+ people died in terror attacks in his state? Did anyone take moral responsibility for Kandahar ? Why the hell did Modi come to this city to politicize our tragedy? Where was the Thackeray family? It is all very well to sit in AC TV studio’s and pontificate about what the Government would and could and should have done. But, what did you do on the ground. How many of them donated blood, or money or support the men who keep us safe ?<\/p>\n

When honest officers, like Hemant Karkare go after terror, he is vilified by the Sangh family. When brave officers like Mohan Sharma die at Batla house, he is vilified by sections of the Congress, the SP and RJD. Stop politicizing law and order. Stop punishing people doing their jobs. stop making a mockery of our lives.<\/p>\n

This is not the time for political grandstanding. It is the time to put this country and its citizens first. I would like to see the entire geriatric class in politics – those who have been used to selling themselves and their constituents to the highest bidders – to take vanaprastha<\/a><\/strong>. Go. Retire. and contemplate on your innumerable fuckups. God may forgive you. But, you cannot escape your karma<\/em>. Hand over the country to the next generation. they cannot be worse than you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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