Cyrano wrote:Venkat_kv garu,
BJP is in power at the center, of a country which is a union of states, not a federation of states like the US. NaMo and his ministers are leaders. Whatever they do or don't will reflect on their personas, their party and more importantly the State itself.
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The Govt has picked some low hanging fruit, but anyone's guess where it intends to go. A 5T economy with the kind of administration at states & center we have will be very unstable even if achieved, like a 5 storey building on weak and rotten foundations. The govt has done many things to remove sources of corruption, illegal wealth acquisition (like CoOp banks reform for ex) but we have barely scratched the surface. I'll give BJP full credit for running a visibly corruption free Govt in the center, its record in BJP ruled states is mixed, its tolerance for non-BJP led govt's corruption in MH, TS, TN, WB etc is baffling. They can and should bee doing a lot more since many of these crooks are also BIFs.
I think this govt needs 2 sets of ministers - one set to drive the administration mercilessly until sustained goals are achieved from policies made and another for policy making & tweaking working in tandem, 2 in a box.
Covid fight as a commendable success, this is the min. level of efficiency, urgency & comm we need as baseline for every Govt dept's functioning to become a developed nation.
2. Initiative : Policy Making - In the past 8 years NaMo led BJP Govt has done better than its predecessors, without fundamentally changing the structure. Law of diminishing returns is at work now, and unless serious reforms of Police, Judiciary, IAS and other admin branches is undertaken now, we will see more and more hurdles to growth and more importantly delaying of the transformation that is long overdue for India, be it in public safety, public health, cleanliness, urban & rural planning, land records, criminal justice & civil dispute redressal etc.
Another worrying aspect is follow through of results from policy making. Ex: 370 is repealed but has infiltration & terrorist activity stopped ? 35A is gone but has the political swamp in J&K cleared ? Gupkar gang is well and enjoying chai biskoot with the PM ! Have any KPs received reparations, respect, resettled? So partial success at best.
Ex: CAA: After letting Shaheen Bagh fester for months, which disbanded thanks to Covid, nothing. Afghan crisis showed those intended beneficiaries prefer to be refugees seeking asylum in EU, US instead of returning to India. But what about persecuted hindus in Pak & BD ? Even in WB ?
Ex: Farm Laws: Why the protests were left to fester for a year, entanglement of SC was allowed, Republic day anarchy, failure to capitalise on its public backlash, failure to bring data to the table and argue its case, expose and defang fake leaders & protesters, and ultimate sudden repeal have done nothing good to the image of the Govt or dignity of the State.
Ramming ordinances through and passing bills with 303 voice votes is the easy part. There is a lack of emphasis and sense of urgency in making policies deliver expected results. Ties back to weakness in revitalising the administration as we have seen in point 1. All this gives breathing space for external enemies and BIFs to recover, regroup and counter attack. And then the Govt falls back on "Sabka aloo, sabka subzi..."
3. Reaction to events : External - probably the best Govt we ever had. Dr SJ is a brilliant choice, its amazing how much he covers and gets done with so little. (My favourite choice for next PM, with Yogi as HM)
Internal: Puzzling and disappointing to say the least. This is where the strongest criticism is getting focused. Examples abound here. Since his Covid bout, Amit Shah seems to have lost his mojo and fire. From Shaheen Bagh onwards its been a steady slide in failing to counter propaganda with Facts, failing to use all the state's machinery to counter malicious narratives. A rumour unchecked will soon steal the garb of truth, especially in this SM era. This is the main reason for my "monkey in spaceship" comment. We've seen chickening out particularly every time an Anti-Dharmic attack happens - be it in Palgarh, WB elections, muslim riots in Bangalore over a fb post, vandalisation of temples in AP, Khalistani sloganeering, Iskon followers murdered in BD, atrocities on Hindus in Pak. Worse, BJP folks themselves support anti-crackers bills, restrictions on Ganesh celebrations, try to grab control of Char Dham temples when a free temples movement is gathering pace.
The BIFs have learned a trick - colour any attack as communal whose defence will appear Pro-Majority, Pro-Hindu and this Hindu Nationalist Right Wing Extremist Fanatic Saffron Majoritarian Govt will get ashamed and chicken out. It will stop using the umpteen levers of stagecraft at its disposal (which its adversary BIFs will never do should they, god forbid, ever come to power), make confused, self contradictory statements and get its brown nickers in a twist and retreat. CAA (Hindus against Muslims) and Farm Law (Hindus vs Sikhs) protests have proved this beyond doubt.
There is the whole topic of Dharmic Civilisational Agenda, I've already posted about it, you may search posts if you care about it.
Finally, if I believed this Govt was hopeless, I wouldn't be wasting time criticising it. Like they say in French, "Qui aime bien, châtie bien".
Cyrano ji,
I am splitting the response into another set otherwise it would be too long.
Coming to JK, 370 is gone and 35A is repealed. but that alone will never get rid of militancy. Pak provides logistics and training, while the local gupkar gangs provide men and ideological support. Also you don't do all the things in one fell swoop with a population that is on the edge and has mistrust with the Central govt. I still remember when some folks said that govt should should stop public rallies for the dead militants, settle army men in the valley. If we see now quite a few of the demands has been implemented with sympathizers of the militants being removed, banning rallies for dead militants and burying them in unmarked graves with one of the most recent ones to be naming the schools and smaller roads after people who have died fighting against militancy.
But these steps have also been followed up with funds for building roads and connectivity, cleaning the Dal lake that is pretty close to a cess pool - literally. This is the long terms way to deal with issues - carrots and sticks and get the issues knocked off one after the other. The govt could have done all this in one swoop but if the situation gets out of hand you will end up rolling a few things back. its better to take things one step at a time when you don't know with certainty what could happen.
All the people criticizing the govt for any myriad of issues don't seem to acknowledge any of this and with a little time even these will be forgotten. gupkar gang having chai and biskoot with the Central govt doesn't change anything as of now.instaed of all the items ticked off in 2019, we are gradually tightening the screws on militancy, step by step till 2021 and will continue further. Because this is a process and passing one bill or rolling back one will not give the instant results.
Infact this is an example for the govt trying to see the proper implementation of the rollback of 370 and 35A. For all the rhona dhona of CAA and sheenbagh protests, how exactly are you going to get it to stop. You have women and children sitting in the front and men sitting in the back bringing biryani packets. The Supreme Court in its infinite wisdom didn't do any thing either. The govt has gone after funding coming from PFI (but with judges who say that supporting or taking membership in a banned organization doesn't amount to being part of it ) you can expect it to drag out. The same strategy is being followed for Kisan andolan. the got cannot be at logger heads over every decision of Supreme Court and that also will play in to the BIF hands, as every tiff will give importance to the one opposing the CEnter. You will have to defuse it without it becoming a big issue.
You can see the changes in terms of strategy of those opposing the govt as well. the lutyens journos and award wapasi guys are nowhere to be seen now. You are seeing some influencers, wannabe comedians coming out with the judges coming out and speaking against the govt. It will also be tackled in due time. Anurag Kashyap and his ilk would say " Modi, jawab do" the drugged up bugger is also silent.
That is also one of the reason why I would like people like Ajeet Bharati and Sanjay Dixit's Jaipur dialogues to actually fight against the eco system that is still surviving. Ajeet Bharti's most recent roast of Supreme is case in point. Most of the lutyen journos were taken on by the SM folks and it only brought their pseudo -secular feelings out in the open. it should be the same for the rest of the eco-system that needs to be dismantled.
The govt seems to work in silent mode rather than make a high profile arrest and make them run through streets. Bhau has a great analogy that if you can't convict them with an iron clad case or atleast send them to jail, the very same people will come out with twice the power and sympathy when the case falls flat in court that the big bad govt tried to crush us while we are innocent kids only speaking power to authority.
As i said before and again, the govt is trying to get everything done but it will not satisfy its supporters
who want things done in a certain manner versus
the need of the hour.
