Monday 28 September 2015

A Few Unasked Questions in Indian Politics - 1

Aravind Kejriwal pulled out of the Coalition Government with Congress after 49 days, citing Congress not backing him to get the majority for passing the Jan Lokpal Bill. Now that he has a 67/70 majority for the past 7 months, why is he not even talking about Jan Lokpal?
Why is everyone giving so much importance to AAP, when it rules only Delhi, which is a truncated State at worst, and a glorified Municipality at worst?
Similarly, why is so much space given to Congress party, which has only 44 members in the Lok Sabha?
Communist Party of India, whether Marxist or not, is virtually wiped out in India. But still they have a say in everything which is tom tomed by the Media. Why should be suffer non entities like Sitaram Yechury, Brinda Karat or Prakash Karat who cannot influence even 1% of the national voters?
We have followed the British system of Parliam
entary Democracy. Why have we not adopted their system of having primaries to elect candidates to stand for election in a Constituency?
We used to have a single days polling 30 years ago, and prior to the introduction of Electronic Voting Machines, and results announced the very next day. Why should we have the elections spread over 2 months, and counting done only 3-5 days after the last day of polling?
Why are we not taxing Agriculture income? There are farmers who are multi millionaires who get away without paying tax. Why?
What is the true meaning of Secularism?
Why do we talk of only Muslims and Christians when we mention Minorities? What about the true Minorities - the Parsis, Jains, Sikhs etc? Why should we have only a Muslim Minister for the post of Minister of Minority Affairs always?
Why are we not modernizing the Judiciary? Why are there so many vacancies in various Courts? When will we get to see a Case being tried in less than 3 years?
Why should Supreme Court which should focus on only mainly high level Appeals interfering in simple domestic violence case like that of Somnath Bharthi or giving anticipatory bail to Teesta Setalvad, thereby wasting their precious time?.....................to be contd............

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