At the doorsteps of the PM

The country has witnessed a lot of large scale scams in the recent years especially the ones during the UPA government. The UPA has been defending itself with PM as the shield. The UPA government has made some very wrong moves when it comes to prevention or curbing of legal protest by ordinary citizens against the corruption. The UPA  led government  has been projecting Prime Minister as the man of impeccable integrity.  may be he is a honest person but  is he a responsible Prime minister and doesn't he hold any moral responsibility for the scam that took place under his tenure as the prime minister or head of the government.

 

Appointment of Chief Vigilance commissioner:

The prime minister and the home minister went ahead to appoint Mr.P.J.Thomas as the Chief Vigilance commissioner of central vigilance Commission despite opposition from the leader of opposition. The matter was then taken to court and the court held that the appointment as null and void since there was a corruption case pending against Mr.P.J.Thomas. The Government first claim that there was no information provide to prime minister office and home ministry regarding the pending corruption case and claimed innocent but later in the parliament PM accept the responsibility for appointment.

 

2G Scam:

The 2G scam is a well know scam in the country, did the Prime minister act responsibly enough to prevent the loss of revenue to the government though he acted prudently during the issue of  3G licensing. The PM had several time defended Mr.Raja the then telecom minister. PM also act imprudently by not making a decision on sanction for the crime prosecution of Mr.A.Raja the then minister of his cabinet. PM could have denied sanction but his failure to take decision is what makes it be foul play. The PM has sought legal opinion and upon obtaining legal opinion he should have made a decision and should have communicated it to the petitioner/applicant.The whole story in nut shell is he failed to prevent the scam, later defended the licensing decision and Mr.Raja, failed decide on sanction for prosecution application  and no action was taken against the telecom company which benefitted from 2G licensing scam-

 

Devas – Antrix S-Band spectrum Contract:

Antrix , the marketing wing of ISRO gave way a rare spectrum at throw away price for a company called devas for a period of 20 year. What transpired this contract and who were all behind the deal is still under probe.  It’s to be noted that the Antrix is under the control of the PMO office  and murky deal right under the Prime ministers office  is yet an another failure of Prime minister.

 

Lack of leadership:

The Prime minster in case of the Lokpal protest by Shri.Anna hazare and anticorruption protest by Shri. Baba ram dev has show lack leadership. he has allowed other legally qualified ministers of his cabinet to handle such sensitive issue. Those ministers tried to tackle the issue insensitively by adopting legal solution to a political problem there by the country was brought to stand still for few days. The prime minister then promised to introduce and pass the bill during the winter session (2012) but failed to pass the bill. He clearly lacked the leadership in this particular case of Lokpal and anticorruption protest.

 

All the above mentioned scams and issue straight away lead to the doorsteps of the PM’s office. How can a prudent man after all these scams and incidents still believe that he is a responsible prime minister though Dr.Manmohan singh has very good personal record as an honest, hard working, straight forward and simple person but as prime minister of the country has he delivered, i leave it to you to decide ….

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Environmental clearance is it a form of licence raj?

Prime minister has expressed concerns over the environmental clearance during the  one-day National Conference of State Ministers of Environment. Licence raj should be eliminated is the contention of the prime minister and now the question is whether environment clearance an form of licence raj ? well the answer could be no. licence raj was introduced in India in order to have a check over the industries ,to control the growth of monopolies and to provide an equal opportunity. Environmental clearance is way to check the impact that a newly proposed industry would cause on the existing environment, on the basis of the assessment report permission is given to setup the industries. on the other hand environmental clearance is essential and exist in almost all the developed countries. The government should provide a transparent and faster method of obtaining environment clearance. The delegated legislature should be guide with principle and clear and unambiguous guild lines. The government should be worried about eliminating corruption and the environmental clearance as the whole. PM’s remarks is unacceptable. He should focus on  peoples issue but he is looking at the wellness of the corporate. We need a balanced growth, cannot afford to  grow by damaging our environment.

Related links: USA environmental protection agency : http://www.epa.gov

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PM’s silence, will he speak up ?

Prime minister is more often called as Mr.clean in the Indian politics. In regard to 3G scam by Mr.Raja, he unfortunately did not act. According to law an act with an intention is crime, were act means doing an act or wilful omission. In this case PM has wilfully omitted to act upon Mr.Raja or at least he should have answered the Letter for a sanction for prosecution of Mr.Raja. May be soon he will land up in Scam, Politic may change even the best of persons. Now it’s high time that he gives a honest answer to the country or may he will follow the blame games / other tactics that a normal politician will do at this point.

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