Because it is bad administration and it has been bad administration at the state level for a long, long time? And to answer the great question of "why?", we probably need to look inside of Assam than at the center.
Incidentally Law and Order is unambiguously a state subject under the Indian constitution. --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The maintainence of law and order is in the > exclusive domain of the > >State.........a subject, in which >the Centre does > not poke it's > >nose. > > > **** I don't know anybody suggesting that. > > But the question is WHY? Why does the state > govt.,elected and framed > in the image of the great Indian democratic regime, > NOT enforce the > laws? What seems to be the problem? If I remember > correctly, the PM > waxed eloquent several times in recent weeks how > 'democracy' cannot > solve any problem? > > Well? > > > > > > > > > > > > At 6:22 PM -0700 9/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >Content-type: text/html > >Content-language: en > >Content-disposition: inline > > > >I am in agreement with Nripen Gogoi's viewpoint. > The maintainence of > >law and order is in the exclusive domain of the > State.........a > >subject, in which the Centre does not poke it's > nose. Moreover, > >Kerala High Court's path-breaking verdict, > delivered in July 1997, > >was upheld by the SC Court of India, making bandhs > illegal. The SC > >opined clearly that no one has the fundamental > right to obstruct > >civic life. In regard to the bandh, by one section > of the AGP, one > >of the editorials (The Sentinel) had focussed aptly > on this issue. A > >direct quote given below, from the said editorial > (The Sentinel July > >11, 2005) will perhaps convey the right flavour. > > > >"But the way out does not lie in forcing other > people, who have > >nothing to do with the party, to share their anger > through bandhs > >and road blocks. Though it is natural for political > leaders to have > >exaggerated ideas about themselves, yet for the man > in the street > >the expulsion of Mahanta is just one of the many > dramatic > >occurrences in the State's political scene. > Therefore, rushing out > >to the streets and bringing public life to a halt > will serve little > >purpose. Rather, such tactics are bound to > boomerang and alienate > >the people further. Therefore, the democratic > course open for those > >AGP workers who are unhappy about the decision on > their leader, is > >either to quit the party or continue with their > efforts to make > >their viewpoint acceptable within the party." > > > >KJD. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
