At 8:42 AM -0700 9/7/05, Rajib Das wrote: >Because it is bad administration and it has been bad >administration at the state level for a long, long >time?
**** Well, is bad administration a necessary component of democracies, or is it so only for desi demokrasy? >And to answer the great question of "why?", we >probably need to look inside of Assam than at the >center. **** Aha, so it is a problem with Assam only? Heck, why don't the good ,loyal Indian democratic folks of Assam change that? What keeps them from correcting what is wrong? Why do they only moan and groan? And I shall wait to be enlightened, with bated breath. Finally, we might get to the bottom it all. > >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 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
