U: Are you suggesting a Harvard grad. knows little more than a desi-Matriculate as far as these issues are concerned?
If true, that will be a very disappointing revelation. Anyway, IF you don't know what the CONSTITUTION -- the document that you say lays down the powers of elected reps., provides for, then HOW DID YOU come to BELIEVE that Assam legislators have the power to change the state's name? And if they do, what kind of a mandate do they require? A simple majority? A minority, in a coalition govt. like the Assam govt. today is? Or a thumping run-away majority running on a platform carrying the issue in its agenda for Assam ? What? Or is it something you made up on the fly? When I assert something as my BELIEF, I would never, ever make something up, without understanding what it is all about. Seems like your beliefs are not that well-founded. What am I missing here? c-da At 10:11 PM +0000 12/28/06, umesh sharma wrote: >C-da, > >One doesn't have to be Harvard trained for knowing why we elect >people for public offices. Those who study in high school have >to study that in India as Civics (and I believe in US also -as >Government). > >Anyway I am not an expert on what exactly can the elcted officials >can/not do and how they must go about it --- I am not a >constitutional expert - I gave my thought as a citizen --just like u >asked. If the populace doesn't like the new name the citizens do >have every right to raise their voice - and later create enough din >that a new govt is elected which reverts back to the original name. >Democracy depends upon public opinion of the majority --just like >based on public pressure Leningrad has again become St Petersburg. > >Umesh > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
