Thanks for making my job a lot easier, Bhuban Kokaideu. Your answers
are concise ,clear, easily understandable.
Nayan asks good questions, but he is getting ahead of himself, like
Dilip Deka did yesterday. The questions also demonstrate a profound
inadequacy of the
understanding of makings of a democratic state, how it is supposed to
function, and the citizens' responsibilities towards making it work.
I would have hoped, people like Nayan, an advocate of the high-court,
would have been more educated about it. But unfortunately it is yet
another result of the colonial style of governance, controlled from a
remote location, that failed to create the institutions at the
grassroots level empowering them to learn how to govern themselves,
while our educational system bypassed it entirely, creating
generations of otherwise highly skilled people, whose idea of a
democratic state begins and ends with the vaunted desi 'elekshuns'.
Had India attempted to establish local institutions of democratic
self-governance, instead of adopting the colonial rulers'
top-down,remote controlled approach; sixty plus years since
independence, India would have become a far better state today and
would not be fighting insurgencies and rebellions all across the
length and breadth of its territories, born out of the
unresponsiveness and failure to deliver on its responsibilities.
Best regards,
c
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As a student of political science and law, I feel I ought to attempt
to respond to Nayan's questions.
'its high time that this issue gets settled as to why Assam needs to
be independent
and what exactly will be happening in independent Assam after
gaining independence.'
The first part of the question is very relevant. The Assamese people
genuinely feel that they are not equal citizens with the rest of the
country. They consider themselves to be second-class citizens being
ruled by the Union Government in Delhi without due consideration for
the all-round progress and development of the State or region.
1. Obviously it would be a democracy. Democracy has various
forms. It would be determined by a Constituent Assembly as it
happened after India became free.
2. The people of Assam (if that name is retained).
3. The very essence of democracy is that the people have a say
in that form of government. That right is inherent in a sovereign
State.
4. The Constitution may lay down the qualifications required
to hold public offices.
5. In a democracy, some sort of election there must be.
6. It is a routine matter of the government to deal with.
7. In this exercise, we've not discussed how we are going to
acquire independence. Boundaries, Sixth Schedule and many other
subjects are dependent on this vital aspect.
8. An independent nation after becoming a member of the United
Nations necessarily subscribes to the ideals of global peace under
the UN.Charter. I think the questioner actually means law and
order, maintenance of which is a basic function of every government.
Bhuban
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