C'da,
>It means that the means of democratic societies for holding people accountable do not work. It >is an example of a dysfunctional govt.
I think this is where some might disagree with you. Yes, the system needs 'reforms' and yes it needs some new thinking. But to term them as totally dysfunctional is going a bit much. And even if you did, what are the alternatives, other than making the present democratic setup stronger? Do you see any other way?
>Am I proposing something subversive, as I get charged for when, I present such ideas?
I don't think anyone has charged you with that. But it does become of concern when people straight away want 'independence' because they see corruption, dysfunctional setups etc around.
The way I see it, that line of thinking does not solve the current problems, but in fact creates new ones. When you say 'radical reforms', what exactly are you proposing? What about thinking in terms of 'progressive reforms'.
Now, we don't want to hang erring ministers/MLAs at dawn, do we (not that some of them don't deserve it)? :-)
In the end, India is based on a democratic setup. Nobody gets away for ever. The solution lies in strengthening the common man.
--Ram
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>Subject: [Assam] from the sentinel
>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:13:23 -0500
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>Dear Netters:
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>The following from tonight's Sentinel.
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>Do people wonder what this means? It means that the means of
>democratic
>societies for holding people accountable do not work. It is an
>example of a dysfunctional govt. Something that direly needs
>reforming, or so one might think. What do our friends think? Am I
>proposing something subversive, as I get charged for when, I present
>such ideas?
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>36,000 cases pending against State Govt
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>By a Staff Reporter
> GUWAHATI, April 8: About 36,000 cases of the State Government are
>pending in both the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court.
>Disclosing this on the floor of the House today, Assam Law Minister
>Dinesh Prasad Goala, in reply to a query from Independent MLA
>Pabindra Deka, said that the Government had already appointed
>contact officers in the various departments concerned for the
>speedy disposal of these cases.
>
>Goala said that as many as 35,780 cases are pending at the High
>Court while a total of 146 cases are waiting to be settled at the
>Supreme Court. The Government has incurred an expenditure of Rs
>42.38 lakh on lawyers' expenses, the minister said, adding that an
>amount of Rs 69.90 lakh has been incurred on litigation at the
>Supreme Court.
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>On the other hand, Minister of State for Home Rockybul Hussain
>informed the House that data relating to the pending cases against
>ministers and MLAs was still in the process of being collected. In
>reply to another question from Deka, Hussain said that though the
>Government had earlier decided to withdraw 39 pending cases against
>ministers and MLAs, the decision had since been revoked.
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