Our Bihari and Jharkhandi leaders are trained and brought up in the playing field of crime, loot, mismanagement, murder, rape, extortion, kidnapping, casteism etc. Parliament is an alien world for them much more than a game of cricket for a carrom champion. So all our MPs and Leaders and Ministers remain whole heartedly with "their people" in Bihar/ Jharkhand. You can understand well what development perspectives they can have. You cannot find a parallel anywhere in the country though no. of MPs in general with narrow vision are more now than ever before.
Becoming an MP does not make our representatives a person with dynamic, nationalistic aptitude with development perspectives. So they cannot articulate the modern concept of development economics and their alignment with newer technologies and Market economy. In fact they do not have any system in mind. You prescribe a degree. They will get them from the back date. We already have examples. The degrees do not make them MPs it is their criminal superiority. They need vision which will be visible by their participation in Parliamentary discussion and not by attendance in Bihar. What are their track records? We had only two- Late Dr Rajendra Pd. and Jagjivan Ram on the National scene with Nationalistic vision. Take example of Late Ram Subhag Singh, Tarkeshwari Sinha, Shyam Nandan Mishra, Baliram Bhagat and the Communist MPs in general and compare the participation of our MPs today in the Parliamentary debates with them. I have not counted JB Kripalani, Ashok Mehta, Madhu Limaye and George Fernandes as they were not Bihari or Jharkhandis. The understanding of our MPs will be complete if one is just present in the company of a Bihari/ Jharkhandi MP for half an hour. Just repeat this with another MP and extrapolate the data for all MPs. Not many exceptions will be there. vns. 2009/3/8, Prashant <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > On a another note, I don't see the government taking any specific new steps > for infrastructure or any other type of growth, because of the poll code of > conduct coming into effect . So for the next two months, it would be a > fruitful exercise to highlight some of the possible political dimensions and > impacts that can have an effect on the future of Bihar. Hence I will be > posting some relevant views where ever possible relating to the forthcoming > Lok Sabha elections. > > However everyone should take my views with a pinch of salt because like > every other human being my views might be biased because of the perceptions > I develop based on the events that are unfolding in Bihar. > > This article in Hindustan Times caught my eye "Peep into qualifications of > representatives from Bihar" > > As per this article, Bihar was represented in the 14th Lok Sabha by some > highly educated representatives especially when you consider the state of > literacy in Bihar. Out of the 40 representatives in the Lok Sabha from > Bihar, there were 34 who were at least graduates. Out of these thirty four, > there were nineteen representatives who were either a postgraduate or had a > technical degree like Engineering or MBBS or had a Ph D. Even out of the > BAs/MAs , 9 had LLB degrees too. > > So if I consider the total number of representatives in Bihar who had more > than a graduation, then the number would sure be greater than 20 or more > than 50%. Thus 50% of the members in the parliament from Bihar were highly > educated in the 14th Lok Sabha. Many of them had been part of the 13th Lok > Sabha too. There were only 3 representatives who were non-matric. > > I therefore have a question... With so many educated representatives from > Bihar, why is it that many of them have not done enough for Bihar's > development. Why did these people, some of whom have been a MP for atleast 2 > terms not think about the state? We thought education brought changes but > does the Bihari politician prove this wrong? Or is it us, the people of > Bihar who have given these politicians the free hand for not doing anything > for Bihar? > > In my view, it is time for the people of Bihar to reject any politician who > has not added to the development of Bihar, irrespective of whether she/he is > highly educated or less educated or not educated ... Reject all politicians > who have not supported the growth of Bihar. Let the political community know > that the people of Bihar will not accept any non-performers in Bihar. > > I know it is not going to be easy and nor will it happen just because a > handful of us think this way. But then the handful of us can be instrumental > in getting across this message to a lot more people in Bihar. Are we willing > to do so for Bihar? > > The break up of the education of Bihar MPs are as follows > > > Non-matric: 3 > Matriculate: 3 > Intermediate: 3 > BA: 12 > MA: 13 > Engineering: 2 > MBBS: 1 > Ph.D. 3 > > I would definitely love to find out what each one of the MPs has done for > Bihar. If you do have any thoughts or ideas about the work done, specially > if you have some links to relevant articles, please do post it, I would like > to read about them. And I guess many others would want to do so too. > > -- > >
