Million Rupee Question is how many of these have passed these exams them self ?? I doubt most of them ever appeared in any educational exams ??
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Prashant <[email protected]> wrote: > 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<http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=3f15a77c-4183-43a5-bddc-47da15eda430> > " > > 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. > > -- > > -- Cheers, Krishna Mohan
