WHY INDIA NEEDS KEJRIWAL
By: Minhaz Merchant [Toi-Goa-28/10/12]
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/headon/entry/why-india-needs-kejriwal
COMMENTS:
What the author says in his last para is of utmost significance.
If Kejriwal wants to play a serious, long-term role in India\'s evolving
democracy he must shift from politics of agitation to the politics of
reforms
Needless to say that we like the author\'s views except those on Anna
Hazare. Yes, Anna Hazare has proved himself as a super activist. But
activism by itself is not the solution for this country. There is a limit as
to how much a person can do over a period of time before fatigue sets in.
The activism must be coupled with clean political ideology where the
governance is put at the center-stage of reforms. If governance is clean,
rest automatically follows suit. The Rule of Law must be established which
holds good from the PM and the President of the Country to the lowly wage
earner with justice meted out speedily and without acrimonious delays.
Common sense must take over from the lengthy processes of law.
The Goa Su-Raj Party of 12 years going is just that. A Reforms Party.
Activism is necessary to prove the intent. But not at the Party level. It
should be at the personal level of the Executives of the Party. This is the
case in point with GSRP where it\'s founding member has been a Social
Activist for many many years since 1997 and before, and has 6 successful Suo
Moto PIL Writ Petitions in the HC of Bombay at Goa with another few WPs of
which two are ongoing.
Governance reforms do not come easy. It takes time. There must never be a
HURRY. If there is a HURRY, there is always a likely chance that the broth
is sure to be spoilt as too many cooks will be needed to be employed to dish
out the broth in a hurry which in deed spoils it. Slow and steady is the
by-word if one is serious about REFORMS. The angle of HURRY becomes
prevalent when there is too much money chasing the endeavour. That is why
GSRP has, during it\'s formation, made this angle totally redundant. Money
is a must as a MEANS but not as the END.
ARE WE AT GSRP HAPPY??
The answer is YES. Otherwise, over the 12 years of it\'s existence, GSRP
would be, by now, referred to in the past tense.
According to us KEJRIWAL is the PHENOMENON that India has been lacking since
it\'s Independence. He must remain a Phenomenon and take heed not to be in
too much of a hurry. What he has done so far and what he is going to do in
the immediate future with reference to exposing the corrupt political class
is a feather in his cap. But this feather must not whither away and
imperatively must remain as a BEACON for the onward movement for REFORMS in
the way India is GOVERNED.
Floriano Lobo
General Secretary
GOA SU-RAJ PARTY-GSRP
383A Pirazona Moira Bardez Goa-403 507
Telefax: 91 832 2470 223
Mobile: 9890470896 - 9422060347
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.goasu-raj.org
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Goa Su-Raj Party strongly believes that Parliamentary Elections must be
contested by National Parties only AND/OR by a Federation of State
Regional Parties.
with a reciprocating understanding by the National Parties that the 'State
Elections' shall be the prerogative of State Registered Political Parties
only. Even then, and in the absence of such a ruling by the Election
Commission of India, GSRP would want GOANS who are ERUDITE,
knowledgeable about India and its problems, as well as World affairs,
'STATESMEN/WOMEN' , to contest on it's 'TICKET' in the coming 2014
Parliamentary Elections. Let GOA endeavour to send two real Parliamentarians
to the House of the People in New Delhi for once.
