Ignoring Local Issues & Cricket in Politics
By: Amit Bhushan Date: 4th Oct. 2016
The politicians seem no longer be relying on their favourite tool which commercial news (mass) media alone for electoral gambits. That would probably explain much hyperactivity about ‘national issues’ as well as ‘emotive issues’. Take the example of the Common people’s party minister raising sundry questions to minister from another state. Nearly the same is true when some ‘leaders’ start looking proof of counter terrorism operations especially when they have not asked for any proof for terrorism operations when blabbering the blames and canvassing for support for their party or political belief system. The issues about mismanagement of water/irrigation facilities have been sidelined almost totally. So have been the corruption, violence and mis-administration issues by almost all the parties and working to the advantage of the incumbent parties. And the Chanakya of the respective parties are not even feeling ashamed but would rather flaunt new found bravado on television. Alas, it is the government and not the Chanakyas who have the handle on such matter and they might just be gullible now and sorry later, usual stuff for them.
The parties haven’t asked any proof if a metro project has received ‘the entire minimum’ set of clearance/s when the foundation stone of the project was laid. One would have expected the Common People’s party, if it indeed wanted to be so dear to people, to be questioning such political gimmickry. The commercial news media of course would not bother carting such ‘news’ even as it would do no questioning or stock-taking of other similar projects in the same state say in Ghaziabad, reeling with delays. There has been deterioration in electric supply even as the country has turned into surplus, but there are no questions being raised on this count. Even with Swaachta abhiyan the parliamentarians of the city/ies seem to have done little about the Swaachta and the government officers of local as well as state government almost always seem unavailable or too busy. While the diseases seem to be swooning, the ministers and MLAs have other issues more dear than local ones and now seem to be at the cost of local issues, rather than being Imandar towards these issues as well.
It seems also strange that the party which held issues pertaining to cricket bodies so dear till very recently, has not been following the ‘judgement’ and dragging of feet by people closely linked to politics. While we have the raising of scale of political issues by politicians, there seems little being done to resolve these issues. Perhaps it’s time that the parties wanting to be appear as serious contenders in upcoming elections become better equipped about the local issues pertaining to respective electoral jurisdiction. They may be advised that the commercial mass media might actually prefer such out-focused elections where it has a major role to swing the battle decisively, however people like your’s truly would rather keep focus on the issues that ‘matter’ in the fray. The ‘game’ is just going to readjust & re-establish, but everyone knows that the ‘game’ rules…
By: Amit Bhushan Date: 4th Oct. 2016
The politicians seem no longer be relying on their favourite tool which commercial news (mass) media alone for electoral gambits. That would probably explain much hyperactivity about ‘national issues’ as well as ‘emotive issues’. Take the example of the Common people’s party minister raising sundry questions to minister from another state. Nearly the same is true when some ‘leaders’ start looking proof of counter terrorism operations especially when they have not asked for any proof for terrorism operations when blabbering the blames and canvassing for support for their party or political belief system. The issues about mismanagement of water/irrigation facilities have been sidelined almost totally. So have been the corruption, violence and mis-administration issues by almost all the parties and working to the advantage of the incumbent parties. And the Chanakya of the respective parties are not even feeling ashamed but would rather flaunt new found bravado on television. Alas, it is the government and not the Chanakyas who have the handle on such matter and they might just be gullible now and sorry later, usual stuff for them.
The parties haven’t asked any proof if a metro project has received ‘the entire minimum’ set of clearance/s when the foundation stone of the project was laid. One would have expected the Common People’s party, if it indeed wanted to be so dear to people, to be questioning such political gimmickry. The commercial news media of course would not bother carting such ‘news’ even as it would do no questioning or stock-taking of other similar projects in the same state say in Ghaziabad, reeling with delays. There has been deterioration in electric supply even as the country has turned into surplus, but there are no questions being raised on this count. Even with Swaachta abhiyan the parliamentarians of the city/ies seem to have done little about the Swaachta and the government officers of local as well as state government almost always seem unavailable or too busy. While the diseases seem to be swooning, the ministers and MLAs have other issues more dear than local ones and now seem to be at the cost of local issues, rather than being Imandar towards these issues as well.
It seems also strange that the party which held issues pertaining to cricket bodies so dear till very recently, has not been following the ‘judgement’ and dragging of feet by people closely linked to politics. While we have the raising of scale of political issues by politicians, there seems little being done to resolve these issues. Perhaps it’s time that the parties wanting to be appear as serious contenders in upcoming elections become better equipped about the local issues pertaining to respective electoral jurisdiction. They may be advised that the commercial mass media might actually prefer such out-focused elections where it has a major role to swing the battle decisively, however people like your’s truly would rather keep focus on the issues that ‘matter’ in the fray. The ‘game’ is just going to readjust & re-establish, but everyone knows that the ‘game’ rules…