Thursday, June 25, 2009

letter to sudheendra kulkarni

adressed to sudheendra kulkarni.
hi,
i don't know, whether you would remember me...any way...a very candid and frank article.(tehelka)
you are at a very important position in the party, a very important constituent of the think tank of the bjp. is it not possible to make a very detailed constructive road map for India's development and future polity. 
bring that paper into the open.
let every body across the political spectrum react.
we are a success full democracy. even i am proud of that. we need to become a mature democracy, which i suspect we are not.
the political campaign of all the parties, this time the left included did not differ on developmental, ideological or programmatic issues. every political formation was just reacting to other one's allegations.
i happen to read the manifesto of 'new labor' for the last two elections led by tony Blair.. i disagreed on a lot of points. but the details of the road map for development is so specific, it gives enough space for debate.
here you have a opportunity to write down every details that you plan to do in next five years. in the Field of education, specifically primary, secondary, higher education. your policy regarding specialised education. the role of the private sector in these various Fields of education.. how it would vary. for e.g. govt would take the entire burden of elementary education. private sector would be encouraged in higher education and specialised education. what would be the controls on private sector participation.
health
what would be the density proportion of speciality hospitals as per the population. how is it going to change during next five years. the waiting list of cancer patients to be operated is for e.g six months would get reduced to 3 months. new cancer hospitals would be opened at how many destinations.
primary care centers. density in proportion to population also in proportion to no. of villages. doctors passing mbbs have to go to villages as interns irrespective of passing out from private or government medical college.
private participation? if yes what would be the controls. 
how about private participation in govt hospitals. what controls?
water
potable water density proportion; both in terms of population and in terms of no of villages. how is it going to be achieved.
pds
it is the most important point to be implemented.
i feel the bpl cards were a major failure. the most important portfolio should be created for pds. 
it is like a management nightmare. successive govts have just  given lip service to pds.
for any economic reform in a longer run to succeed, economic support for the most downtrodden have to taken in deep earnest.
for e.g. take a small district. may be ruled by the bjp. 
give the management to one of the retired civil servants.
i have been a part of grahak panchayat. we buy our monthly groceries from them. our nearby relatives also buy from grahak. it is run  by sympathisers of the parivar.
they run it very efficiently.
if pds succeeds any economic reform can be 'tolerrable'
electricity
how many villages would be electrified in five years. what would be the mode of electrification in (mw). how many mw through hydro electiciy, how many through nuclear, windmill, solar etc.
private participation? how much? controls?
agriculture
i feel agriculture has got a raw deal all through. agriculture is only used to feed the cities. no controls should be effective on pricing of agricultural product when buying it from the farmer. we have a tendency to keep the rate of the agricultural product artificially low. which should be rejected.
the role of the middle men should be made negligible...
i wanted to write more. but may be it is irrelevant.
i am not a well wisher of the bjp. i find it to be a very arrogant party. very similar to the left. 
the similarities between nandigram and gujrat i feel is the failure of 'leadership'.
atalji, advani and modi could have all gone to godhra after the burning alive of 83 passengers in sabarmati express. three leaders addressing the country in one voice.
'with all the forces at our disposal,with all the intelligence we have, we would see to it, the gory culprits would be punished. what happened on the train is unpardonable, but we cannot allow another unpardonable act to be committed as a revenge. don't worry, there is no need for  any apprehension in the minds of anybody, be it hindu or muslim. no body would be hurt, the law of the land would prevail. the security of every human being, their valuable property to be protected, be it hindu or muslim is the responsibility of the govt. the chief minister of Gujarat, the home minister of India, the prime minister of the nation.'
 just imagine, the impact it would have had on the political Psyche of Gujarat, of the nation.
same happened in nandigram. where the home minister acted as a cpm cadre.
in both respects there was a chance for the 'leadership' to stand tall and come out of the shadow of the their own constituencies namely Hindu/ cpm. they failed, and badly. 
advaniji did it when akhardham happened, but it was too late. the damage has already been done. but akshardham showed it can be done.
i started writing this because i found a streak of accomodativeness in your article. 
met dr.kishore khillare the other day... he had come home... he took your no. 
i wanted a favour. if you have a copy of glasnost and perestroika, i would like to borrow it for reading...
regards
prakash kutty.

  

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