The State is supposed to protect its citizens and ensure implementation of law and order. The two recent examples where the state became the abetter to the crime are Nandigram in West Bengal and the recent happenings in Maharashtra.Are we not heading towards anarchy? How do we rectify this systems failure? The week colition Government in the centre will be a mere spectator to such incidents. India is passing through the worst state of internal security.
RE:Indian in India
by Suresh Bhave on Feb 16, 2008 02:19 PM Permalink
What happened in Maharashtra was most regrettable. These were and not to be compared to the violence in Nandigram. This is not a systems failure, it is points at intellectual bankruptcy of the politicians. I am remindedd of the time of the maharashtrian's movement for a united Maharashtra based on the accepted principle of linguistic states. The central government was against the idea of a state for Marathi people, the local congress government was as usual full of sycophants of the central leaders and they shot dead 105 demonstrators over a few days in Mumbai. The Hutatma chowk in Mumbai is named for those martyrs. Today Shivraj Patil reminds one of the then Marathi leaders who felt they owed their power to the central leaders and not to their voters at home. The PM reminds one of the then PM, only that he is not using the same tough language. If the linguistic states have been accepted to preserve the distinct identity of the people of the state, then it is deplorable, firstly that others should flock to one state and change its demography so that it is unrecognizable. That is going to happen in M,rashtra in ten years if the influx goes on unabated and we will be voting for singhs and yadavs to our legislature. Is that what the rest of the Indians want? That's what worries M'Rashtrians. PM says we need intelligent solutions, by the time that happens Maharashtra would be remaining only paper, or not even that.
