tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post3043917509409596952..comments2023-12-26T06:09:01.339+05:30Comments on Musings: Bihar – the siege withinManoje Nathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-82836777487698880912011-04-28T22:33:02.480+05:302011-04-28T22:33:02.480+05:30Lots of very good reading here, many thanks! I had...Lots of very good reading here, many thanks! I had been checking on yahoo when I discovered your article, I’m going to add your feed to Google Reader, I look forward to far more from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-63254183046693021492010-01-15T22:23:05.066+05:302010-01-15T22:23:05.066+05:30it is purely for this reason why we need to have a...it is purely for this reason why we need to have a Direct Election of the Chief Executive, by the citizen... meaning PM has to be directly elected, by making the whole nation as his constituency....<br />if it is done so, then a person contesting for that post will have to ask all Indians to join hands in voting him to power, and alike USA, we will have people talking about the Indians, and not about their fellow caste-men...<br />the call then will be to rise above Regionalism, rise above religion, language and all those divisive elements, that have weakened our society, that has weakened our bonds and that has weakened our nation.....<br />the North Indian contestant will have to learn at least one South Indian language and the South Indian Contestant will have to learn Hindi.....<br />we have become so unruly that unless a directly elected chief executive handles us with firm hands, we are not willing to follow the rules... so such direct elections have Discipline as a byproduct....<br />and i am not the first proponent of this idea, Mr. V.N Gadgil [in Mrs I.Gandhi days] had voiced this....<br />JP also said this, in a more indirect way, by saying that in India we don't have "Jantantra" but "Daltantra"....<br />Mr. Khushwant Singh also said this and latest addition to this voice is that of Baba Ramdeo, who has setup an Organization called Bharat Swabhimaan.....<br />since we cant change our Constitution to make it a Presidential Form of Government [because all the public functionaries are sworn to the Constitution, and its Basic feature cannot be altered, hence who knows, any such amendment would be declared ultra-vires...<br /> the only hope lies in enhancing the Constituencies of the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers, and having direct elections.....<br />no part of our Constitution prevents this.....<br />and then we may not witness the Jharkhand type of Naataks or Maharashtra kind of violence, on Biharis....<br />kindly apply your mind to suggest better solutions, or find faults with the suggested alternative, but please do not ridicule by failing to respond....<br />it is the call of Patriotic duty....ajoyipsbhr85https://www.blogger.com/profile/16508229655128510675noreply@blogger.com