Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Criminal = Terrorist ???

After 17 months Ajmal Kasab trial came to an end in judicial system. Public Prosecutor Mr.Ujwal Nikam was happy that the trial was carried out in civil court and he said, “Bharat has a judicial system of highest standard in the world”. Initially I was carried away by his statement, but what is so special in running a trial of a terrorist in civil court? It shows our system is not equipped to differentiate between a criminal and a terrorist who rage war against the nation.

Now we have another case where hanging of a parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is opposed by J&K CM Mr.Omar Abdulla. He said,"His name figures at number 30. and focus your attention those 29 that come before him." And he wants law to take its own course in the case of Afzal Guru.

Omar Abdulla has done no mistake in making such statement. He has some soft corner for Afzal Guru and he is using the loop hole of the system to protect his interest. Who knows, Tomorrow somebody files a PIL to stop the hanging of Kasab on the grounds of FIFO concept, and then we need to wait till number 31.

To clear such arguments, we need a special act to handle terrorists & terrorist activities.

Lets not be so happy in running a trial in civil court.L


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

God Bless INDIA...

I remember someone saying, “A leader is the one who emerges out of the crowd and achieves set objectives”. There are hundreds of theories available about leadership traits, but the one which has strike my mind is the above line.

I feel we don’t need reservation to find leader amongst us. As the word says reservation means book something for future use, may be a service or a space, but not a leader. I do understand we are in a democratic country where we have a right to choose our leader but the idea of reserving a leader can not be digested.

Reservations are the means to provide benefits to the certain segment of society, which is economically backward. And the same can not be used to empower the backward class. You really have a concern about women or any backward class; provide them better education, better facilities and spread the awareness about human rights(if you think the crimes against women are a concern). Address the real problem at the base level, rather than a short cut solution to the problem.

We have seen the problem with reservation in local panchayat bodies, and the same thing will replicate in the parliament level. As the womens quota bill is a sensitive issue, no one dares to oppose it publicly. Let’s not be so cynical about vote bank politics, express it publicly.

I am not against women or any back ward class, i m just against the concept of reservation of a leader.

Let’s unite, raise voice...