So in the immediate aftermath of
a major communal violence witnessed in recent times in Assam, UPA
suddenly decides to go for a major cabinet reshuffle. Only that UPA did not
care to find any HOME for more than 1.50 lakhs HOME less victims.
Not that otherwise our situation
presents a very rosy picture elsewhere! With ever threatening menace of Naxalite
attacks, the menace of terrorism continuing unabated, unrest in Telangana,
demands for Gorkhaland, unrest in entire N. East...the list can continue. So,
in such a, ‘not too friendly’
situation and times, the decision to suddenly usher in a ‘novice’ as our Home
Minister, defies common logic.
Then what can be the reason? Is
it that suddenly Mrs Sonia Gandhi and HER team of government, including our
Prime Minister, realized that the incumbent of the position was inefficient?
No, it is not because had it been
so, he would NOT have been made our Finance Minister. A Ministry which, during Mr. Chidambaram's old
tenure, made many controversial decisions. Decisions amounting to scams worth
Lakhs of Crores of taxpayer’s money!
But the decision has been taken!
I only have few questions here pertaining to the appointment of new Home Minister
Q) Why now? Which silver lining was seen in the clouds by UPA to
elevate a man from shadows to forefront?
Q) How long will the new Home Minister take to understand, forget
solving, our internal issues, our set of problems?
Q) As a starter, will the Home Minister take head on the problem of
illegal Bangladeshi immigrants?
In a boiler like situation, a man
without any prior experience (in Home
Ministry) has been made Home Minister overnight!
Is it really such an unimportant post that
decisions can be taken so fast?
Doesn’t the decision have the ability to
upset many systems?
How does the Government expect
this man to resolve issues which his predecessor could not?
How will the country feel confident when hours before becoming our
new Home Minister, he could not solve what was perhaps the biggest crisis he ever faced – the complete black out of the country thus earning a dubious world
record in the process!
If complete failure, to provide a
solution, was not enough, his response to this mammoth crisis was equally
discomforting and spoke of his attitude. I quote “We got electricity in a
matter of hours... people should appreciate how work is done at the grid,".
This is NOT a response we expect
from our future Home Minister. We don’t
want our HM to say, after god forbids another terror attack, that we are
controlling terror and people should appreciate.
Mr. Shinde was a sub-inspector in
Police (I hope an honest one) before Mr. Sharad Pawar drew him to politics. It is
again intriguing as to what special
qualities INSPECTOR Shinde had as to draw attention from a man like Pawar.
But, since he was in police
force, I hope that he would understand the needs of our forces better than his
predecessors. He should be able to support our forces and give them
confidence in situations like Batla House encounter.
The man who lost the Vice
president elections but now, upon appointed the HM, started talking
about him being a dalit! Was it required? When the country is already
besotted by so many problems, casteism amongst them, a Home Minister should not
have harped so much on dalit factor. But we should not forget that Congress
politicians play politics over national interests.
Mr. Shinde, stop ranting about
being a dalit…the day you joined a job and then politics and now upon becoming
a Home Minister, you are not entitled to
call your self a dalit (in terms of hardships and government benefits).
Moreover, if you are suggesting
that Cong cares for dalits, then should I assume that same Congress does NOT
care for upper castes as P.Chidambaram was upper caste? Then I should
be worried
Today’s India needs a strong man
as our Home Minister who can lead the counter offensive from the front, who can
define and register the INTENT but I am not sure if a man who has been named in Adarsh scam has the credentials to give a
shape to our expectations. I harped on credentials, since experience, in his
case, is anyways missing!
The timing though is ominous since there were talks of Rahul
joining the cabinet but suddenly out of nowhere we have Shinde becoming a Home
Minister. Is it something to do with Rahul’s willingness or unwillingness, unpreparedness,
unready ness to join the
Government. Only God and Sonia Knows.
Well congrats Mr. Shinde on your
new job. You have proved again that blessings
of 10 Janpath is more important than blessings of entire nation. With these
words, I welcome you HOME and hope that you actually consider this country as
your Home when you start as its HOME minister.
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