Raising of unwanted/irrelevant issues to counter and divert the core issues like China, Corona and everyday price increase of Petroleum products

 

Since the last two days, we are witnessing our government raise unwanted and irrelevant issues just to divert public attention away from core economic issues. 

The opposition parties, specially Congress is continuously pressurizing the government on the ongoing China debacle by issuing statements and releasing satellite images.The premise behind this is to counter our PM and his government who has absolved China of all responsiblity in order to safeguard his government. Various individuals and organizations have come forth to counter the PM, with opposition party Congress leading the charge.

In a well-oiled functioning democracy, this is indeed the correct way to raise your voice against the government if there is any doubt regarding the safety of the public. In the last 6 years we have unfortunately moved away from a Democracy to a Monarchy. The country is  "forced" to accept whatever the ruling party conveys. This is not a right direction towards the progress of any country.

The rulling party recently countered the allegation of Congress on China by tweeting/presenting a document wherein in 2013 a particular trust, belonging to Congress accepted a donation of Rs 90 lacs from a Chinese group. I agree, this is in fact a great disclosure but it demands a question why the goverment was silent for 6 years and did not initiate a CBI or ED enquiry? Additionally, this document does not absolve our ruling party of their resposibility on their lack of action on LAC. 

In last 6 years, multiple times we have witnessed these actions, propaganda tools and divisive politice.This style of politics is in fact not new and and has been around since the last 100 years. After World War 1, the overall economic condition of Europe was not good. People were struggling, much like today. Countries were fighting among themselves and goverment adopted a strategy to establish themselves as "true nationalist" again to divert the attention of people from core issues. In 1920, The National Socialist German Workers party was formed. It was later commonly referred to as the "German Party." Initially their membership was only 60, with a vote bank of ~ 2%. However, after the great depression of 1929 there was change in tide. They raised issues of true nationalism, appealed for boycotting goods from countries etc. In 1933, the party's vote bank rose closing to 40% and party's nominee became Chancellor of Germany. The party membership was 8.5 million in 1945 when party was dissolved. History has all the records about this party, its ideology and governance.

I believe gradually now our country has started understanding these types of gimmicks of our government diverting core issues like COVID19, Inflation, Economic Recession, Hike in Petroleum Prices etc. I am hopefule that type of divisive politics will not last long.

Jai hind.

Manoj joshi

Chinese Invasion In Ladakh

It's very unfortunate that yesterday we lost 22 of our brave Army personnel’s, including 1 CO level officer by Chinese army in Ladakh area as per Army bulletin although unconfirmed news says in totality 43 Army Personnel.Let's pray for the departed souls.

The recent brewing tension with China on the LOC in the Laddakh area has been in the news for almost one month. Rumors / information about Chinese Army invading almost 35 kms inside our territory had been circulating for a while but unfortunately our government did not take this matter seriously. Each day we witnessed a lukewarm statement from our Defense Minister, that "Dialogues are on and China is pushing back“ but the lack of action resulted in huge casualties. It's really shameful.

Each passing day our relationship with our neighboring countries is deteriorating. And under the current failing economic situation along with Health crisis due to Covid 19 that our country is facing, this sudden worsening relationship with our neighboring countries is very alarming.

Many Analysts and Economists say that this situation has mainly occurred due to our weak foreign policy, shrewd diplomacy, arrogance and and divisive politics. We should also question the role of our media and their coverage. News of "Sabarmati front Swing” was given prime time coverage but they fail to bring core issues in front of the whole country. What is happening today is an accumulation of last 6 years of poor and weak governance.

Nationalism is required to save the country from this tough time. Hence, true Nationalists and Intellectuals should come forward and raise their voice. They should contribute in building India again. 

Jai hind.

Manoj joshi

Draft regarding change in Electricity Act 2020

Our Union Government is ready with a draft to change the existing Electricity Act. This new draft will essentially scrap any direct subsidiary and subsequently transfer the same to consumer accounts. Additionally, it proposes fixing of tarrif by a special created authority.

We are all aware that in most places distribution of electricity lies in the hands of big corporations - primarily giants like Ambani and Adani groups. We are getting more reports and evidence each passing day about corruption in different government direct transfer schemes whether it's a Gas, Manrega, Kisan Nidhi, etc. And this might be a continuation of our Government’s corruption laden unfortunate rule. 

Under the severe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, where there is a lack of disposable income in the economy for a majority of the citizens and the performance of the Central Government in installing confidence has been almost deplorable, an increase in the Electricity bill for the common man will seriously be an additional burden.

Farmers who are not even getting a good MSP and are in fact struggling to survive, the additional cost of input will seriously harm them. Recently Government of India has increased the MSP but has not considered the price of increasing inputs, hence the effect is either zero or in fact negligible.

Since Electricity is on the concurrent list so this move is in fact a violation of the spirit of Cooperative Federalism. Hence, Public, other parties and the judiciary should come forward and stop the Central Government from implementing this Act which is not in the favor of the country and enhances corruption.

Jai Hind

Manoj joshi

Politics On Covid 19 Effects In Delhi



Thus the game of Ping Pong is over.........

When LG of Delhi altered the order of Delhi CM, immediately the long standing understanding between Central Govt. and State Govt. was over.

All of a sudden the entire AAP machinery including their CM, Deputy CM and various ministers become active. Suddenly critical information like potential infected numbers, by July would reach ~550,000, requirement of 80,000 more hospital beds, community spread was available to publicetc. It’s strange how within two days Mr AK and his team have closed this gap in information so soon.

I think as our CM he is answerable to all residents of Delhi what he and his team were doing since March 25th. Why were appropriate actions not taken to create the sufficient bed and health facilities. He is also unfortunately still silent on the much advertised “Mohalla Clinic.” The worst part of this story is that only two days back CM of Delhi has given the permission to open all the Malls, Restaurants, Borders, etc.

When our country was put under the lock down, the Honorable PM and HM initiated the same without any planning or roadmap. And one day, out of sudden all CM's were “asked” to make the decision regarding unlocking. The main reason regarding unlocking was given as “Economy.” However, it’s startling how in last 6 years our government paid no serious attention on this matter and our GDP growth has fallen down dramatically come down to 2.5%.

The present PM and HM are election savvy and their main interest is always that in one or other part of the   country some elections should take place and they should be busy in holding the rallies and throwing the "Jumlas", after empowering the state governments immediately HM is in election mode , although to control the epidemic his ministry is also responsible not only HM and  CM's.

Since central government has empowered the Delhi CM to take the decision regarding unlocking. Hence, keeping the well being of Delhilities in mind the CM of Delhi should immediately "Relock Delhi " as Lockdown 1 with strict Curfew ( movement of trains, domestic flights should also be suspended) with immediate effect to save Delhi and Delhilities.

Jai hind.

Manoj joshi 

Dominance of Private Hospitals due to Poor Governance effecting the common man



Delhi state government has filed a FIR under IPC section 188 against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital accusing the hospitals denying treatment despite capacity. Similar charges have been levied against other leading private hospitals. Government hospitals are not very far behind. Currently there is a tug of war going on between Delhi State Govt. and the Management team of hospital. The Union Health Minister has now come forward to safeguard the RML hospital.

Under the severe ongoing COVID healthcare crises that has griped the nation, it has been being predicted (refer Prof Mukherjee Bio Statistian of US University) by the end of July the current cases might reach 2.1 Million. This figure is alarming and also exposes our failing Health policy as well as governance at federal  and various state levels.

To safeguard Delhi from this upcoming crisis - instead of focussing on solutions, our government is unfortunately busy blaming each other. 

No doubt COVID has and continues to expose our federal as well as state government on various governance issues. We are eagely waiting to hear from our CM Delhi regarding how many beds are ready in his famous “Mohalla Clinic,” how many people have been admitted so far, how many have gone home after treatment, number of casualties, etc. Delhi is under severe threat of COVID 19. I don't understand why the CM is so keen in opening the entire state including commercial and religious places etc. 

Under the above circumstances both Federal as and state government should come out immediately with clearly laid out policy to minimize the effect of Covid 19 and save Delhi and its residents wherein numbers are increasing day by day. They should seriously think about re-locking the entire state like Lockdown 1,  atleast until  15th July.

Jai hind.

Manoj joshi

Recent Moody's Report And It's Impact On Our Future Economy



Today I would like to focus attention towards the recent report of Moody's, a prominent credit rating agency, which has given a negative sentiment to our economy in the coming times. 

To counter the report, our Commerce minister has issued a long statement to reassure the public that the government is in fact touch with over 600 investors. I respect Mr Goyal (Commerce minister) because he is a qualified professional (Chartered Accountant) but I feel he was not able to give a strong message to the country on which one can rely very much. About 15 days back another Cabinet Minister Mr Gadkari has mentioned that we are in touch with 300 Investors, now the question is on whome country should rely.

The present government is not able to give a strong message that "All is Well " on the COVID front. They messed up enforcing /lifting the lockdown and now the entire responsibility has been passed to the state governments. Every one knows that the job of the federal government is to support the province not the other way round. Every province has their own unique problems which has resulted in infected numbers touching 9k / per day; death toll is also increasing at a fast rate. 

Two days back there was an article in The Hindu, which says that after failing on all fronts BJP and it's top aides are trying to bring back agenda like construction of  Ram Mandir, CAA etc to divert core issues. Additionally, since major elections are coming up even the HM is holding a virtual rally in Bihar on 9th June which to a certain extent proves the credibility of the of the The Hindu article. 

Under the situation where the core issues are ignored and relationship with the neighboring countries are alarming, it's difficult that big and good investors will come forward which is not in our best interest and good for the country's future economy.

Jaihind

Manoj joshi