CHAPTER 141

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IGNORANCE

A woman leader of the Congress Party on 14 May 2010 said that the youth would be equipped to participate in national development.

The present writer - in the letter No.139 sent on 10 May 2010- said that the people must know how to run the affairs of their country. The above leader –without borrowing the same words –now says the same thing.

The above leader has the FREEDOM to go through this work. Her son also has the same privilege. Now she feels that the children of others –as the future rulers of India- must also know this work to run the affairs of their country. Therefore, she might overcome her inertia and tell the people that democracy in India is an illusion.

An Indian telephone operator now openly requested the Government to lift the ban on Chinese equipment. The equipment ordered was 3G compliant.

Evidently, the operator had placed orders for equipment before getting the foreign exchange clearance.

Further, the auction for the 3G spectrum is going on. Long before getting the 3G spectrum, orders had been placed for the 3G compliant equipment.

Furthermore, 7 May 2010 Supreme Court judgment, quite unequivocally, says that all natural resources must remain under the Government. The Government is forbidden from going against this order under the pretext of auction.

The present revenue of the private operators is about $134 billion per year. Their profit is $67 billion per year. The above judgment prohibits this.

The operator said that even the European countries were importing equipment from China.

In this connection, it must be noted that the USA started importing things from China only a few years ago. Now, the former owes $1 trillion to the latter. In fact, the present writer –through a mail to the present President of the USA- had said that the USA should not remain as a debtor of China. Though India is indebted to China by about $ 25 billion only, India should not have allowed the trade deficit to grow to this level.

The President of Sri Lanka would visit India on 8 June 2010. India might have requested him to visit India to convey the concern of India to the disquieting developments in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka must take back the refugees without further delay. It must return the heavy weapons obtained from India.

Sri Lanka has every right to maintain a 2, 00,000 strong army. But Sri Lanka should not expect India to pay money for this directly or indirectly.

Further, Sri Lanka has a right to hand over its land to China for the naval base. But India would not compromise with Sri Lanka over the matters pertaining to the security of the country.

A leader of the militant people called for a 48 hour strike in five States from 18 May 2010. The name of the leader is Kishengi. His important demands are: 1. 15000 acre land in the Orissa State should not be given to the POSCO and 2.The Government should not sell the shares of 10 profit making Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

The militant people do not demand FREEDOM presumably because they do not know that there is no FREEDOM.

Now a political party wanted the Government to cancel the permission granted to the POSCO to explore the ores of iron.

It must be noted that even after the 7 May 2010 judgment of the Supreme Court, the political parties and the leaders are not exerting any pressure over the Government to take over all natural resources.

China on 17 May 2010 requested India to apply its rules fairly to all Indian, Chinese and western companies.

India has no courage even to ask its citizens to refrain from selling illegally imported items. Yet, at one time China threatens India with conflicts. At another time it demands fair play.

No other country gives nuclear reactors to the neighboring countries of India. But China does.

No other country wants to encircle India. But China does.

Many Indians live in the western countries and earn foreign exchange for India. India has an obligation to send the money back so that they would give more employment. So this money cannot be transmitted to China.

India cannot treat Chinese companies on par with Indian companies. One must overcome hundreds of hurdles in India to start an industry. This is not so in China. India does not supply even electricity. In China it is almost free.

India was nearly self sufficient in the production of potassium chlorate. Now, there is no production in India. This is due to the Chinese onslaught. In fact, several industries have been shut down.

According to some reports, the public sector Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is talking with the private players for some joint ventures. The unconstitutional nature of the joint ventures had been pointed out earlier in this work. The 7 May 2010 judgment of the Supreme Court also forbids this.

The Home Minister on 17 May 2010 said that he was doing a tough and thankless job. He added that - unlike other ministers- he could not claim credit for, say, completing 3000 km of road works. In this way, he says that the Union Minister in charge of Surface Transport gets a huge amount as commission for awarding contract works. This is his reply to the last mail to the President. It must be noted that he talks and talks while playing a key role in suppressing the voice of 1000 million people.

The militant people killed 35 people – 24 civilians and 11 police personnel - traveling in a bus on 17 May 2010.

The Prime Minister of India did not come to the open to condemn this.

It is incredible that the militant people kill people for their small demands. Some of their demands are consistent with the 7 May 2010 judgment of the Supreme Court. Therefore, it is equally incredible that the Government refuses to concede their important demands. Now the Government would consider this as an opportunity for self annihilation by committing the armed forces.

The present writer firmly believes that FREEDOM alone would solve this problem.

The Prime Minister of India has several duties. It is not possible for him to go through the letters he receives from the public. In fact, the probability of a piece of paper from the public hitting his hands is very less. It could be as small as one in a billion. If a letter of national importance happened to hit his hands, the Government must allow the media to publish it to further the FREEDOM of the people.

In the present case, the first letter dated 1-6-2001 reached the hands of the then Prime Minister of India promptly and instantly, he initiated several steps. For instance, the bids received for the privatization of Air India (AI) was rejected only at the instance of the Prime Minister. Service Tax was imposed and the letter was discussed at several levels in several committees for about four months. Everything has been mentioned in Chapter 1.

However, the Government did not allow the media to publish it because of the fear that the letter might destroy it.

The press – one of the so-called watchdogs of democracy – also suppressed it because it went against its economic interests. Today, it is about $220 billion per year. Naturally, the voice of the press is not the voice of the people.

In these situations there exists an authority to enforce FREEDOM of expression –a fundamental right. The authority is the Supreme Court. Now this remains as an illusion. The Supreme Court cannot be ignorant of this. Perhaps, this writer failed to point out this.

It is said that illusion and inertia are the symptoms of ignorance.

The facts from 14 May 2010 to 17 May 2010 are being submitted to Her Excellency the President of India on 18 May 2010.

V.SABARIMUTHU