Friday, June 27, 2014

263: INDIA: A COUP

263   

AN AVERTER OF EVIL?

The last mail was submitted to His Excellency the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Chief Justice of India, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on 25 June 2014.  Later, it was posted in the blog www. howeverythinghappenedinindia.blogspot.com

The Union Government removed Mr. Gopal Subramanium from the list of four names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegiums for appointment as the judges of the Supreme Court of India. The media reported this on 25 June 2014.
          The government said that he was not suitable for the job. It cited the report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) in support of its stand.
          Mr. Subramanium said that he was let down by Mr. Narendra Modi led NDA government. He alleged that there was a carefully orchestrated drama to scuttle his elevation.
          Former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Union Minister and advocate Shanthi Bhusan, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the media criticized the decision.
          Mr. Gopal Subramanium had been the Solicitor General of India. He has been the counsel of the CBI for many important cases. The Supreme Court has a special affinity for him as he has been its amicus curiae in many important cases.
          If a Union Minister hands over public assets to his kith and kin, he need not receive any bribe. Therefore, the guilt is the violation of law and not the exchange of money between two third parties as in the case of former Telecom Minister Mr. A. Raja. But the system behaves like a dog that quarrels with the stone keeping the assailant in a safe place.
          As the Union Ministers must obey the laws, the present man repeatedly requested the Supreme Court to point out the law violated by Mr. A. Raja in the 2G case. Finally, the present man was constrained to say that the Union Ministers –as law makers- cannot do anything illegal.         
          In the so-called coal case, the present man said that all minerals come under a class. Then, it was pointed out that the Supreme Court exists not for narrow but for broad interpretation. After that, the present man said a special law must be enacted to treat coal alone as a special class.
          The founding fathers of the Constitution of India did not deem it necessary to remove the key to the temple vaults of Sri Padmaabha Swamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram from the Travancore royal family. They did not envisage that even the Parliament would ever deem it necessary. But the Supreme Court enacted a law that would in no way reinforce the security of the vaults.
          In the past, one day, the Supreme Court cancelled the petrol outlets granted by the MPs. On the next day, it allowed the private parties to distribute the same all over India!
          Above all, the Supreme Court refuses to do justice to the letters from the President of India. It has not given its reply even to the letter No. 239 dated 11-01-2014 forwarded to it on June 2, 2014 by the present government.
          Mr. Gopal Subramaniuam has been helping the courts to perpetrate such illegalities upon the people. He does not advise the court to give answers to the letters from the government and the President of India.
Evidently, had he been elevated, the whole nation will have fallen under the yoke of such judges.
          The IB might have felt that he let down the CBI and the nation because of his ignorance.
          The Hindu says that the real reason behind his exclusion is not known. Perhaps, the paper considers the decision as a coup against the system.
          The role played by the Union Ministers and the advisers to the prime minister in this matter is not known. Someone might have alerted him. He deserves special recognition.
          Whatever happened, Prime Minister Mr. Modi averted an evil. Future alone would tell whether he would continue to function as the averter of evil or not.
          Now, the five senior judges of the collegiums, if they are worthy of the name, must show this letter not to some part of the people but to the whole and survive.
          Mr. Subramaium would do everything at his command to give ‘Measure for Measure’ is a different matter.

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi posted the following in his blog on 26 June 2014.
“A few thoughts as we complete a month in office”.
Dear Friends,
Today our Government completes a month in office. The support and affection of the people has been overwhelming and this inspires us to work even harder.
67 years of previous governments is nothing compared to 1 month, but I do want to say that in the last month, our entire team has devoted every single moment for the welfare of the people. Every decision we took has been guided solely by national interest.
When we took over a month ago, I kept thinking that I am new to this place and some people believed that I would take at least a year or even two to learn the intricacies of the working of the Central Government. Fortunately, a month later that thought does not exist any longer in my mind. My confidence and determination has increased tremendously and I credit a substantial part of this to the collective experience and wisdom of my ministerial colleagues and also to my experiences as a four time Chief Minister. The affection of the people and support from officials has also added to this confidence in large measure.
Over the past few days I have been meeting Ministers and Officials from various departments who have been making detailed presentations to me. I must share that these presentations have enabled a wonderful exchange of thoughts and ideas and we have come up with excellent roadmaps for the various ministries and departments.
CMs of several states have met me in the past month. They have extended their good wishes and talked about issues concerning their state. I look forward to working closely with them in the times to come.
I feel there are areas where surely we need to improve. A big challenge I am facing in Delhi is to convey to a select group of people about our intentions and sincerity to bring a positive change in this country. These are people who are both within and outside the government system. There have been some instances in the last month with which our Government had nothing to do yet these controversies have persisted. I don’t blame anybody but I surely feel that we need to strengthen systems whereby the right things are communicated to the right people at the right time. Hopefully things will change then.
Every new Government has something that friends in the media like to call a ‘honeymoon period.’ Previous governments had the luxury of extending this ‘honeymoon period’ up to a hundred days and even beyond. Not unexpectedly I don’t have any such luxury. Forget hundred days, the series of allegations began in less than a hundred hours. But when one is working with the sole aim of serving the nation determinately, these things do not matter. That is why I keep working and that is most satisfying.
26th of June is an important date for me. It marks the completion of one month of our journey to fulfil the aspirations of the people. This day is also another landmark day, when in 1975 I witnessed an important phase that taught me the significance of a vibrant democracy. 26th June was the day when the Emergency started, having been imposed an evening earlier. As a youngster, I have several memories of those testing times.
The Emergency surely stands out as one of the darkest periods in our history and is a grim reminder of the dangers associated with subverting freedom of speech, press, expression and silencing opposition. Our democracy will not sustain if we can’t guarantee freedom of speech and expression. Today is also a day to reaffirm our pledge to safeguard these values and at the same time create strong institutions through good governance so that that we never ever see those dark days again.
Once again I salute the people of India for their strong support and good wishes as we complete a month in office. I assure you that we are committed to taking India to greater heights in the years to come.
Yours,
Narendra Modi.”

          The above post is his reply to the last three letters.
          He tells everything - related to this man - indirectly. Here, reason rebels.

          Vice President Hamid Ansari and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman paid a visit to China on 26 June 2014.
          On board the aircraft Mr. Ansari said that trade imbalance was a matter of concern and the government was seized of the matter.
 His view is consistent with the view expressed in this work.

Former Defence Minister Mr.A.K. Antony, on 26 June 2014, described 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the manufacture of defence equipment as an anti-constitutional act.
Is it worse than importing them? He must enlighten the public in this matter.

A gas pipeline explosion at the Andra Pradesh State killed 15 people on 28 June 2014.
Imagine the consequences of a nuclear explosion in a power plant.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on 28 June 2014, said that the new government would not talk with the militant people.
The government must talk to know their views. So long as the head of the government seeks to transmit the natural assets to private men, it has no moral or constitutional right to fight with them.
Even otherwise, will any government that acts in “national interest”  ever be guilty of theft?
Prime Minister Mr. Modi must give a reply.

The  facts from 25 June 2014 to 27 June 2014  are being submitted to His Excellency the President of India, Prime Minister of India Chief Justice of India, chiefs of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force, some High Courts and Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)  on 28 June 2014.
       V. Sabarimuthu
26-3 Thattamkonam, Vellicode, Mulagumoodu PIN: 629167
Tamil Nadu State, INDIA

28 June 2014

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