264: Mr. NARENDRA MODI - A GRACIOUS PRIME MINISTER?

264

Mr. NARENDRA MODI - A GRACIOUS PRIME MINISTER?

           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 28 June 2014.  Later, it was posted in the blog www. howeverythinghappenedinindia.blogspot.com

       Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated a two-day workshop for over 162 newly- elected MPs of the BJP on 28 June 2014. On that occasion he said,

 “Our transition from opposition to treasury benches is not limited to moving of few seats to the other side. This is a significant transition and we must try to appreciate the meaning of this.

To be a Member of Parliament is an important thing and one must look at it seriously. Remember, people are observing your performance not only in the House but even outside.

Try to make new friends, learn from each other and develop a new collectivism.

You should not be disillusioned over small issues as there is no full stop in politics.

You must develop a sense of mission towards your duties and study in order to have deeper understanding of various subjects.

Above all you should not voice your differences in public. Remember that we are a family and all are working for a common goal”.

The ISRO launched its PSLV-23 rocket carrying five foreign satellites at Sri Karikotta on 29 June 2014. After witnessing this, Prime Minister Mr. Modi lauded the scientists. He said that the programme was cost effective and indigenous. He requested the scientists to launch a rocket for the benefit of the SAARC nations so that the borders would disappear. He urged them to become the launch service provider of the world. He exhorted them to help the government to meet its foreign policy objectives.

Finally, he commended Dr. K. Radhakrisnan for his leadership.

The ISRO had been leading the prime ministers. For the first time, it appears that Prime Minister Mr. Modi  is leading it.

    The Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI) questioned Mr. M.K. Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal, in connection with the allegations of bribery in the chopper deal with the Anglo-Italian company, Agusta-Westland. The newspapers reported this on 29 June 2014.

          Imports of defence equipment and others must be based on laws that define the priorities such as technical parameters, strategic relationship, remittances. For instance, if other things are equal, the remittances must gain importance.

The Hindu, on 29 June 2014, said that Mr. Arun Jaitely, Union Minister for Finance, had advised Prime Minister Mr. Modi to exclude Mr. Gopal Subramanium -mentioned in the last letter- from the list submitted by the Supreme Court of India for appointment as judges.

What prompted Mr. Arun Jaitely to act like this is not known. Even if he had done it due to the divine inspiration of Sree Padmanabhaswamy at Trivandrum, he deserves special recognition. 

          Vice President of India Mr. Hamid Ansari and his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao, on 30 June 2014, signed three MoUs at Beijing. One is for flood data of Brahmaputra River. Another one is for interaction between the officials to learn from each other’s best practices. The third one is for mutual investments on the basis of equality.

          In the light of this work, the government must tell the advantages and disadvantages that accrued to India as a result of the indiscriminate imports from China.

          Now the media says that the present MoU   would control the trade imbalance.           Actually, it would continue to swell as before although there are better ways to curtail it.

          There is no question of equality because China alone has money. Therefore, the MoU paves the way for the Chinese takeover of India.

          The MoU belongs to the manipulators because they can invest the undisclosed proceeds from the minerals in that country. Besides, China gives money to them in various ways to enslave India.

They now impose this MoU upon the people because the new prime minister would describe this as a something done in “national interest”.

Therefore, the government must show this work to the people, if it wants to go ahead with the MoU.

                     

     The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), on 6 July 2014, served an arbitration notice on the Union Government for gas price.

          If there is a “common goal”, the government must take over all natural resources. This would give a level playing field to everyone. The opinion of the prime minister, in this matter, will become a law.

          Former Telecom Minister Mr. A. Raja, on 7 July 2014, told the CBI counsel, Mr.U.U. Lalit,  that Mr. Ratan Tata and Ms. Niira Radia together had met him at his residence in New Delhi.

          The media depicted this as an admission of guilt! Is it a crime?

                  

The CBI, on 8 July 2014, told the CBI court that former Telecom Minister Mr.A. Raja ignored various authorities including Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Law Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office.

Should a Union Minister take orders from the TRAI?

A Union Minister must obey everyone, if there is anything good for the nation. Otherwise, he need not obey anyone. However, the Prime Minister has the freedom to drop him from the Cabinet at any time.

The CBI counsel, further, said that Mr. Raja did a favour to the Uniteh Company by advancing the cut off date. 

Former Union Minister for Disinvestments Mr. Arun Shourie openly challenged the Supreme Court and the government by saying said that he had telephoned a Public Sector Bank before selling a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) to a private individual. Evidently, he had done a favour with guilty intention. But the Supreme Court of India and the government have been protecting him. Now the courts question Mr. Raja like this!  

The Railway Budget, presented on 8 July 2014, provided for a bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmadabad. Unless otherwise prevented, the back room players would prevail upon the government to hand over the work to China. The work, if any, must go to that country with which the trade imbalance is positive.

          England decided to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi opposite the House of Parliament at London.  British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Chancellor George Osborne announced it during their visit to India on 8 July 2014.

          Anyone going through this work would say that Mahatma Gandhi handed over Slavery and not Freedom to Indians. Others might not agree with it. It is not easy to put sight into blind eye. 

          In this connection, it must be brought to the notice of the new prime minister that this writer had approached the Queen of England for the Freedom of Indians. She, in turn, informed this fact to all Commonwealth Countries. Besides, she chose not to declare open the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

          If the people come to know her gracious acts, they would compel the government to install her statue opposite to the Parliament House at New Delhi.

          The Chief Justice of India, on 10 July 2014, moaned that he had no freedom to buy a pencil.

          But he has freedom to deny freedom.

          Finance Minister Arun Jaitely, on 10 July 2014, presented the Union Budget for 2014-2015.

          Prime Minister Mr. Modi said that the Budget would convert the hopes and aspirations of the people into trust. He described it as a new ray of hope for the poor and downtrodden.

          There was not much for the downtrodden. But it provided for the all round development.

          Re.38,000 crore for highways, Re.11, 635 crore for Outer Harbour Projects, Re.7000 crore for 100 smart cities, Re.5000 crore for warehouses, Re.2,037 crore for Ganga purification and allocation in small doses for several schemes, for instance, 100 soil testing labs, 5 new IITs, 4 new IIMs, 4 new AIIMS and many sport academies, 6 textile mega clusters, a  programme for the up-gradation of the skills and training in ancestral arts, a war memorial for the fallen soldiers and a scheme to preserve the heritage character of some places are a few points.

          There was no word about privatization or disinvestments! This is consistent with the Constitution of India. This man predicted this to his friends before starting this work. Anyone going through the letters would consider this as a reflection of this work provided the invaded properties are recovered. However, no eye is needed to see the graciousness of Prime Minister Mr. Modi and his colleagues in this matter.

          To the discomfiture of the people, Re. 200 crore was allocated for a mega statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel- called Statue of Unity at Gujarat.

          The demand for the statue must have come from the people.

          The government should have honoured his words and deeds before this announcement.

          He had toiled a lot to bring the Princely countries like Travancore under Indian Union. The government later behaved like a brute and reneged on his assurances.  The pension- called Privy Purse- was unilaterally stopped citing equality principle.

          Recently, the Supreme Court asked the Travancore royal family to surrender the keys to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple vaults at Trivandum without any valid cause. It has no moral or constitutional right to do so because these are the functions of the Parliament. The government could have returned the key through an Act of Parliament to honour him.

There was a suggestion for 49 percent Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in insurance and in the manufacture of defense equipment.

51 percent from an Indian private party is like adding a drop of sedative. It will help convert public assets into private assets. It is illegal. Therefore, there shall be 100 percent FDI. Let anyone start any industry with or without collaboration. The common goal must be greater employment generation and prosperity.

          There was a talk of reducing the government holding in public sector banks to 51 percent.

          The act of selling the shares to the public must be distinguished from the act of selling them to a few private parties.

          This work shows that the government is free to sell 49 percent of the shares of every public sector entity on two vital conditions. They are:

1.       There must be a state wise reservation of shares and

2.       No individual shall hold more than a certain maximum number of shares of any entity.

If accepted, it will be consistent with Chapter 41. It will be a "new ray of hope" for the North-Eastern region and the entire nation. It is an acid test for the sincerity of the government.

Thus the PSUs would not lose its colour, the government would get money and the investment opportunities of the people would increase.

If the government had taken the money in the Provident Fund (PF) and the revenue from the minerals for budgetary purposes, it could have done a lot more for the amelioration of the sufferings of the 1000 million people. In fact, it could have done wonders.

However, there were more public welfare measures than those present in all the budgets since the times of Mr. H.D. Deve Gowda put together.  

Mr. Arun Jaitely might have received inputs from the Prime Minister, Union Ministers and many others. He could have added some more. However, the kind of knowledge attained by him for budget making is commendable.

This is letter No. 264.

The system continues to impair the reason. Prime Minister Mr. Modi finds it useful to him and the nation. Therefore, the present government is as ill-legitimate as the previous one.

However, he might deliver Freedom at any moment.

For this, he must be as gracious as Her Highness Queen Elizabeth. Is he?

The  facts from 28 June 2014 to 10 July 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 11 July 2014.

       V. Sabarimuthu

26-3 Thattamkonam, Vellicode, Mulagumoodu PIN: 629167

Tamil Nadu State, INDIA

11 July 2014