Thursday, January 13, 2011



Coalition compulsions are there all right; but there should be a limit to it

Coalition compulsions have been the political talk at the national level and these influence even many of the state administration political fronts.

If the quintessential dimension of any governance is concern for the people coalition bandwagons need not be that nagging. For there are methods in the democratic set-up to deal with such situations, the last resort being bidding goodbye to the intolerable dispensation.

If a good-intentioned front approaches the electorate again with a clear mind and sincere objective, the people of India would not let it down.

Coalition compulsions need not be that indispensable, leaving everything to the whims and fancies of some partners whose political support maintains the government in question.

There should be limits set to every form of misdeeds being done by partners, guided by their shenanigans. If price situation cannot be taken care of because of coalition compulsions, drastic action should be taken to save the people from intolerable situation.
Even when common people are reeling under very many pressures, big companies and super-earning entities, which are allowed to absorb windfall profits without comparable cuts, have a field day. This is not to assert that large companies should be held in check, but their sweeping profits should be shared with the tax payers for which the government should take necessary action. The money thus obtained should be utilised for welfare measures.

What is the utility of a coalition for the people if their crucial interests are not taken care of. Bureaucrats, sitting on easy chairs, may brief the government in their own comfortable way, but it is the bounden duty of the political dispensation to feel the pulse and go in for drastic action.

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