Dear
author, please list all the
non-routine concrete positive things
that have been done since Nitish
Kumar took over.
All I have seen is weakness -
Rajendra Singh, Ramashray Singh,
Laloo Rabri eviction. They wanted to
wait till Kharmas, then Moharam,
then Rosh Hoshannah ?!!!
I was the first to urge restraint
when people started piling up advice
and 'expecting too much' from Nitish
a few days into the formation of his
Government. I am sad to say that I
am concerned now - Simply because I
do not see steps in the right
direction. Meeting with the Police
force ? Nitish is living in fools
paradise if he thinks that he can
use this police, that has been
castrated by Lalooism for 15 years,
to go against its handlers - the
criminals. Police can give some
logistic support but the fight has
to come from outside the force. A
special task force - the kind used
in Mumbai, will be needed. The lal
topis have become too accustomed to
living on the crumbs thrown their
way by the criminals. They are no
longer a fighting force. A large
segment of this force has become
weak psychologically by selling its
soul to the criminals.
I need to see some action - if not
results, to be able to retain my
original optimism. - Aarcee -
Jan. 21, 2006
Raj, I agree with you that things may
get little worse before it start
getting any better. A king has lost
his undisputed kingdom after 15
years. A community who gained
monopoly in last 15 years is not
going to give up everything so soon.
The people who were tortured by them
are not going to forgive them easily
also. Criminals who have become now
veterans will not become civilized
so soon. They will try their best
to revert this process. Few attempts
were already made. Some other may
their way also but their is no
looking back.
This is one way process. There is no
going back. Nitish or someone else
but no criminals, no liar no more
casteism. People had enough . No
more tolerance for any crime. Unless
someone is traitor, someone is
lunatic , someone is coward he
should not justify old and anarchist
regime. There is no justification
that crime is not decreasing so it
is same as old time. Everyone can
see what old regime did and this
regime is doing. If someone chose
to close their eyes because of their
vested interest then let them do.
I am glad that illiterate and poor
people have also realized finally
what is going on. This is not a
sudden election process. Two
election and 6 month of president
rule is enough to convince some one
that rule of anarchy is over for
good. Before also it was running due
to betrayal by our national party. A
messiah which backstabbed his
follower will go in history as a
criminal and all criminals are soon
going to hell soon. - Manoj Gupta
- Jan. 21, 2006
I
agree with Aarcee: what the hell is
this!? Rabri Devi taking time for
kharmas, and Muharram... later they
can say we need to celebrate
Christmas 2006. I believe that house
belongs to the current, ELECTED CM.
Let's vacate it instead of spending
time playing games. This is an abuse
of the public trust. As I have said
before, the former CM is just a
squatter with better clothes. The
Devi-Prasad household thumbs their
noses at rightful, lawful demands
that they vacate. Just do it in a
day and finish the job. I do not
trust our Police force any more. I
feel that the corruption goes to the
bone among the police, and it is
difficult to place any confidence
that they know what is truly right,
let alone will do what is right. I
would love to see if the Army can
take over like J&K. Just clear the
police force and start anew. They
are among the biggest criminals in
the guise of public protectors.
I am not ready to give him a year or
anything more than the 3 months
which he promised during the
election campaign. His saying he
could clean things up in 3 months
seems like a lie to get elected. If
he was bald-faced lying, then how is
he any better than Prasad? Big ideas
require bold decisive actions. If
Nitish Kumar takes a long look at
his own ministers' histories, then
he will commit to cleaning them out
of the positions and offices they
have sullied with their selfish,
illegal acts. If he does not begin
with these people, crime will only
go up. God forbid any tragedies
befall Nitish supporters. Until he
makes some bold and unprecedented
moves, I fear that any momentum he
could have used to actually make
sweeping changes will be lost. We
will have to wait again for another
savior to promise us a paradise.
I have heard it said that the surge
in crime is directly related to the
frustration of the recently defeated
opposition. If these things are
happening because they lost the
election, please tell me who was
doing these things before! If this
is a valid charge, then does it
follow that the current ruling party
was responsible for the crime when
they were the opposition? Since the
NDA promised they will control crime
in three months, we can surmise that
they assumed this to be true because
they were the originators of the
crimes, and had plans to stop once
they were in power. If the rules of
the game are to engage in activities
to topple the ruling government,
then we can say that the opposition
is just doing its job and is
justified. - S. M. Khurshid Anwar,
New York, USA - Jan. 22, 2006
Khurshid ji, your comments are good
but sorry, by looking at your name
and comments I can simply say that
you are keeping your one eye open
and one eye closed. Deep inside your
feeling of distrust for BJP and NDA
is visible without any doubt. While
I can understand your feeling, this
should not be more important that
your feeling for Bihar.
Nitish is a politician like Laloo.
You are taking his 3 months
literally and you are not accepting
role of any foul play by others. Yes
opposition was responsible for
increased atrocities on Dalit when
Laloo took over reign 15 years back.
Yes Ranvir Sena killed more Dalits
to destabilize government when Laloo
took charge. But now those things
are old nightmares.
When whole world sees Nitish as a
savior and everyone is feeling pain
of Bihar it is really unfortunate
that educated Bihari people like you
and others are lobbying up because
of your old belief. I agree that BJP
is not the greatest party neither
NDA nor congress but in this time I
can see nothing but a burning need
for all Biharis to stand firmly
behind Nitish and let him get the
job done. - Manoj Gupta - Jan.
22, 2006
Manojji, I agree with you. This is
what we call right of free speech.
Some things we agree about and some
things we will not. We like to
oppose some stuff and like to accept
some. I have posted many times that
I am only supporting Bihar and
Biharis --- no matter who is ruling
until he is doing good for Bihar.
The main thing for us is to hold
different opinions but live
peacefully. Manojji, you are wrong,
though about a big point. I am not
against Nitish, but I have some
expectations from him. I am just
worried about his colleagues who
have a very dark past. I would like
to see that he can break the mold
and make a better Bihar. In a world
that has become so small, you look
at my name and decide things that
are not true. If I had no name at
all, I would still be a Bihari, born
and raised in Bihar, with only good
hopes for my home state and my
fellow Biharis. - S. M. Khurshid
Anwar, New York, USA - Jan. 22, 2006
Manoj Gupta Ji, if a comment is good
then just leave it at that and
please stop further analysis by
linking it with author’s name and
religion. Before judging somebody by
his name are you happy if others
judge your views by your SURNAME?
Manoj Ji till literate people like
you will keep differentiating
Indians in name of religion many
will see no problem in
differentiating Hindus in the name
of caste! Trust me in case of
religion politics, Adwani Ji still
had to declare Jinna secular but in
caste politics there are so many
minority castes that not all
minority castes deserve appeasement
from leaders of majority caste.
In Bihar it is JD(U) and NDA rather
than BJP and NDA. They are two
different things. - Vipin Singh -
Jan. 22, 2006
Unless we want the level of the
discussions in this forum to degrade
to the level of blogs, please avoid
any personal reference in your
comments. Winning a debate at the
cost of losing the unity? What love
is that for our state? Direct
reference to someone's
caste/religion will stop many others
to write. If I have to say
something, should I first change my
name because 'Kumod Jha' is not
supposed to say that? - Kumod Jha
- Jan. 22, 2006 |
