My Lunch Discussion

Abhishek Manu Singhvi asking BJP (and others) that if they want Lokpal or not, is like Joey offering the sofa to Chandler after taking the cushion.

If you’re not fan of FRIENDS, check it out here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xoVczpf0z4

 

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Point No. 1:

Government Says:

The eight member Lokpal will be selected by 5 member team consisting of:

1. Prime Minister
2. Speaker of LobSabha
3. Leader of Opposition
4. Chief Justice of India
5. Government appointed jurist

Cruel Joke:

The ones in the ‘red‘ are selected/elected by the ruling party. One is the ‘blue‘ is appointed on the recommendation of President of India(we know who decides the President and how much influence ruling party has on President. We also know of the president whose term of not extended just because he wanted only Indians to become PM of India). So one in ‘green’ will be against the government, so will be shouting all alone for a strict Lokpal committee, may be he will get the ‘blue‘ support sometime.

Point No. 2:

Government Says:

Only group A and group B officials will be under the purview of Lokpal, while Group C, Group D and Group E employees will be covered by CVC (Central Vigilance Commission)

Cruel Joke:

What about the bribery at Ration shops, Police station, Register office, etc? Can CVC take care of this.

Lets see what CVC can do,

1. CVC doest not have police power.

2. CV cannot register criminal case

So corruption at these level can be exempted?

Here I would like to quote from Rediff.com, “If a road in front of one’s house breaks down a few days after construction, it indicates that corruption has taken place. However, one would not know if this corruption was done by Group A, B, or C officials. So in which police station should an FIR be filed in this case — CVC or Lokpal?“

Point No. 3:

Government Says:

This one is about their weapon of selective destruction and image builder, CBI.

CBI will not be under Lokpal. It will still remain under the harness of ruling government. It is enough if only in those cases referred to CBI by ombudsman, CBI must ‘report’ back to it.

Cruel Joke:

We can take two popular case here one about 2G scam and other Jagan Mohan Reddy. There are actually thousands of examples including Bofors(CBI removing red corner notice against Quattrocchi), Purulia Bombs drop case, CWG scam,

Case 1:

It was good that the case was under the monitoring of Supreme court, otherwise we all know what would have happened.

CBI did not protest bail plea of Kanimozhi. Will this be the same if CBI was under lokpal? You’r right. You know the answer.

After all leaked noted from ministry of finance, PMO our home minister is still not included in 2G case as accused. All the best Mr. Swamy.

Case 2:

This is case of pressurizing a split faction to give up. We all know the truth behind Jagan’s wealth escalating from Rs. 9.18 lakh in 2004 to Rs. 77 crore in 2009 and Rs. 365 crore in 2011 (we really do have business magnets).

Jagan was pulling MLA after MLA from congress in AP, but congress was not able to do anything. Then came the big blow in the form of CBI. Then we know the rest, don’t we?

To summarize, will you be ready to give up the ‘Philosopher’s stone’?

Point No. 4:

Government Says:

Citizen charter will be a separate body and not under lokpal.

Cruel Joke:

Without any power, which Lokpal is expected to get(fingers crossed), what can citizen charter do? It will be like mail sent to nobody@citizercharter.gov.in

Point No. 5:

Government Says:

This one is little tricky. PM will not be under lokpal. Only under certain safeguarded situation he will be answerable to Lokpal.

Cruel Joke:

Our current PM is ready to be under Lokpal, but what will rest of his ministers and pasta-people do if he starts speaking all truth? This is just current situation. Tomorrow definitely someone, other than our beloved ex RBI governor, will become PM. That time lokpal will a big headache, just like Right to Information Act, 2005.

Note: Mr. unSibal, “If you are reading this, don’t laugh. I feel really shamed that I received my degree from you.”

One really deserves awards, party positions, cabinet rank, Nobel, Pulitzer, z-class security, party, chocolates, sweets, etc for spending 165 days in jail and earning ‘the family’ at least some $200+ crore.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kanimozhi-to-walk-free-today-will-Karunanidhi-reward-her/articleshow/10910900.cms

May be they can also write a book ‘How to make $200 crore in 165 days at Tihar’. Definitely it will be an International Best seller.

 

I stumbled upon the following post by Mahesh Mandowara recently explaining the consequences of FDI in retail. So thought of sharing it here.

Today Sharad Pawar argued that by bringing FDI in retail they are helping the farmers but simple economics does not buy his stand.

Say Today there are 100 Wholesalers (Buyers) and 100 farmers (Seller) add to this 8 foreign retailers hence there are 100 sellers and 108 buyers. Now say a product is sold at Rs.10 now this 8 buyers shall offer Rs.15 and hence this 100 sellers would obviously like to sell their product @ Rs.15 where our wholesaler although capable of purchasing @15 but compel not to do as they shall sell the product @Rs 17 to retailer who in turn shall sell the product to end consumer @ 19 whereas the big retailer shall sell the product directly to end consumer @ Rs.17 and hence both the farmer and end consumer are benefitted This is short term. Now say after 10 years this wholesaler shall die out and now in market economy there are 100 sellers (farmers) and 8 buyers (forign FDI now they shall start the bargain and ask farmers to sell @ Rs.8 and sell their product @ Rs.17 or Rs.19 the price they like (Monopolistic situation in both the market) Hence in long term it is suicidal for both the farmers , Indian retailers and end consumers and remember Chinese product are still at our doorstep awaiting entry thru the Wal-Mart and like.

Please don’t allow FDI in retail.Vote out Congress from UP in near election and from centre in next loksabha election

In a desperate attempt to contain inflation(and may be many more under cover reasons, which we dont know), UPA decided to sell out Indian retailers – is the blunt truth behind Indian government led by UPA deciding to allow 51% foreign direct investment in Indian retail industry.

Indian retail industry, just like our population, is very big…. real big…. about $450 billion.

 

UPA government ‘claims’ the following advantages:

1. inflation will be contained.

2. Ten million new jobs

 

What really going to happen,

1. Nothing will happen to inflation except the fact that farmer and manufacturers will be squeezed out owing to competition.

2. May be 10 million new jobs will be created, but several hundred millions of retail shops along with their family will lose their livelihood.

 

We did lot of protest, educated people of India about the importance of Lokpal, but this time Govenment silently stabbed Indian retailers from behind.

I don’t know if there is a way for Government to roll back this. If they can, that will be the only good thing UPA can do at this time.

 

Whats going to happen:

1. Wa’l'lmart, which is eagerly waiting for Indian market to open, will enter and flood all the major cities.

2. As usual with their business brilliance, will attract the crowd.

3. Small retailers will close their shops in areas near these ‘evil’ super markets.

4. Since they will have huge chain, they will ‘demand’ farmers to sell their good at throwaway prices. Sell these products at grater profit margin.

5. Open more shops, Goto step 2.

END of Indian retailers.

Democracy may not be at pink of it’s health, but definitely is in case of Kazimozhi with reference to 2G case.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/no-bail-for-kainmozhi-will-undermine-democracy-karunanidhi-148671?pfrom=home-otherstories

Having found no good reason, and applying for bail under the condition that the accused in a women is not a great thing.

Already everyone is wondering(at least it is said so), why CBI is not opposing bail plea by Kanimozhi. If it was not for supreme court monitoring, democracy would have already died with respect to this case.

If you have any personal reason, say it. Don’t try to fool the people by using word like democracy.

And for the question, with respect to Kanimozhi bail case, democracy is doing good so far.

For the one who makes surprise visits and publicity stunts without any permission, it shouldn’t be difficult to difficult to schedule a meeting.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anna-aides-fail-to-meet-rahul-cong-mp-sorry/194189-37-64.html

Some might argue that it was Team Anna’s effort that lead to the heavy loss for congress, while some might argue that Team Anna had no effect. Everyone will say what they find it good for them self. But the truth is no sweet for congress.

In my view, Team Anna did not decide the fate for congress at Hisar, it was already known fact. But Team anna will definitely have ill effect on congress no matter what congress says. In country like ours, a swing of 3-5% of voters means a swing of about 30 – 40 % of the total number seats. This is a definitely a big number.

Given the current state of mind, people are definitely angry with the himalayan scale of corruption and rising inflation going on in India. This is no good thing for congress in the forth coming elections. The necessary and inevitable consequence of loss of something for human mind, is falling to the other extreme. The obvious other extreme as now for congress is BJP. But how strong are they to attract the people thrown by repulsive force of corruption in India? things that unfold within BJP in the next 12-15 months will decide that.

The recent election that took place in four places, including Hisar, is no new message for congress. They knew it already that they will lose. But congress should seriously study the impact this will have in people’s mind.

In India, its more about the rush to to have same party, which wins overall, in their local area. This is because, if opposition party represents an area, the chances of getting good projects in low. It is this mentality of the people that will lead to recursive increase in the number of votes even if there is slight clue of victory for a party. This is one of the very reason during election campaign, every party says that they will definitely will the election, even though they may not.

Having said that and also considering the fact that almost the entire nation was with Anna Hazare during his non-violent support for Lokpal bill, it is evident that people will believe that congress will not win if Anna is against it. This will lead to recursive decline in vote bank for congress. This is something congress should worry about. As mentioned before, how good BJP is to milk this vote bank, will determine the vote split among various parties and eventually decide who gets to form the government.