Friday, August 17, 2018

[IAC#RG] PANAJI’S WHITE ELEPHANT

Panaji's first multi-level car park which was inaugurated amidst much fanfare on 31st October 2016 by Manohar Parrikar as Defence Minister is idling for almost two years. The foundation of that project with an estimated cost of 21 crores was laid on 24th October 2012 by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and after missing many deadlines was finally completed at an official figure of a whopping 35 crores.  While it now remains as a white elephant it is an unpardonable criminal waste of public funds. Those who planned this much needed utility but at a very wrong location must be brought to book and punished for having carelessly and possibly very intentionally burdened the tax payer. 

It's high time this abandoned Car park is put to some alternative use. Perhaps converted into a Animal shelter to house those hordes of straying cattle and dogs which will at least make Panaji safer for all. It would also be a right step towards making Goa's capital a Smart City.

John F. Kennedy had said "We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation"


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Thursday, August 16, 2018

[IAC#RG] जरा घूम कर आता हूँ

जरा घूम कर आता हूँ
…………………………

चलता हूँ अभी स्वर्ग,
जरा घूम कर आता हूँ। चलता …

"व्यक्ति से बड़ा है दल
और दल से बड़ा है देश",
विश्व को भी बता आए
पढ़ राष्ट्रसंघ में संदेश,
विश्व बंधुत्व, मानवता से
हर भेद मिटाता हूँ। चलता …

"मित्र बदले जा सकते हैं
पड़ोसी नहीं बदले जाते",
ताकत हम भी रखते हैं
पर प्यार-मोहब्बत ही फैलाते,
सदा- ए - सरहद बस सेवा
लाहौर तक चलाता हूँ। चलता …

मन-कर्म-वचन में प्रेम भरा
जल-थल-नभ में फैली शक्ति,
पोखरण के परमाणु भी बोले
सत्य-अहिंसा-शांति में भक्ति,
शास्त्र - शस्त्र दोनों में सक्षम
प्रेम के गीत गाता हूँ। चलता …

दिल - दिमाग और जमी पर
देश और दुनियाँ को जोड़ा,
चार - चार सुन्दर सड़कों को
चतुर्भुजीय आकार में मोड़ा,
अपनों से तो सभी मिलते
गैरों को गले लगाता हूँ। चलता …

राजनीति भले ही छोड़ दूँ
'अटल' राजघर्म नहीं छोड़ूँगा,
सत्ता रहे या जाये
भाईचारा नहीं तोड़ूँगा,
मैं सत्ता के गीत नहीं
सदैव संघर्ष गुनगुनाता हूँ। चलता …

भारत रत्न श्री अटल बिहारी बाजपेयी जी को उनके निधन पर काव्यात्मक नमन।
ईश्वर उनकी आत्मा को शांति एवं सदगति प्रदान करें।

Õm - Õnkār - Allāh - God…..
ॐ - ੴ - الله - † …….
Jai Hind! Jai Jagat (Universe)!
- ग़ुलाम कुन्दनम्
(Ghulam Kundanam).
16/08/2018.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

[IAC#RG] मेरा भारत महान

मेरा भारत महान
……………………

जिस देश का है ध्वज तिरंगा
वो मेरा भारत महान। जिस …

केसरिया हम सबमें भरता
त्याग और बलिदान,
अमर शहीद जवानों के प्रति
आदर और सम्मान,
जिस देश का है ध्वज तिरंगा
वो मेरा भारत महान। जिस …

केसरिया हम सब के अंदर
साहस और शक्ति दर्शाता,
मानो हम सबके सर पर
पराक्रम और पौरुष बरसाता,
वतन के लिए कभी भी हम
लूटा दें अपनी जान। जिस …

धवल - श्वेत मध्य भाग का
हमें सदा ही सत्य सिखाता,
सुन्दर आचार - विचार - चरित्र
ईमानदारी का पाठ पढ़ाता,
सादगी - स्वच्छता का सभी हम
करते हैं गुणगान। जिस…

सुशोभित चक्र नीलवर्ण का
सिखाए शांति - अहिंसा - सेवा,
मानवता ही मूल धर्म का
समझे जो पावें मेवा,
दया - रहम - प्रेम - मुहब्बत
सब ईश्वर के समान। जिस …

चौबीसों घंटे चौबीस तिलियाँ
समृद्धि की प्रेरणा भरते,
आलस्य - प्रमाद त्याग सभी
सतत लगन से परिश्रम करते,
एक दिन पूरा विश्व सुनेगा
विकसित भारत की तान। जिस …

राष्ट्र - ध्वज की हरित पट्टिका
हरी - भरी भारत की वाटिका,
पाक - पवित्र है भारत भूमि
वसुंधरा ललाट की यही टीका,
जन्म लेते इसी धरा पर
धीर किसान और वीर जवान। जिस …

सभी देशप्रेमी भाई - बहनों को स्वतंत्रता दिवस की हार्दिक बधाई एवं ढेर
सारी शुभकामनाएँ ।

Õm - Õnkār - Allāh - God…..
ॐ - ੴ - الله - † …….
Jai Hind! Jai Jagat (Universe)!
- ग़ुलाम कुन्दनम्
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15/08/2018.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

[IAC#RG] INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS TO YOU

Let us today vow to work towards ensuring that in 2019 we will see a truly Independent India. The Lok Sabha Elections next year will be our final opportunity to politically trash the BJP and restore our country's Secular outlook that the founding Fathers of the Constitution had so dedicatedly toiled for. To restore democracy our India must wholeheartedly and selflessly unite against the deviously Communal, Corrupt and very Divisive BJP.  

 

Over the last four years under Narendra Modi our great country has ebbed to dire straits. Raj Bhavans have been converted into BJP dens for political chicanery. The BJP has over these years trampled on even the Independence of the Judiciary.  And more importantly while eroding the autonomy of even the Reserve Bank, Election Commission and the CBI, Narendra Modi and the BJP have ruptured the very secular fabric of our great nation.



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Monday, August 13, 2018

[IAC#RG] OH, IT CAN HAPPEN ONLY IN GOA

Our Goa may be India's smallest State but it has been in the news for all the wrong reasons:

-          We have shown the nation ways and means to circumvent the Anti- Defection law, with political prostitution and party turncoats at its very hilt

-          In a first ever BJP President Amit Shah addressed a  party rally within the Airport premises

-          Only Governor in the country refusing to comply with the RTI Act

-          Manohar Parrikar has been the first Chief Minister to have left the country and had been away for over three long months without handing over charge to an other Minister and for the first time in history constituted a unconstitutional Cabinet Advisory Committee (CAC)

-          It was for the first time that we heard that Formalin was found in fish within 'permissible limits'

-          Very Corrupt politicians become Clean Souls and Saints after switching to the BJP

-          Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar again leaves for New York and will run the administration this time through Phone, Fax and Email despite very poor internet connectivity in the State

-          A handful of cabinet Ministers including the Chief Minister physically incapacitated due to health problems while draining the State coffers by crores on their medical bills

-          In a first ever the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly to replace the Chief Minister in hoisting the national flag on Independence Day

-          With every rule and law bent and broken, Goa leads in rampant corruption and glaring nepotism

-          And to top it all, Goa is now the country's  hub for narcotics, gambling, prostitution and crime

 



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Sunday, August 12, 2018

[IAC#RG] NHRC Case no. 1669/25/13/2016-pf - Protest - NHRC only increased their numbers of disposed of cases upon acting on police report

13 August 2018

 

To

The Chairman

National Human Rights Commission

Manav Adhikar Bhawan

Block-C, GPO Complex, INA

New Delhi-110023

 

Ref.:- NHRC Case no. 1669/25/13/2016-pf

My complaint dated 02.12.2016

Sub.:- An open letter of protest against the decision of the Commission

 

Respected Sir,

I hereunder put my anxious consideration to the decision taken by the Commission in connection with the above referred case. In the decision of the Commission I painfully observed the Commission's ability to put the last nail in the victim's struggle for justice for gross violation of his human rights.

I herein below mentioned the facts and circumstances to show that a mockery of justice has been done by the Commission. 

On 22.06.2018 I received a mail from the office of the Commission informing me that the Commission issued direction in the above referred case. Accordingly I searched for the direction from the Commission's website and came to learn that the Commission closed the case on the basis of a communication dated 24.07.2018 received by the Commission from the SP, Murshidabad and in the said communication it was reported that the investigation of the case crime no.930/2017(Name of the police station under which it was registered was not mentioned and the name of the complainant was also not mentioned) is under progress. The Commission decided to close the case being satisfied with the said report that the required action has been initiated by the police.  The Commission did not mention as to how the case crime no.930/2017 was connected with the present case. The decision of the Commission taken in the present case is still available in the Commission's website.

On 02.12.2016 I lodged the complaint in connection with the present case for the victim Mr. Montu Mondal who sustained multiple pellet injuries due to firing by BSF on the date of the incident. On 16.10.2016 he submitted a written complaint before the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad against the perpetrator BSF personnel but no action was taken on the complaint. The Commission took cognizance of my complaint dated 02.12.2016 and called for reports from the authorities. The Commission received reports both from the BSF and the police authorities.

On 10.07.2017 I (through Mr. Biplab Mukherjee, the then Secretary of MASUM) submitted comments before the Commission on the report of BSF and the police inter alia stating that the BSF report is nothing but a mere report of self-defence by the BSF. The BSF report was not an enquiry report because the victim was not heard; he was not given any opportunity to make his submission on the alleged incident of torture upon him, his complaint to the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad was not considered, his available witnesses were not heard and his medical reports were neither perused nor considered. The BSF report was blank on giving any information on the victim's side of grievances and only provided information which was suitable for the BSF.

In my comments I further stated that police report submitted by the SP, Murshidabad also suffered from material irregularities such as the victim was not heard; he was not given any opportunity to make his submission on the alleged incident of torture upon him, his complaint to the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad was not considered, his available witnesses were not heard and his medical reports were neither perused nor considered. The enquiring police officer did not bother to do those things to make his report a neutral and acceptable one. The police report failed to put any information why the victim's complaint before the Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad was not registered as FIR. Such conduct of the police was against the guidelines on the mandatory registration of FIR issued by the Supreme Court of India in the case of Lalita Devi vs State of U. P. and other—reported in AIR2014SC187.

I also in my comments tried to point out that both the BSF and police authorities tried to suppress the actual medical history of the victim regarding the injuries suffered by him from pellet firing by BSF.  The police report stated that the victim was found physically fit in the available records in both the custody of police as well as BSF. It is to be noted here that the BSF report stated that the Medical Officer of Godhanpara BPHC observed cut injury on right hand of the victim probably due to pellet injury but the victim was declared physically fit. The medical examination report of Godhanpara BPHC was not attached with the BSF report. However on the medical examination of the victim conducted by police, the victim was found physically fit, so inconsistency between the two reports was clear. The medical report of the victim issued by the NRS Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata recorded that the victim was suffering from multiple pellet injuries on right hand. Before that the victim was under medical treatment of Dr. Swapan Roy who also noted down pellet injury on the victim. So it is clear that the authorities tried to suppress the actual state of health of the victim after his arrest. Even the police and BSF continued to do such suppression in their reports by not bringing the medical treatment records of the victim before the Commission.

The Commission did not inform me what action was taken by the Commission on my above mentioned comments submitted on the BSF and police report. Then the Commission abruptly took the decision of closing the case by relying on the subsequent report dated 24.04.2018 from the SP, Murshidabad keeping me in complete darkness. It is very ridiculous to note that mere information that the investigation of a crime case was under progress prompted the Commission to close the case. I have no idea as to how the case crime no.930/2017 is connected with the present case because the Commission did not bother to send me the said police report dated 24.04.2018 of the SP, Murshidabad obtained by the Commission.

Therefore, the Commission overlooked the issues as well as the facts involved which directly indicate gross violation of human rights of the victim and the Commission actually saved the skin of the perpetrator police and BSF personnel by taking a haste and half-hearted decision.

The victim prayed for justice before the Commission because the Commission has powers to hold neutral inquiry, to examine and call for records, to hear the victim and any other witnesses independently and other powers relating to inquiries as envisaged under Section 13 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. But the Commission did not bother to use any of those powers in the present case to establish the truth. Therefore no justifiable required action has been taken by the Commission in this present case. 

The function adopted by the Commission in this case without using its powers relating to inquiries is a deliberate act of denial of a just, fair and reasonable proceeding and also against the principles of natural justice.

I hope that the Commission would record my protest against the decision of the Commission taken in the present case and I would request you to recall your decision and dispose of the present case in appropriate manner by considering my concerns submitted above.


Thanking you,

Yours truly

 

Kirity Roy

Secretary, MASUM

&

National Convenor, PACTI  

 

 


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Re: [IAC#RG] ARE POLITICIANS MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN INDIA ?

Quality of Democracy and Governance depends upon quality and character of Legislators and Public Servants.

To improve the quality of Legislators, bogus Representation of People Act must be replaced soon with new perfect law empowering  Citizens to monitor performance of Legislators.

Citizens must initiate Nationwide Campaign demanding replacement of the above Act.

Navin Pandya


On 10:19PM, Sun, Aug 12, 2018 Vijoy Ambasta <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:
The last paragraph is correct. We deserve what we voted for. We are unfit for democracy through ballot box as our capability to cast vote is driven by many other factors which are not relevant

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 7:44 PM Venkatraman Ns <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:
To

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                                                      ARE  POLITICIANS  MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN INDIA ?


It is surprising that leaders of political parties are looked upon as demi Gods by the followers and the media. This is inspite of the fact that most of the politicians today are not of intellectual class or even honest people. Most of them have little achievements to claim.

Unfortunately, these are the people deciding the destiny of India.

There are thousands of intellectuals , genuine philosophers, scientists, educationists and others in India  who are commanded by these politicians.

Looking at the type of politicians in India today, one gets an impression that we are paying  too big a price for democratic system that we follow.

Should we blame the democratic system or  think  that  people get the type of government that they deserve.


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[IAC#RG] ROADS OF GOA NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

Despite the Bombay High Court having ruled that good roads is a fundamental right of every citizen, the roads across Goa are in a very appalling state. Potholes and craters are galore. Some roads which were hot-mixed just before the monsoons have been washed away. What a criminal waste of public funds.

Very sadly in many parts of Goa, you have to navigate down a lot of awful roads to find a motorable one.

Lack of funds cannot be an excuse as this government has been merrily squandering public funds on unnecessary and needless extravaganza.

The crores being drained from the State exchequer on the medical treatment of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and his ailing Ministers can wait and can't be a priority, as the Government cannot allow the public to be at the mercy of accident prone roads. The welfare and well-being of Goa comes First.



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