{"id":135161,"date":"2020-08-22T02:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=135161"},"modified":"2020-08-22T02:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:37:05","slug":"one-more-vow-of-govt-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/08\/22\/one-more-vow-of-govt-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"One more vow of govt jobs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

MP’s Children<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nBy Insaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Children! That\u2019s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the \u2018sons of the soil\u2019 doctrine, he announced a bonanza for the State\u2019s bachohon (children) i.e. all government jobs will be reserved and given only to them and that his government was making the necessary legal provisions for it. The important decision boomed through a video statement was: from today, \u201cThe resources of Madhya Pradesh are for the children of Madhya Pradesh.\u201d The bonanza comes at an expected time, just ahead of the Assembly by-polls for 27 seats in the Chambal-Gwalior region, for which the dates are awaited. As the guidelines are yet to be streamlined, ongoing recruitments said the government shall not be affected. Chouhan\u2019s b\u00eate noire and upstaged CM Kamal Nath obviously couldn\u2019t resist a jibe and promptly tweeted: \u201cAfter 15 years, you have woken up to the issue of providing employment for the youth\u2026 Let this not remain just an electoral promise in view of the coming bypolls\u2026\u201d Recall he had himself announced 70% of jobs in industrial units to be reserved for locals. However, in the repartee, both forget there are many Supreme Court judgments against 100% reservation and that domicile cannot be the basis for reservation. This would go against fundamental right to equality of citizens for the announcement violates constitutional guarantees under Article 16(2) which clearly safeguards citizens against discrimination. Will it pass judicial test?<\/p>\n

Kerala\u2019s Big No To Centre
\nKerala won\u2019t allow New Delhi\u2019s airport plans to take off. Following an-all Party meeting on Thursday last, Chief Minister Pinararyi Vijayan has said a big no to Union Cabinet\u2019s decision to lease Thiruvananthapuram airport, along with two others, to Adani Enterprises Ltd. Not only will he explore legal options against the \u201csell out\u201d to billionaire Gautam Adani, but the Assembly too shall pass a resolution opposing it. \u201cWe will not allow this to happen. We firmly believe (that) without the State\u2019s consent nobody can take over it,\u201d is Vijayan\u2019s argument and has said so in his letter to PM Modi. Congress is in tow saying it \u201ccan\u2019t support the move to loot a public property by an industrialist close to Modi.\u201d But, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri in a tweet retorts \u201cMake up your minds, my friends. By the way, do you remember what the Left said when you privatised Delhi & Mumbai airports?\u201d That\u2019s pass\u00e9 but the runway ahead is not going to be smooth. God\u2019s own country is unwilling to cooperate. This PPP model is not going to fly?
\nUP\u2019s Brahmins
\nUttar Pradesh is in the throes of a more belligerent round of caste war\u2014 Brahmins Vs Thakurs. While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is accused of promoting \u2018Thakurvaad\u2019 since he took over 3 years ago, the rumbling of a growing sense of insecurity among the priestly class is not being heard just from Congress camp, but within the BJP fold too. Worse and shockingly after the infamous encounter of Kanpur-based gangster Vikas Dubey, followed by killing of five of his associates, all Brahmins! Having launched a \u2018Brahmin Chetna Samvad\u2019, an online effort to connect back with the community under Brahmin Chetna Manch, Congress leader Jitin Prasad has written an open letter to all Brahmin MLAs, urging them to raise the community\u2019s concern over \u2018security and harassment\u2019 during this Assembly session. Surely, Yogi would tactfully deal with it, but what about party MLA Devmani Dwivedi, who has sent a list of questions to the Speaker. These include how many Brahmins were killed, how many killers were caught and how many killers managed to get the police punishment in the three years of the Yogi government? A strong indication the BJP\u2019s traditional vote bank, Brahmin community, about 10% of electorate is upset with Yogi\u2019s government. Will New Delhi have to step in?<\/p>\n

\u2018Incompetent\u2019 Gujarat?
\nThe Centre coming down on Gujarat, the \u2018Best State for business, start ups\u2019 et al, makes headlines. Wrong perhaps? Not for the Jal Shakti Ministry. It has an embarrassing dossier on Vijay Rupani government\u2014an \u201cinordinate delay\u201d in projects to clean up two rivers\u2014Tapi and Sabarmati. A peeved Union Minister Shekhawat has shot off a letter to the CM noting that while \u2018Sabarmati project is yet to be completed six years after funds were sanctioned, there has been practically no progress till date in Tapi project\u2019, 16 months-odd after Central funds were released! In 2014, Rs 444 crore was sanctioned for cleaning up the Sabarmati but the Ministry finds itself extending the project\u2019s completion date from September 2018 to March 2020 and again to March 2021. For Tapi river, Rs 971.25 crore was sanctioned; 1st instalment of Rs 13 crore released in March 2019 to build 39 treatment plants. Shockingly, only Rs 8 crore were transferred to Surat Municipal Corporation in November 2019, (delay of 8 months) and balance Rs 5 crore are still to be released. Besides, there\u2019s \u201cpractically no progress on ground till date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bihar\u2019s Split Opposition
\nBihar\u2019s 5-party Opposition is in disarray! There are desertions when Assembly elections are slated in October-November! On Thursday last, the main opposition party, the RJD, got a rude shock as three more of its MLAs joined the JD(U), taking the figure to six MLAs having crossed over so far. This includes Lalu Yadav\u2019s daughter-in-law Aishwarya, locked in a marital dispute with Tej Pratap Yadav. Just three days earlier, 3 RJD MLAs who had been expelled for anti-party activities merrily joined the JD(U), bringing down RJD\u2019s strength down to 74 of 80 in the Assembly. At the same time, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) quit the Mahagathbandhan, but has chosen to remain silent on any future plans of with any party or grouping. However, he is clearly peeved over non-formation of the coordination committee and Lalu\u2019s announcement of son Tejashwi Prasad as its chief ministerial candidate. Taking partners for granted is a no-go as fence crossing is so much easier now. Whether Congress, RLSP and VIP get bitten by the dal badlu bug is immaterial as the ruling combine of JD(U)-BJP appears to have an edge.<\/p>\n

Rajasthan\u2019s Rasoi Yojana
\nHaving had the stomach to weather the month-long political storm, Rajasthan Chief Minister realises focus must go back to governance and the common man. On Thursday last, his government launched Rs 100-odd crore yearly Indira Rasoi Yojana, offering subsidised meals to the poor and needy at Rs 8 per plate. Though each plate is priced at Rs 20, government will give Rs 12 subsidy per plate and feed about 1.34 lakh people with 100 gm each of daal and vegetables, 250 gm of chapati and pickles in that plate. Though launched with much fanfare through video conferencing in 325 of 358 kitchens in 213 urban bodies, the scheme is not original. His predecessor Vasundhara Raje says it\u2019s just a name change. Her government had launched Annapurna Rasoi Yojana in December 2016, which Gehlot government said had \u2018expired\u2019 on March 31 this year. The fresh scheme claims a difference i.e. \u201cPeople will be respectfully seated and served fresh and nutritious food …menu will be as per local taste instead of serving same food at all places…\u201d Whether it\u2019s same or there\u2019s a change is immaterial. What matters is that \u2018No One Sleeps Hungry,\u2019 as pledged is fulfilled.\u2014 INFA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MP’s Children By Insaf Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Children! That\u2019s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the \u2018sons of the soil\u2019 doctrine, he announced a bonanza for the State\u2019s bachohon (children) i.e. all government jobs will be reserved and given only to them and that his government was making […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-135161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}