{"id":254595,"date":"2024-12-31T01:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=254595"},"modified":"2024-12-31T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:15:00","slug":"delhi-woefully-wronged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/delhi-woefully-wronged\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi woefully wronged!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaders Vs Bureaucrats<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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

The nation\u2019s capital, Delhi, rather any other State in the country, wouldn\u2019t have seen anything like this before. Actions of government departments being nothing short of unacceptable and indefensible! On Wednesday last, the elected AAP government woke up to a rude shock. The departments of Women and Child Development and Health issued public notices distancing themselves from the promised schemes of providing Rs 2,100 to women (Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana) and free treatment for elderly (Sanjeevani Yojana), days after Chief Minister Atishi and AAP convenor Kejriwal announced it with much fanfare. The depts cautioned people \u201cagainst providing personal details to anyone on pretext of registration for \u2018non-existent\u2019 schemes, saying any private individual or political party collecting such physical forms or information is \u2018fraudulent and without any authority\u2019\u201d Bureaucrats are forgetting they are not elected representatives of the people; they can\u2019t act such. Says Kejriwal \u2018BJP is rattled by the schemes and shall in coming days even \u2018arrest Atishi in false case\u2019. The BJP claims secretaries in both departments say there\u2019s no such schemes and not notified by Govt of Delhi. But wasn\u2019t that the case in Maharashtra when its ruling combine offered schemes for the women? Atishi has warned strict administrative action will be taken against the two officers. It must, else it would set a dangerous precedent for a democratic society.<\/p>\n

INDIA Bloc Stability?<\/p>\n

Delhi is also sending out wrong signals to the polity. The ensuing Assembly elections are turning out to be a conundrum for the voter. Who is on whose side? Who is the real enemy? Who is running the Delhi government\u2014AAP or the bureaucracy?\u00a0 Nagging questions arising out of the events unfolding. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party has accused INDIA bloc partner Congress of colluding with rival BJP to harm not only Kejriwal\u2019s prospects, but the bloc\u2019s unity itself. At a press conference on Thursday last, AAP\u2019s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh demanded disciplinary action against Congress leader Ajay Maken within 24 hours and said if no step is taken, \u201cwe will ask the other parties in the alliance to remove the Congress from INDIA bloc.\u201d\u00a0 The AAP claimed \u201cit hasn\u2019t uttered a single word against Congress during Haryana polls, yet Congress seems to be reading out from BJP\u2019s script. Its candidates\u2019 list looks as if it was finalised at the BJP office\u2026 Maken has crossed all limits by calling Arvind Kejriwal anti-national. Despite campaigning for Congress in past elections, Kejriwal now faces an FIR, while Congress had never filed a single FIR against any BJP leader!\u201d The bickering won\u2019t help. With both the AAP and Congress fighting each other, BJP can hope of being the winner in the triangular contest!<\/p>\n

Relief For Kerala?<\/p>\n

Should Kerala and Manipur hope for better times ahead? For the former it looks like a certainty, but for the latter it could go either way. The two states are part of five where new appointments have been made for Raj Bhavans on Tuesday last. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has been shifted out from Kerala after 5 years to Bihar, which should bring cheer to the Left government, as it\u2019s been at constant loggerheads. Issues include appointments made in universities as Vice Chancellor; Khan\u2019s move to keep away from Policy Address in Assembly; asking Chief Minister Vijayan to act against his Finance Minister, who \u2018ceased to enjoy the governor\u2019s pleasure\u2019; sitting over Bills, etc. It is said God\u2019s own country had never seen such constant power tussles between Raj Bhavan and government before. In fact, Vijayan had last year sought urgent intervention of President Murmu and even recommended Khan\u2019s recall. With Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar taking over the state, the government hopes to get a breather.<\/p>\n

Manipur Governor<\/p>\n

Likewise, the Raj Bhavan in Manipur is getting former Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla as its new incumbent. The choice is being seen as significant given that it\u2019s close to 18 months and normalcy is a far cry in the strife-torn state. North block feels he may just be able to get the elusive dialogue started between the warring factions, Kukis and Meities and facilitate a solution to the ethnic violence and divide. The plus point in his favour is his extensive experience of handling crisis such as \u2018J&K after abrogation of Article 370, CAA protests, Northeast Delhi riots\u2019. Besides, as he\u2019s been closely associated with operations in the state, he may have the Centre heed his advice. However, there\u2019s a different opinion altogether: \u201cif as Home Secretary and all the powers he had he couldn\u2019t achieve success, what can he do as a Governor?\u201d On X, a former bureaucrat posted:\u2019 The one who couldn\u2019t manage it from Delhi is now expected to oversee it. A sign that President\u2019s rule may be soon imposed – after months of chaos.\u2019 Surely, not the right solution!<\/p>\n

\u2018Intolerance\u2019 In Patna<\/p>\n

Bihar\u2019s capital Patna has sent worrying signals. At an event, \u2018Main Atal Rahunga\u2019, a platform to recall the contributions of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary, a protest by some 50-odd participants erupted when folk singer Devi sang the lines \u201cIshwar Allah tero naam (Ishwar and Allah are your names)\u201d during her rendition of Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. She was taken aback and was forced to stop singing the bhajan, which has been closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi. Even BJP leaders present there, Shahnawaz Hussain (Union Minister under Vajpayee), former Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who organised the event along with NGO Dinker Shodh Sansthan, Dr C P Thakur and Sanjay Paswan, were stumped. It should not have happened was a common refrain as the disruption was \u2018height of intolerance.\u2019 Though a section of the crowd was pacified, she was asked to sing another and so she sang a Chhath song. Not only was she embarrassed but the BJP lot too. The big question is will they do something about it or their concern can be termed as crocodile tears?\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014 INFA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaders Vs Bureaucrats By Insaf The nation\u2019s capital, Delhi, rather any other State in the country, wouldn\u2019t have seen anything like this before. Actions of government departments being nothing short of unacceptable and indefensible! On Wednesday last, the elected AAP government woke up to a rude shock. The departments of Women and Child Development and […]<\/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-254595","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\/254595","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=254595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}