India:Government's Inaction And Real Estate Scam
November 19th 2007 04:11
Sonia Gandhi is right in her assessment that there is tremendous goodwill for the Congress Party among all strata of the people but that is not translated into votes during elections.She however did not mention the reasons behind this and what she proposed to do to convince the electorate to trust her leadership.The biggest reason for the disenchantment among voters is her party's ambiguous stand concerning the day to day lives of the common people.There is great pessimism among the lower middle class now with this present government because whenever it is in power,inflation flares up and living cost goes up considerably.It might be mere coincidence but how come a flat costing around ten lakhs earlier commands around 40 lakhs now? Can any government servant or middle income class person afford that kind of money?Even the secretary level officers of the government of India would not be able get the corresponding loan to finance it .However,it is altogether a different matter that for many such officers that kind of sum is mere a pittance of what they have accumulated through their ingenious ways.
An average person drawing average salary could manage to move into his dream home before this government came into power.What happened in the last two years that the builders prevailed over the common people and drove them away to make room for the Noveau Rich? Had the government been sensitive enough,the situation would have been brought under control then and there.
This is not merely a case of excess demand and less supply.The brazenness of this whole conspiracy is that even a Ghaziabad property costs more than a sub urban London or Atlanta property.Clearly, the Stock Market tricks are being employed in the real estate sector also and as usual the victims are the hapless end users who buy homes for their personal dwelling.Traders would have flown and thousands of brokers would have changed their companies' name plates by the time the nefarious nexus and scam is unearthed.A government concerned for the welfare of its common people would never let this happen.Address this problem firmly and the people will respond positively.
How can the Congress get absolute majority without a major contribution from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh? Bihar was given on a platter to the BJP-JDU combine.In order to wrest political advantages, congress became a part and parcel of the government which took the state into medieval age.The party did not listen to its dedicated workers and local leaders and kept supporting the government for very illusory secular reasons.But,Secular sloganeering only ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav a large chunk of votes leaving congress high and dry.Congress failed its committed supporters when they were desperate for assistance ; disenchanted they were forced to switch their loyalty.That segment has put its weight behind JDU-BJP combine now.There is no scope for the congress in UP as well.
Congress leadership need to understand that the age of "masala" politics is gone and people cutting across class,creed and religion are looking for genuine efforts to address their problem.Formulate people oriented policy and there would be shrunk political space for BJP and other parties.Similarly, keep harping on an invisible danger and go into oblivion as the people have became smart enough to distinguish between doers and preachers.Congress affiliated organisations put up special camps during the admission time in Delhi Universitto help the new entrants.Can this be replicated in every Block of India,to facilitate poor and illiterate people to get enlisted to benefit from the various ongoing schemes like rural employment guarantee scheme? This simple gesture might catapult the party way ahead of others.The question is whether anybody is listening?
An average person drawing average salary could manage to move into his dream home before this government came into power.What happened in the last two years that the builders prevailed over the common people and drove them away to make room for the Noveau Rich? Had the government been sensitive enough,the situation would have been brought under control then and there.
This is not merely a case of excess demand and less supply.The brazenness of this whole conspiracy is that even a Ghaziabad property costs more than a sub urban London or Atlanta property.Clearly, the Stock Market tricks are being employed in the real estate sector also and as usual the victims are the hapless end users who buy homes for their personal dwelling.Traders would have flown and thousands of brokers would have changed their companies' name plates by the time the nefarious nexus and scam is unearthed.A government concerned for the welfare of its common people would never let this happen.Address this problem firmly and the people will respond positively.
How can the Congress get absolute majority without a major contribution from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh? Bihar was given on a platter to the BJP-JDU combine.In order to wrest political advantages, congress became a part and parcel of the government which took the state into medieval age.The party did not listen to its dedicated workers and local leaders and kept supporting the government for very illusory secular reasons.But,Secular sloganeering only ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav a large chunk of votes leaving congress high and dry.Congress failed its committed supporters when they were desperate for assistance ; disenchanted they were forced to switch their loyalty.That segment has put its weight behind JDU-BJP combine now.There is no scope for the congress in UP as well.
Congress leadership need to understand that the age of "masala" politics is gone and people cutting across class,creed and religion are looking for genuine efforts to address their problem.Formulate people oriented policy and there would be shrunk political space for BJP and other parties.Similarly, keep harping on an invisible danger and go into oblivion as the people have became smart enough to distinguish between doers and preachers.Congress affiliated organisations put up special camps during the admission time in Delhi Universitto help the new entrants.Can this be replicated in every Block of India,to facilitate poor and illiterate people to get enlisted to benefit from the various ongoing schemes like rural employment guarantee scheme? This simple gesture might catapult the party way ahead of others.The question is whether anybody is listening?
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