We do not know, Suresh Prabhu, as a Rail Minister will continue or will have a last laugh, but we must heed on some of his tweets. He says that he worked very hard with his sweat and blood to nurture this railways organisation.
Suresh Prabhu may have worked hard, but he did not have a comprehensive and holistic vision regarding Indian railways. Fact is that these sort of persons never traveled much through trains, so they did not have much knowledge of ground reality. After coming to power, a person never finds a true perspective of problems, unless he directly faced it. What officers and surrounding persons provide briefings, Minister generally rely over them. Revival of Raiway was not the work of only the fund management or preparing some sort of project reports. Suresh Prabhi did not know, which areas of Railways had leakages, which areas were vulnerable, where was the revenue potential, where was the productivity constraints, where was the problem of integrity of Railways officials, where are the annomalies?
Though Prabhu is simple person, but despite this he was lucky that he got this ministry. He is neither a political heavy weigh, nor he has a solid vision regarding the governance of railways,which is such a big and topmost public dealing area of central government.

Now it is crystal clear that all those issues of nationalism, Hinduism, cow conservation, secularism, social justice are false and fraudulent. All are indulged in politics, the politics of selfishness and making public foolish. The only issue is that is good governance. One who talked about cow conservation, proved to be mass murderer of mother cow. One who talked about patriotism, proved to be anti national. One who talked about social justice, proved to be a big family feud. one who talked about secularism, proved to be big separatist.One who talked about democracy, proved to be a big dictator.
So beware of these issues. parties and leaders must be rated only on merit, that merit is of good governance

What CAG does work in the field of corruption in governments and administration, same work ADR does in the field of electioneering and functioning of different political parties. The recent report of ADR over funding of political parties, their source, their credibility and their volume must be an eye opener for all of us. BJP which claims is attacking corruption and black money,but this party is much ahead over taking donation from the black money holder, who even do not show their PAN. We can not curb corruption in one way, we have to brought multi corner attack over this. The ruling party which is ready to first attack ownself, that would be termed as real reformer. Your have to accompany political reform along with administrative and corporate reform, otherwise political patronage and political shelter do not allow to bring major change and overhauling in the system.

Two events which took place, i regard them good for the political health of country. First is that PM Narendar Modi keeps saying their NDA parliamentrians to be present during the sitting of both house. Although, despite his repeated instruction his MPs were found absent in the house. Normally we questions MPs, when deadlock gets created in the house generally when house boycott call given by opposition. But i am always of the view even ruling party MPs do not take much interest in the proceedings of house. Very few participate in the debate and ask questions. Though, i feel it should be made compulsory for all MPs.
Second development which i read about in newspaper today. A school of governance has started in Mumbai. I think it will make the public leadership area more disciplined and the persons who want to make their career in politics, they will try to understand,what governance is called. it is not the identity factor loke caste, creed, community, region, religion and language, which always attract politicians for achieving success in their field

In parliamentary democracy like us, legislature is supreme only in principle, in real term, it is executive, which play all the shots. Despite the separation of power principle, it is executive which sets the tone and temperament of other three organ legislature, Judiciary and Media. This is the reason,, the supreme court chief justice pointing out the Judicial ill preparedness in the country and expecting big initiative on behalf of top executive PM.
We have a number off issue to be addressed in judiciary and it has to be look after by executive only.. So the case of Media also.
Our whole media of country has got factionalized. Political party may be feeling happy with their supporter media organisation and media people and feeling animosity with the opposer media org. and media people. Is this a good scenario for our Media? Media can not become spokesman for the respective political party, it should always have to be neutral, objective and pleader for the public onlyyy

One can listen the actual music of the effect of demonetisation now. The dividend paid by RBI to the Govt,of India has been just half of the payment made in the last year. The reason is the extra expenses incurred over the printing of new 500 and 2000 currency notes, which is accounted to be around 14,000 crore alone and second the appreciation of rupee also enhanced the expenditure of RBI, Which resulted in the lowering down of dividend paid to the GOI. Because of short payment, ministry of finance has to scale up the fiscal deficit, what has been decided for the financial year 2017-18, which is estimated to be 3.8 percent of GDP. Now all hope relies on cutting of bank rate further, which will enable more credit distribution and hence we have more growth. Right now bankers are facing fund flush situation and there are no enough takers for the loans in the market

Till yesterday, media has been tirelessly portraying the consistent catchy and solid decisions of Yogi government in UP, but now the real picture emerges through the incident of Gorkakhpur, when 30 child patients succumbed to die in the absence of oxygen cylinder. The whole incident of Gorkahpur medical hospital entails about the lackluster approach of hospital management. And this is the picture of almost all public institutions. The insensitivity, lack of concern, priority to self interest, these are the things,which is ruining the working culture of almost every government offices.
To me any statement regarding government's decision coming over media, do not have any meaning unless it gets visible on ground. That is it.

Three safai workers got died inside sewage hole. It was such a horrific and brutaly tragedic event took place in Delhi. Can there be a bigger issue of social justice than this event. Can we have a bigger agitation over this than the agitations, which usually take place over reservation. It would not happen? Because there is no strong vested interest in this. In this 21st century of India, which has had impression of a technology savvy country, what is happening this? Even we do not have application of machines and related technology while cleaning sewage or culvert. It took 50 years, when we abolished carrying latrine over head and how will it take to stop manual handling of sewage holes?
In this country India, where inequality on all level is so sparse and poignant, we never became serious to eliminate this, only political posturing are being played, otherwise we have in numerous types of VIP culture operating everywhere in our country. In western world, sweeper and CEO have same status, but in India in the absence of intensive program over social empowerment, we are only playing politics of dalits, not the empowerment. Can we have 30 crores dalits as the president of India. But even without a dalit president, we can empower our 30 crore dalits, just to bring them in the mainstream of the country. In that case we may have dalit president on regular basis.

Mahagathbandhan is finally being broken in the republic of Bihar. Good governance supporters are happy at this event, whereas social justice supporters are unhappy. My neutral outlook say that if Lalu and his family is demon of corruption and dynasty, then both Prefix of N, means Narendra Modi and Nitish are great dictator. Though Narendra Modi has ability to manipulate, but Nitish is high sort of obstinate person. Both are culprit of neglecting their guru and sernior leaders in party. It was George Fernandez who provided great leverages to Nitish, but ultimately Nitish debunked him, same way Advaniji was maker of modi, but Modi not only poured water on the primeministerial ambition of Advani, even he did not nominated him for the presidential post.
Now both N have come in one courtyard. Let us see what is going to happen in future. But believe me if exit days of corrupt and dynastic forces have arrived in our polity, we would also have a time when we will get rid of dictatorial forces also and ultimately we only have reformist and systematists in our public domain of the country

Now Pranab Mukherji is retired, so one can comment over him what one has observed of him. Pranab Mukherji was not outstanding as an intellectual or as an ideologue, nor he was a prolific politician. He never won any election from West Bengal. During the left upsurge in Bengal, he just acted as a congress man who was their permanent well wisher. Pranab da was a typical congressman who always bank upon the blessings of top congress leadership. He was devout supporter of Indira Gandhi, so his political career got nurtured. Rajeev Gandhi scrapped him, but he got the goodwill of upcoming congress leadership of PV Narsimha Rao and Sonia Gandhi. I never found Pranab Mukherji as prolofic speaker and he was also not a visionary kind of person.
But off course Pranab Mukherji was very sincere and seasoned in his activity in politics, so he was regarded as a good political manager. His consistent speed of work in politics gave him reward in politics which took him to the post of president. What a irony, one man, L K Advani, who was the chief nurturer of a political party, who produced a bunch of leadership in the party, was just thrown away by the present power in command. Whereas less political heavyweight person like Pranab da had got the post of President. The present dictator had no moral to work under Advani and he needed a rubber stamp president, which he find in unknown person like Kovind, who is being echoed now as dalit president, as if all 25 crores of dalits will have gold spoon in their hands now onwards..

Yesterday we had a series of CAG reports over various field like availability of arms and ammunition for the armed forces, worst condition of food and catering in railways, under showing of revenue and profit by the telecom companies, failure of crop insurance policy like that. Now the blind supporter of BJP says these CAG reports are untrue and false, the same CAG reports were used to be true and eye opener to them during UPA regime. This is the politics of corruption, what i have been keep saying.
Corruption in structural form is still continuing. Bureaucracy and work culture is same, only difference is that on the top there is man who having 56 inches chest, who take all decision in a complete dictatorial way under the tag of democracy.
I have been always of the view, under Suresh Prbhu, railways is not showing any tangible reform, only difference is that some stations look clean, otherwise TT raj, inspector raj, tout raj, contractor raj all are still operational.
we have only politics, somewhere identity politics, somewhere politics of misinformation, that is all.
I am strongly of the view that CAG is most credible anti corruption institution, we must give them penalizing rights also. We see CBI, which just work as an vendetta agent of ruling govt., we have judiciary,which takes long time and have more concern with their own ego and privilleges.So only hope lies with CAG, at least regarding macro kind of corruption.

The way, NDA picked up its president and vice president candidate, it clearly shows the dictatorial attitude of Modi. It was notr a decision based over any democratic norm, reasonability, suitability, seniority and above all personality. It was just proved to be a lottery for some one, who got the candidature. Modi only sees himself, not the party as whole. He just politicalized the election of President and vice president both, just for the sake of his political future plan. Selection of candidate based on caste, region, even for the post like president and vice president, what it shows ? Country is still banking upon identity politics, rather the persona and capability of candidate. I completely disagree with this style of Modi regime, no element of idealism and justification at all. I do not like the non ideal and unjustified things

During my Europe trip, i read five books namely 1. Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, pages-200, 2. Indian wins Freedom, by Maulana Azad, around 300 pages, 3. Indians sturggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra and four co-author,total pages 500,4. Sardar Ballabh bhai Patel by MP Kamal, total pages, around 100 pages and 5. Jayshankar Prasad ki kahaniyan, around 300 pages. Out of these jayshankar prasad and Bipin Chandra written books are still incomplete, rest all were completed.
Train to Pakistan is a fiction on partition based over a village named Mano Mazra, situatied at present India Pak border, depicting there's social dynamics. Khuswant did not forget to mention whisky, women in this fiction too. He has one character named Iqbal Singh, who always gives suspicion of his belonging whether to Sikh or Muslim.
I enjoyed reading book, ''India wins freedom. Mualana Azad had presented a unbiased and true perspective of struggle of freedom particularly since world war 2 situation.i will elaborate this book later. Book written over Patel gives impression, after all why present NDA regard him their hero.
Jayshankar prasad's stories depict the contemporary sociology of the country in a very update manner

आज़ादी के आंदोलन में भागीदारी पर हो रही राजनीति

मनोहर मनोज 

कांग्रेस का बीजेपी और आरएसएस पर बार बार यह आरोप लगाना की उनके नेता आज़ादी आंदोलन के दौरान कभी जेल नहीं गए। उन्होंने आज़ादी आंदोलन का समर्थन नहीं किया। उनका यहाँ तक आरोप की उन्होंने अंग्रेजो की मुखबिरी भी की। कांग्रेस के ये सभी आरोप एक ऐसे अप्रासंगिक, अनर्गल और बेतुके आरोप है जो आज की इस प्रतियोगी राजनीती में उनके किसी भी हद तक जाकर अनाप शनाप उद्धरनो के प्रदर्शन, अपरिपक्वता तथा उनकी राजनीतिक हताशा भरी हरकत को दर्शाते है।

कांग्रेस का सबसे पहले यह आक्षेप इस मामले में बेमानी है की 1925 में स्थापित आरएसएस ना तो कोई राजनीतिक दल था , ना ही इसकी स्थापना फकत स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन की लड़ाई लड़ने के लिए की गयी थी और ना ही उस समय यह कांग्रेस के समानांतर कोई प्रतियोगी राजनीतिक जमात थी। उस समय कांग्रेस की यदि थोडी बहुत कुछ प्रतियोगी जमातें थीं भी तो वे सोशलिस्ट , कम्युनिस्ट वगैरह थीं। पर कांग्रेस की सबसे बड़ी राजनीतिक विरोधी तो मुस्लिम लीग थी। मुस्लिम लीग तो कांग्रेस के राष्ट्रवाद की कचूमर निकालने वाली राजनीतिक धड़े के रूप में काम कर रही थी। कांग्रेस जो आरोप अभी आज़ादी के दौरान की आरएसएस पर लगा रही है, वह आरोप तो दरअसल उस समय मुस्लिम लीग पर लगाया जाता था की यह दल अंग्रेजो द्वारा कांग्रेस को कमजोर करने के लिए स्थापित किया गया था। ढाका के नवाब को राजकीय संरक्षण देकर ब्रिटिश हुकूमत द्वारा 1905 में पहले बंगाल का सांप्रदायिक विभाजन कराया गया और फिर मुस्लिम लीग का गठन करवाया गया। फुट डालो और राज करो की पुरानी नीति के मातहत इस दल को खुश करने के लिए अंग्रेजो द्वारा इनके लिए गवर्निंग काउंसिल से लेकर प्रांतीय काउंसिल में अलग साम्प्रदायिक निर्वाचक प्रणाली का प्रावधान किया गया। इनके कोई नेता जेल में नहीं डाले गए। इस बात का तो सबसे प्रमुखता से खुलासा मौलाना आज़ाद ने अपनी पुस्तक इंडिया विंस फ्रीडम में किया है।

इतिहास गवाह है कैसे कैसे मुस्लिम लीग ने कांग्रेस के राष्ट्रवाद और सेकुलरिज्म दोनों मूलभूत सिद्धांतों का जनाजा निकाल कर अंततः अलग पाकिस्तान का निर्माण किया।

आरएसएस और हिन्दू महासभा जैसे संगठन हिन्दू आधारित विचारधारा का जरूर पोषण कर रहे थे , पर उनकी राजनीतिक शक्ति कांग्रेस के सामने बिलकुल गौण थी। देश का बहुसंख्य हिन्दू जनमानस कांग्रेस के साथ था। आरएसएस तो इस फॉर्मूले पर काम कर रहा था की हिन्दू धर्म एक संगठित धर्म नहीं है जबकि इसके मुकाबले मुस्लिम और ईसाई धर्म पूरी दुनिया में एक संगठित धर्म के रूप में काम कर रहे है। इनकी मुख्य दर्शन यह था की देश में हिन्दुओ का भी एक विशाल स्वयंसेवी जथ्था होना चाहिए जो हिन्दुओ की आन बान शान की रक्षा करे। यह संगठन बहुत हद तक एक मिलिटेंट स्वंयसेवी संस्था के रूप में काम कर रही थी। इतिहास के तथ्यों को देखे तो इस संगठन ने कभी नहीं कहा की देश का बटवारा करो। बल्कि मुस्लिम लीग द्वारा आयोजित डायरेक्ट एक्शन डे के दिन इनके द्वारा देशभर में की गई हिंसा में यह संगठन प्रतिक्रियात्मक हिंसा में संलग्न हुआ । फ्रीडम एट मिडनाइट किताब की माने तो 14 अगस्त 1947 के दिन कराची में जिन्ना के माउंटबैटन के साथ पाकिस्तान के गवर्नर जनरल की शपथ लेते समय इस संगठन द्वारा हिंसा किये जाने की ख़ुफ़िया सुचना जरूर दर्ज़ हुई थी ,पर इनका वो प्लाट सफल नहीं हो पाया था ।

अब इस मामले के दूसरे पक्ष पर गौर करें। कांग्रेस आज़ादी की लड़ाई लड़ने वाली संगठन थी। पर आज़ादी के बाद देश में स्थापित लोकतंत्र के तहत बहुदलीय व्यस्था के अधीन शामिल राजनीतिक दलों के बीच प्रतियोगिता हो , इसके लिए जरूरी था की देश में लोकतान्त्रिक शासन चलाने वाली राजनितिक दलों का नए सिरे से गठन हो। कही न कही गाँधी जी द्वारा आज़ादी के पूर्व की करता धर्ता कांग्रेस को भंग करने का सुझाव का इशारा भी इसी तरफ था। अन्यथा पुरानी पार्टी होने के नाते और देश भर में अपने नेटवर्क होने की वजह से कांग्रेस का इस लोकतान्त्रिक भारत के शासन में हमेशा एकदलीय व्यस्था में एक तरह से चलना तय था। और ठीक ऐसा हुआ भी। देश की बाकी पार्टियों को नए सिरे से अपना अखिल भारतीय स्वरुप बनाने में लम्बा वक्त लगा। आरएसएस ने तो अपना राजनितिक दल 1950 में जाकर जनसंघ के रूप में बनाया। जनसंघ करीब 30 साल बाद जनता पार्टी के साझीदार के रूप में, 1998 में बाजपेयी के नेतृत्व में एनडीए 1 और 2014 में एनडीए 2 के रूप में शासन में आ पाया।

ऐसे में कांग्रेस अब यदि यह सोचती है की आज़ादी के लड़ाई में शामिल होने वाले दल ही भारतीय लोकतंत्र की दलीय प्रतियोगिता में शामिल होने की अर्हता रखते है तो उनका सोचना बिलकुल अनुचित है और दूसरा उन्हें ऐसा कहने का नैतिक आधार भी नहीं बनता। तीसरा आज की कांग्रेस तो आज़ादी वाली कांग्रेस है भी नहीं जो भारतीय समाज के विशाल समागम का प्रतिनिधितत्व करती थी जिसके अंदर कई सामाजिक धाराए समाहित थी। आज़ादी के बाद की कांग्रेस तो दरअसल नेहरू गाँधी परिवार की लिमिटेड कमपनी है। ऐसे में इस कांग्रेस को आज़ादी की लड़ाई वाली कांग्रेस को अपनी लिगेसी मानने की कोई नैतिकता नहीं बनती है। जवाहरलाल नेहरू और लाल बहादुर शास्त्री तक कांग्रेस का एक आदर्श झलकता था। बाद में यह कांग्रेस देश के बजाये एक परिवार का प्रतिनिधित्व करती है।

वैसे भी कांग्रेस को इतिहास से सबक लेनी चाहिए की आखिर उनकी धर्मनिर्पेक्षता और राष्ट्रवाद का पलीता किसने लगाया ? आपने किसी भी सूरत में देश के विभाजन को रोकने का क्यों नहीं प्रयास किया? आप यह क्यों नहीं मानते की 15 अगस्त देश की आज़ादी का नहीं बल्कि देश के विभाजन का दिवस साबित हुआ ? गाँधी महात्मा ने उस आज़ादी दिवस का जश्न नहीं मनाया बल्कि उस विभाजन का शोक दिवस मनाया। इस मौके पर उन्होंने अपना राजनीतिक चेहरा छोड़कर एक मानवीय चेहरा ग्रहण कर कलकत्ते के हिन्दू मुस्लिम दंगों को रोकने में अपना सर्वस्व झोक दिया। बल्कि उनके इस मानवीय स्वरुप में कई बेवकूफ हिन्दुओ को मुस्लिम और पाकिस्तानपरस्ती चेहरा दिख गया और उन्हीं में से एक सिरफिरे ने गाँधी की हत्या कर दी। पर हमारी कांग्रेस पार्टी इस मामले के पुरे परिप्रेक्ष्य को उजागर ना कर इस पर आरएसएस विरोध की राजनीती की और आज भी कर रही है ।

दूसरा सवाल यह उभर कर सामने आता है की इस प्रतियोगी लोकतंत्र में आपको देश के दूसरे दलों द्वारा शासन करना क्यों नहीं मंजूर? तीसरा आपने अपने देश में सभी तरह की पहचान की राजनीती को लोकंतंत्र के तकाजे को देखते हुए से शुरू में ही क्यों नहीं प्रतिबंधित कर दिया ? यदि आप यह सोचते है हिन्दू बहुसंख्यक देश भारत में हिंदुत्व की राजनीती बीजेपी के पावर गेम को आसान बना देती है तो इस बात से कोई असहमत नहीं हो सकता पर इसके लिए जरूरी था की पिछले साथ सत्तर सालो में आपने देश में तमाम पहचानो वाली राजनीती को जड़ मूल से प्रतिबंधित किया जाता । परन्तु देश में इतने वर्षो तक जाती, विरादरी और खानदान की राजनीती को पनपाया गया जिसका अंतिम फलसफा समुदाय की राजनीती में तब्दील हो गया है। ऐसे में सवाल यही है अपने क्यों नहीं भारतीय राजनीती का डिस्कोर्स शुरू से ही गुड गवर्नेंस के मानकों पर कसने का काम किया? हकीकत यह है कि समय ,सुविधा के हिसाब से आपने उन सभी तत्वों का अपने निहित राजनीतिक स्वार्थ में इस्तेमाल किया।