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SUBEDI CLAIMS HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ASSAULT TURN TO pg 3 FOR DETAILS WHYTHE The allegation that Hem Court not interested Lall Bhandari, the SSP REPRESENTATION OF Vice-President, was fur- thering the cause of his PEOPLEACT political bosses was in Publicity Interest given some credibility on WAS May 17, last Saturday, when Mr. Justice NS AMENDED Litigations Singh dismissed Mr. Bhandari’s much publi- ANDHOW cised PIL against the The first of a 2-part series on the Chief Justice with the events that led to the amendment words that: “...this court of the Representation of People JUDGEMENT SAYS should not allow its due Act, 1950, which gave the Sik- process of law to be kim Legislative Assembly its abused by the present present arrangement of seats... writ petitioner for his ex- TURN TO pg 7 FOR DETAILS HEM LALL DID NOT traneous motivation or and for glare of public- ity.” The judgement re- corded that Mr. Bhanda- CK PRADHAN ri’s petition did not meet APPROACH COURT the guidelines specified LOYALISTS by the Supreme Court on what constitutes a PIL. 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The lesson to be learned from Offering reservation is the solution worked out by our the book is not so much from what If one were to take the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny as the beginning of founding fathers to right a historical wrong. This option, is in the book than from the type of Indian aspiration for self determination, then it took the nation however, cannot undo the damage of an incompetent social environment that made the ninety years of struggle to achieve it. Compared to it, Sikkim’s schooling and instead sows a mentality that is essen- writing of it necessary and relevant democratic aspirations were realised much faster. Barely three tially reservationist, writes PRAVEEN MOKTAN to some. In times as politically sen- years of struggle saw it get incorporated into the Indian demo- sitive as the one that Sikkim is go- cratic institution. It is perhaps in disbelief of the ease with which few years back a book they presented in the book. ing through at the moment, one it came about that even though twenty-eight years have passed called The Bell Curve by While it is not the intention of should take some time out to reflect since, we still hear whispers that the democracy sown in 1975 Atwo American professors this essay to either support or con- that The Bell Curve, a book that is yet to get institutionalised. If this were true, then either the created a storm in the US. The de- tradict the book, some thoughts tried to project an unscientific rac- democratic institution itself is flawed or the Sikkimese have bate that the book generated was that it raises are pertinent espe- ist theory was not the project of still not realised what self-expression is all about. Twenty-eight not confined to the academia but cially in the present scenario some rabble-rousing, hate-monger- years is after all a long time to get used to something. spilled out in the open with both, where certain sections of the soci- ing fanatic. Here were two acad- Neither of these contentions is entirely true. The Sikkimese the opponents and the sympathis- ety are on some kind of a commu- emicians with sound liberal higher electorate did after all elect five governments and displace ers of the theory proposed in the nal high after the recent decisions educational backgrounds indulging two in the ballot when it got the chance. Politics is hotly de- book, slugging it out in seminars, of the Centre to extend reserva- in some statistical sophistry to make bated in the villages and concerns, whether justified or un- editorials, letters, book reviews tions to the Limbu and Tamang a racist point that had a far greater founded, are voiced belligerently and often. The size of the and other fora. communities. While the decision potency and appeal than any poli- ruling and Opposition benches in its original composition after A few lauded the two profes- itself may be given the benefit of tician’s speech. The bottom line each election is also something that should excite political ob- sors for being courageous and in- the doubt for being an apolitical being the fact that because the book servers. All the elections, save the aberration of 1989, have sightful while most vilified them - one with just the welfare of these was an intellectual endeavour and sent an evenly balanced Assembly to a five year term in Sik- calling them racist and neo-con- two communities in mind, it is not not a pamphlet it could claim a level kim. An absolute majority for one party has almost always been servatives. India was not un- without a tinge of irony that one of legitimacy that perhaps it would balanced by a sizeable Opposition. How this composition touched by the book and here too observes the path of regression not have got had similar notions changed within a year of the verdict is for all to see. If anyone we saw people on either side of that the new status harks. It is also been aired in other forums. has failed democracy, it has been the leaders. Sikkimese de- the fence making their respective a cynical reflection of the times But the deeper question that mocracy could have been even more vibrant had floor-cross- points in letters to editors and com- that we live in that an official pro- still begs an answer is why the ing not started with the first democratically elected Assembly book got written. in 1979. From then onwards, it became a trend which contin- mentaries in various magazines. nouncement of backwardness is a It did, I guess, for the same ues to this day. So what exactly was there in cause of great celebration and a A contributing factor to this has been the involvement of that book that got people so im- clarion call for adopting precisely reasons that made elderly white the State Government in all spheres of activity - developmen- passioned? the same type of ante-diluvium German ladies in a small town tal, social or day to day. Belonging to the Opposition cut [or at To begin with the book was writ- practices that got them there or cheer approvingly when miscre- least put the fear of getting cut off] constituencies off from the ten for the general reader and al- rather no where in the first place. ants set fire to a hostel that housed developmental loop. Realignments were forced almost as soon though much of the analysis that Turkish asylum seekers. Or as the last verdict of the polls was declared and facilitated was presented in it was drawn the reasons why Gujarat saw further by the general lack of ideology among the politicians. from the esoteric theories of sta- VIEWPOINT middle class individuals en- Politics in Sikkim came to mean being in power. While every tistics (hence the name) it im- gage in the sort of carnage that politician should aspire to be in power, they should be held mediately made sense to some and The collective sigh of relief that the state witnessed. The bottom accountable for the means they adopt to this end. The recent provoked the majority. these communities breathed and line is that even the most altruistic Union Cabinet decision to support a new legislation to cover In a nutshell, the book pro- the apparent jealousy that it policies in an imperfect system defections should help in this regard. As for Sikkim, a begin- posed that rather than the socioeco- aroused in those not as fortuitous like ours or the US or anywhere ning can be made with the government reducing its role in the nomic status, it was an individual’s gives a fair idea of the level and else in the world cannot please public domain. The leaders are in place to frame policies, not IQ that was responsible for his suc- the nature of discourse prevalent anyone. But what fuels the fire run our lives. Decentralisation of power in the hands of the cess in the society.
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