WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily The 3 mistakes of Congress Excelsior M J Akbar Established 1965 Wrestling arena Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra Vijay Hashia had failed to provide choppers was being denied the right to right to dissent were made con- very good drama needs a few sub-plots whirling through the to rescue the people and did not speak. Her actions resulted in crete in the constitution of inde- mainframe. The most captivating within our current political egislatures, for the past pay any heed to grievances. her being banned from the pendent India. The decision of Etheatre is surely the joust that P Chidambaram has begun with Tourism projects few years have been "Basically I just wanted to say House of Commons for six people through electoral fran- Narendra Modi. On surface level, it is not much more than a claim Lworst in performance that it is a humanitarian issue. months. In the same house, a chise created democratic gov- for primacy between a politician who inherited wealth, English and and high on theatrics. Having Ministers use choppers for their powerful speaker in May 2009 ernments and decided about its Harvard as a birthright, and the outsider who learnt life's lessons in ammu tourism figured in the Assembly when the a teashop. But no story-within-a-story is worth the price of admis- turned into wrestling arena, ver- own luxury and for their own Michael Martin had to resign functioning. All these elements Minister for Tourism was replying on his Depart- bal duels and pepper assaults sion if it is limited to the obvious. ment's performance. Progress on three projects, convenience. If choppers are because of a backlash over put together made us democrat- We can never be sure what transpires within the recesses of the J triggered by divisive issues and provided then lives of many excessive expense claims by ic which enabled citizens mind, let alone the heart. But one wonders if Chidambaram is also directly or indirectly connected with tourism, was tight votes have become order. people can be saved and those legislators. In Quebec legisla- through their elected represen- Such incidents are prevalent in signalling, with his jibes and jabs, to his own party that he would brought under focus. These are the artificial lake in Tawi who are stuck due to avalanch- ture, October 2013, there was a tatives to voice and debate, thus have done a far better job than Rahul Gandhi if he had been made riverbed, Mubarak Mandi complex and Surinsar lake many countries and incidents es they can be rescued. Why are topless, seminude screaming making the Indian Parliament are on rise regularly in India. Congress candidate for prime minister. they not giving choppers when defiance against the Parti an expression of faith and not an If Chidambaram does believe this, he is right. He, and indeed at development. The artificial lake that is proposed to come Protests in the Indian Parlia- up in the riverbed of Tawi near Balicharana was entrust- Deputy Commissioner is Québécois that derailed the dai- expression of skepticism & least three other Congress leaders, would have ensured that Congress ment and state legislative demanding for it for the past six ly question hour. All three wrestling arena. did not fade away mid-journey. Others have internalized the angst ed to the care of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control assemblies' are a routine affair. days? My concern was that the women were swiftly removed However, the last five years of legitimate ambition denied; Chidambaram has gone vocal. Noth- It is almost a dream to expect Department during the year 2010-11 with an estimated patients should be air lifted and for gross indecency. In Bolivian have not been good for debates. ing is more compelling evidence than his extraordinary statement our political leaders to ever let cost of Rs 70 crore. Rs. 51.10 crores have been released brought here for treatment. But national legislature, a fight In that, scams took dominant that he is "not unhappy" at Jayalalithaa's desire to release Rajiv Gand- a session go smooth giving each unfortunately, they didn't take erupted during a debate over narrative. Frequent disruptions hi's assassins. Chidambaram was among those for whom Rajiv's trag- for the project so far out of which a sum of Rs. 48.16 other time to speak and voice my advice and I was marshaled four judges on corruption resulted in fewer business ic death was a personal, in addition to being a national, loss. He has crore is shown as expended till date. At the same time, their opinions. However, what suddenly put some distance from emotional bonds with the ruling out," he said. charges. In Peru, members of hours. CWG to 2G and Coal- a portion of work has already been completed. But the happened in the Lok Sabha and Nehru-Gandhi family. Shockingly, we are not the the congress tried to grab and gate, Tetra Truk, Agusta West- work is not carried out now with the zest shown in the Rajya Sabha recently proved There were at least three occasions on which Congress could have land chopper, Antrix Devas and beginning for the simple reason that the balance of 19 that there is no difference signalled that the family was only part of the Congress rather than between a Parliament session Adarsh scams dominated the the whole of it. The first was the Presidential election of 2012. If Dr crores rupees has been withheld for unknown reasons. and a wrestling arena. It was a proceedings amidst disorder Manmohan Singh had been shifted upstairs to Rashtrapati Bhavan This is bound to dampen the spirit of lovers of tourism day which will go down as one and chaos. Whistleblower bill and Pranab Mukherjee made PM, Congress would have been in play of adventure. Making of the lake was decided after a of the worst days in Indian Par- was finally passed after two in the general election of 2014. Mukherjee was the opponent that well thought out plan had been approved by the con- liament history, where MPs years din. During 2G scam, the BJP feared most. He had experience, articulation, party commitment and would have been able to retain as well as bring in allies. cerned departments. We shall not go into the question used pepper spray and sta- opposition demanded a JPC tionery items to hurt each other. probe, the government resisted. The second person on BJP's worry list was Meira Kumar. She of quantum of tourist activities conduced in Jammu would have energized the traditional Congress base by restoring its While there was no hue and cry This lead to debates, disrup- lost links with the Dalit voter. Her pedigree is classy and classic; her region so as to make a comparison with Kashmir during formation of Uttarak- tions and time wastage. Lokpal, tourism. We just want to appreciate the decision of the father Jagjivan Ram, a veteran of the freedom movement, and defence hand, Jharkhand and Chhattis- criminal law amendment, food minister during the Bangladesh war, always believed that he was best Government to promote tourism in Jammu region to the garh, Telangana bill was chaot- only who fight like road goon- punch a colleague for having security bill and Telangana cre- suited to become PM. Both Congress and Opposition denied him this satisfaction of the people of the region. ic. Industrialist and suspended das during sessions. Political secret bank account in a Swiss ation got heated to counter office. Meira Kumar has history in her profile. Her personal tem- The idea of providing the citizens of Jammu city a Congress MP L Rajagopal from leaders in countries like USA, bank. He was suspended for accusations till both sides perament would also have been a major asset, for she is accommo- Vijayawada sprayed pepper, C source and means of recreation, the lake on the bed of UK, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 120 days from Congress. The agreed. On the issue of Nuclear dating rather than confrontational; any personal attack on her would M Ramesh roughed up to snatch Liability and FDI bills, Govern- have boomeranged. No one in Congress dared mention her name. Tawi was proposed. The proposal was thoroughly Turkey and many other coun- Legislative Yuan of the Repub- papers from Raja Sabha Gener- tries have also written history lic of China (Taiwan) is proba- ment had to buckle. Most of the Congress had a final opportunity after December's Assembly debated at various levels that involved several depart- al Secretary. Arrogant feudalis- with some very ugly and nasty bly the most notable modern bills, such as Right of Citizens election results, when it had become obvious even to diehard loyal- ments and Tourism Department was in a big hurry to tic mindset believes in expres- fights during Parliament ses- example of legislative violence for Time Bound Delivery of ists that Rahul Gandhi was the weakest link in the Congress leader- ship chain. With Sheila Dikshit having lost Delhi, Meira Kumar and see to it that the lake was completed as early as possi- sion of vendetta against each sions. However, this is not demonstrating that politicians Goods and Service Bill, Preven- other to political ideology. Chidambaram were the only credible claimants still standing. But ble. It has to be reminded that when the proposal of con- something one should take gain more by punching, kicking tion of Bribery of Foreign Offi- Although the speaker attempted Mrs Sonia Gandhi put the fate of Congress in the trust of genes instead structing an artificial lake was mooted, Pakistan raised pride in.