SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Excelsior What means to Modi ? Established 1965 Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra Anil Anand emerged much stronger after this still not returned to the corridors Government. The fact that Subra- a time when none other among the significant that the duo has given defeat and rest is history. Many of North Block, the Finance Min- manian waited for Jaitley to be BJP's top brass could even fath- no credence to anti-Finance Min- erhaps he is one of his kind prophets of doom, mostly within istry headquarters, but he has back in action even though par- om such a scenario. ister Tirade. in Indian politics, apart the BJP, who were counting Jait- more than made up for his tially, to announce his decision, is There is considerable truth It is not a hidden fact that from the indomitable Indi- Bullet Proof scam in P ley's days in politics after Amrit- absence from office through blog- self-explanatory about the current that he did not enjoy full support though Modi singlehandedly won ra Gandhi, who emerged stronger sar debacle are either left licking ging ,social media and video con- power structure in BJPparticular- of the RSS and that Nagpur, 2014 elections for BJP after a crushing electoral defeat their wounds or striving hard to ferencing. ly in respect of Finance Ministry. though not daring openly know- but he recognises Jaitley's contri- Police Department that too in the midst of a strong maintain their relevance. Most of Was the acting Finance Min- Jaitley, as is widely known is ing Modi's backing to him, was bution in setting the stage from wave. Perhaps he them including some big names ister Piyush Goel in awe of his where he could take off. Jaitley laying with the lives of those for whom life is one of his kind who remains a politician without a base despite opposed to various moves of the are already on the margins with senior colleague Jaitely as the for- had acted as the back room boy indispensible never mind if having spent a life time in Delhi's Finance Ministry. The irrepress- protecting devices were required to be little chance of their fortunes mer refused to occupy the Minis- long before run up to the elec- Bharatiya (BJP) is politics and having been elected ible Subramanian Swamy coming arranged , hoax and duplicity with intent to being in for revival. ter's chair and instead thought it tions. P ruling the country or in opposi- as president of the prestigious out of the political wilderness to A darling of the media but at safe to operate from a sofa-set The Modi-Jaitely relationship make illegal pecuniary gains worth crores of tion. Be it the Atal Bihari Vajpay- Delhi University Students Union merge his one-man outfit Janata the same time hated with no less perched across in the Finance did not suddenly blossom on the rupees, were reportedly resorted to in State Police ee or the Modi regime his position (DUSU) long back. He was nev- Party with BJP to ultimately bag intensity by its other section. To Minister's office? There definite- eve of last Lok Sabha elections. has not only remained secure but er known to carry money bags till a Rajya Sabha seat was not with- Department. The scam has surfaced which is some in the media he is a story ly is an element of awe and at the Ostensibly, he is believed to have he has continuously been on the he made big in legal profession out a plan. And the ploy behind unprecedented in its structure and in its form, teller and source of news, to oth- same time strong sense of indis- played an important role when ascendency. but still he managed to remain in his political resurrection by RSS ers he is akin to holding a darbar Modi was stuck on a muddy wick- involving purchase of bullet proof vests, headgears That is Arun Jaitley for you. pensability that deterred Goel the limelight and be darling even was to use him as a checkmate with media persons in attention to et in the aftermath of infamous and bullet proof covering of gypsies, thus brazenly He has many friends and sympa- from moving ahead. So the theo- of the veterans Atal Bihari Vaj- against Jaitley which is evident carry the tales forward while there Gujarat riots. Probably, the thisers, but list of his detractors is ry, propounded by the prophets of payee and Lal Krishan Advani. from regular tirade and criticism compromising with the protection cover to security are others who wish to watch him shrewd Jaitely was foreseeing also spread far and wide both doom and Delhi's tale carriers, Many of us would not believe that Swamy has been launching personnel from bullets. from a distance even in the hal- future political developments and within BJP and elsewhere. He that he has lost confidence of the when Jaitely, much before 2014 against the Finance Minister. The lowed Central Hall of Parliament. had as Leader of the Opposition This fraud of suspected wide range warrants a might be one of the most influen- Prime Minister and that his wings Lok Sabha elections, started talk- one possible strong ire of RSS You love him or hate him but in Rajya Sabha led from the front tial leaders of the party but those might be clipped proved wrong. ing about the then Gujarat Chief against Jaitley is said to be his probe of higher level and complete unearthing of all you simply cannot afford to miss to attack and corner the UPAGov- in awe of his multi-pronged capa- Or else a direction from the top to Minister Narendra Bhai Modi as close proximity to the high and the nuts and bolts of conspiracy, planning, modus him. This dictum befits Jaitley's ernment on all fronts while keep- bilities are a sizable chunk. It is Goel to occupy the Finance Min- the Prime Ministerial candidate in mighty corporate. multifaceted persona. He is loved ing Modi in mind and backing operandi and other relevant pieces of evidence another matter that they only ister's chair would have complet- the days to come. Initially no one Swamy and certain frontal and hated by his supporters and him for a bigger role ahead. including illegal money trails which made this scam whisper and squirm as they can- ed the task at least acted as an indi- took this seriously but Jaitley's outfits of the RSS including opponents with the same intensi- What remains to be seen now not match him move by move. cator of changing times to him. persistent argument that only have possible. It is reported that the purchases of over ty. But still the Jaitley saga lives is how actively would he be There were many, more with- The decision of Chief Eco- Rs. 100 crore were made by the Police on. Modi with his "Gujarat success been brazenly criticising Jaitley involved in formulating strategies in the BJPthan outside it, who had nomic Adviser Arvind Subraman- It is in this backdrop that the story" and "frugal and honest" and blaming him for certain for 2019 Lok Sabha elections to Headquarters for the Jammu and Kashmir Police written his political obituary after ian to step down came only after latest chapter of his illness that led image could bring BJP back to financial policies as they dare not ensure Modi's return as Prime during the last fiscal and intentionally and knowing- he lost Lok Sabha elections from Jaitley came out of the hospital to kidney transplant and subse- power ultimately prevailed. directly target the Prime Minister. Minister? Will he confine him- Amritsar in 2014 by over 1.25 and he took to tweet to explain the ly, sub- standard purchases were made of these quent recovery has to be viewed. Many would not believe that However, he has remained self, as Finance Minister, to lakh votes while his other party development and put it in proper life saving devices and bullet proof covering of gyp- Despite the fact that the lovers and Jaitley was ready to forego his unscathed and his position as defending the Government on the colleagues and coalition partner perspective. It should be viewed haters prayed in equal terms for political guru and the 'Rath Yatri' Finance Minister and a think-tank issues of demonetisation and GST sies, thus criminally imperiling the lives of the candidates romped home riding from the point of view of Subra- his quick recovery and be back in Advani who scripted BJP's story of the BJP has also remained or will he go all out simultaneous- Police personnel, those who usually are at the fore- the Modi wave. But not he and manian, and at the same time the action, the army of prophets of of transformation from an oppo- intact despite total silence on the ly to plan electoral strategies? real reasons for his defeat are still front of fighting armed terrorism in the State. doom did not let the opportunity explanation was meant to quell sition to a ruling party. Definite- part of Modi and BJP chief Amit This would be known once he gets to be counted. To put dust into the eyes of the people whose tax go. Their predictions regarding rumours that he was leaving the ly, he was reading the political Shah. It is important that they back into full gear after full recov- In the ultimate analysis what- Jaitley's political future have job as a dissatisfied person or over money is it all about, what was initially selected by currents rightly and accordingly have not come out openly in Jait- ery. ever be the reasons or causes, he already gone awry. Though he has a difference of opinion with the threw his weight behind Modi at ley's support but it is much more [email protected] the Purchase Committee symbolically - a sample of proper specification, later turned out to be some- thing else thus compromising on the security and Census of healthcare protection aspects. There are various questions Power situation in Jammu Nantoo Banerjee Sham Lal Langar only in Jammu . Kindly let us compensate the consumers for AT&C losses should have come arising which need cogent replies without resorting t may be for the first time that the Union Health Ministry has know: such unplanned and frequent trip- down from 65 percent to 15 per- to any alibis. The questions pertain to all the stages oday since 4 AM there is engaged itself in a serious exercise of conducting a census of over There are so many Central pings. Why are you not explain- cent during these 17/18 years and of the process of such purchases right from sanc- no power supply available Itwo million healthcare professionals and facilities across the coun- Hydro electric power stations ing reasons to us and why should power situation should have in Rama lane area. We are try. Health Minister Jagat Prasad Nadda wants to complete the exer- tion to surfacing of the fraud. T running in the State and you are we make payment if you are not improved and State should have cise within the next two months. Lakhs of hospitals, doctors, clinics, some how managing with invert- supposed to get 12 percent of the compensating us for such trip- After the purchase, on sample but random basis, er and if power supply is not become power surplus. Why diagnostic labs, pharmacies and nursing homes will be mapped under power generated from these pings and unplanned shut downs? this census on over 1,400 variables including infrastructure and per- restored in one or two hours despite spending more than Rs were such bullet proof protection items tested, plants as free power. Despite that Who is responsible for burning of formance of the facilities. The census result should help the inverter will stop functioning and 50000 crores, why your AT&C checked and performance parameters verified? why you are not able to arrange our appliances which are subject- Government not only map the geographical locations of these health- we will have to spend the day in losses are still more than 60 per- required power for the city? ed to frequent voltage surges and care facilities, but also measure their performance. Who authenticated their quality and durability as scorching heat. Yesterday cent and we are made to suffer? With the open conductor sudden dip in voltage in the sys- Pilot projects have already taken place in States such as Sikkim, per specifications and issued a certificate to this evening I was sitting in my sisters As per State regulator in the replaced by aerial bundle cable, tem? Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh between December 2017 and home at 10PM. There was no areas where revenue collection is effect? What role did the Survey Committee per- electronic meters installed, theft It is an open secret and estab- January 2018. According to health secretary Preeti Sudan, the Prime power and they were sitting with- more than 90 percent there will Minister's Office has directed the ministry to create the repository by form in an issue where precious human lives were of power must have gone down lished fact that State Power Deptt not be any power shut down. out lights fearing that inverter will drastically and your revenue must September. Although the present government has neither the time nor involved? What were the levels of vigilance to keep has got more than fifty thousand When all of us are making pay- stop functioning and they will not have increased considerably, still extra funds to take action on the census findings, it will certainly come the entire process of purchases under secret sur- be able to sleep without fan. At crore since 2001 under APDRP, ment on time and there is no theft handy before the next Government if it is serious about improving the you are not able to buy power for Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyti veillance? Have those who cleared the purchase 10.15PM power came and us, why? why we are not getting 24x7 pow- country's healthcare service. moment they switched on AC, Karan Yojna, and revised APDRP er supply? However, critics have branded the initiative as a pre-Lok Sabha along with those top officials suspected to have To the best of our knowledge, and under number of other power went off. After 15 minutes you have never raised issue with We the residents of Talab Tillo poll propaganda. It has come a bit too late - almost towards the end of schemes for the improvement of the present term of the government. Yet, the exercise is most welcome hobnobbed, been placed under suspension and power came and tripped after two the Government for lack of funds area demanding 24x7 uninter- considering the country's deteriorating healthcare service. The present precluded from attending offices without permis- minutes. I was told this is daily for maintenance, funds should not power distribution system. This rupted power supply and demand routine and they are unable to money was provided for upgrada- satisfactory explaination to our system dumps a substantial portion of healthcare on private healthcare sion, to circumvent any attempts of fiddling and be problem, then why transform- sharks' hands. It has encouraged a loot by profit-hungry private health- switch on Acs during night hours. ers and lines cannot be maintained tion of 33/11KV and 11KV/440 v queries. In case our power supply tampering with any type of documents, files, This is just an example, all of us transformers, addition of new care facilities and professionals, including private medical colleges properly , why there are so fre- is not improved within another 15 and attached hospitals. Even some of the country's top private medical papers, survey reports etc? are suffering the same fate 33/11KV sub stations, so that quent trippings and we have days, we the residents will joint- practitioners wish that the Government paid much stronger attention to none of the transformers was What baffles the common man whose tax throughout the area, be it winter unplanned power shut downs so ly approach consumer court for the public healthcare system to improve the situation. money is involved is, what are the audit levels and or summer. Power failure many a frequently. loaded beyond 70 percent, redressal of our grievences. In The Government's latest National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) time during the day is absolutely As per State Regulatory Com- replacement of damaged trans- periodicity of audits and what fate is meted out to that case we will not only demand is planned to be rolled out from August 15. The scheme would provide common and we the helpless res- mission you are supposed to give formers, increasing the size of continuous uninterrupted power 10 crore families a free healthcare policy of Rs.5 lakh/annum. NITI their reports pin pointing glaring departures from idents have resigned to our fate prior notice for planned shut conductor at 33KVand 11KVlev- supply but demand compensation Aayog has estimated an annual cost of the scheme at Rs10,000-12,000 laid out procedures and rules. Obviously, if provi- and are trying to live with it. Sit- down and the reason for the same, el to reduce technical losses on the for the sufferings we have been crore (Rs1,000-1,200 per family). It is to be shared between the Centre sion of concurrent audits or audits with unspecified uation is even worst in the nearby why you are not giving us such system, Installation of meters, subjected to for the inefficiency/ and state governments at 60:40 ratio. Many analysts have, however, pre- rural areas. notices? HVDS system, replacement of mishandling and maismanage- dicted the premium burden on the government to be roughly twice that. periodicity with element of surprise, would have The scheme's actual cost could be known only after insurers are award- Today when all over the coun- For unplanned and frequent naked conductor with aerial bun- ment of the department and your try there is no power shortage, we ed contracts to run the scheme through competitive bidding. Leading pri- been in vogue in our State departments, lot of trippings you are supposed to give dle cables to avoid theft of pow- casual approach. wonder why this is happening reasons to the consumers and er. With all these measures your vate healthcare facilities have practically rejected the scheme, in its cur- many frauds, defalcations and embezzlements [email protected] rent form, as 'too meagre' and 'vague'. Most non-BJP states too have could have been averted. turned down 'Modicare,' as it is called. Now, it is to be seen how soon all Excelsior has put out all facts which could be states come on board and how the scheme actually works to benefit patients and their families, given the current urban-centric private health- collected in respect of this scam and published the Tharoor gives BJP 'Hindu India' care service, mostly offering limited areas of treatment. same prominently, details of which need not be Health is basically a state subject though it is in the joint list under Sushil Kutty strength in the Lok Sabha, our mercial hub Kochi, would go Facebook is all agog. And Twit- repeated except urging the Government to unearth the Constitution. In fact, states play a much greater role than the cen- democratic Constitution as we dark by 8pm and those on the ter thought it ruled! tre in terms of both healthcare and medical and para-medical eduction. each and every aspect of this fraud and subject the he "dominant religion" in understand it will not survive as streets would be the drunk and Tharoor's comments have the Congress is not 'Hin- Most non-BJP states question the political motive behind the they will have all the elements some of those worried about the roiled the BJP base, and the BJP culprits to the rigours of law to prove as a deterrent duism'. Cannot be Islam 'Modicare' scheme, which will have to be 40 percent financed by them. T they need to tear apart the Con- drunk. has with alacrity grabbed the West Bengal and Punjab are among the states which object to the for future. We shall be monitoring and tracking the either. That leaves Christianity. stitution of India and write a new Could be because Kerala is unasked for opportunity to press And there are no symbols of that behind-the-scheme political propagation, before the national election. issue very closely. one." closer to the Equator than, say, States are required to sign MoUs with the centre to get this scheme Abrahamic religion in the Con- home the advantage given to it on The suave MP, who rattled Delhi and UP. Thiruvananthapu- implemented. West Bengal's 'Swasthya Sathi' scheme, launched by gress. If at all the Congress is a platter. The "Hindu nationalist Employed sans once with "airlines have a cattle- ram is also relatively more con- party" has picked up Tharoor's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in December, 2016 - well before 'cross', it's with those who beat class" clientele, is bothered that servative and Tharoor is a born- 'Modicare' was announced in 2018 - offers basic health cover for sec- their 56" chest and gems to pick on the "Congress' the BJPmight notch enough num- again liberal who has spent the inbred contempt for the Hindu". ondary and tertiary care up to Rs.1.5 lakh per annum, which goes up degrees verification could in 2019, if they win the to Rs.5 lakh for critical illnesses like cancer, neuro surgeries, cardio- bers to get a majority in the Rajya better part of his adult life in the BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra general elections one more time, Sabha and that will be Kaput! liberal corridors of the United thoracic surgeries, liver diseases and blood disorders. Punjab also has hat it can happen in Jammu and Kashmir turn India into a "Hindu Pak- has not stopped talking since 3pm its own version of a mass health insurance scheme. Punjab thinks Lead to the formation of a 'Hindu Nations. He probably agrees with Wednesday, and he must have State is puzzling if not shocking, that as many istan." Pakistan'. Pave the way for a the Jordanian, who heads the 'Modicare' is impractical. The biggest objection is to a clause that uttered the words "Hindu Pak- makes it mandatory for states to pay for claims exceeding certain per- as fifty employees engaged in a vital wing of Hindu Pakistan! It is a warn- nation much like Pakistan, United Nation's human rights T istan" at least 3,000 times! centage of the premium. Indirectly, this means that state's liability is ing. Congress MP Shashi Tha- "where minorities are not respect- body, that the Indian Army under the Planning Development and Monitoring "Stop this fear-mongering not limited to its share of premium amount but also extends to the roor pulled it out from his farra- ed." Modi is "massacring Kashmiris". Department for the last six years, appear to be Rahul Gandhi, stop this Muslim claim outgo. Rates fixed for claims for treatment and hospitalisation go of warnings in Thiruvanantha- Shashi Tharoor's warning is "The new one (Constitution) insulated from the mandatory requirement of their puram, his Parliamentary con- appeasement Rahul Gandhi; stop are hardly acceptable to the insurers and health service providers, apart being attributed to Congress will be the one which enshrines from state governments which would be required to bear excess costs. education qualifications having been cross stituency. Tharoor cannot be President Rahul Gandhi, who, it's principles of Hindu Rashtra, that denigrating the Hindu, Mr Rahul faulted. He sees what we all see: Gandhi, stop you diatribe against Insurance can't be a substitute for on-ground healthcare, for which checked and verified. being said, after trying "soft Hin- will remove equality for minori- there has to be enough availability of well-equipped hospitals and a farrago of strange happenings, dutva" and failing to make a dent ties, that'll create a Hindu Pak- India, Mr Rahul Gandhi. Every experienced doctors. The scheme is unlikely to be of any great help to To add more confusion and haze to the entire from cow vigilante being felici- time a Congress leader deni- issue, the Crime Branch to which the matter had on the Hindutva vote-bank of the istan and that isn't what Mahat- citizens although a section of dishonest private hospitals and health- tated by a Union Minister to signs BJP, is now back to "pleasing the ma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, grates India and Hindus, the Con- care facilities may make some quick bucks without delivery commit- been referred to, has pleaded its "inability" to be that the BJP could notch up Congress base of secular and Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad and gress says 'it is his personal view'. ments. In fact, healthcare and legal services are two areas where deliv- equipped with any mechanism to consummate the another Lok Sabha win by con- Muslim voters", and nobody in great heroes of freedom struggle So, what is the Congress view on ery is not guaranteed against expenditure, anyway. The two basic task. It seems ludicrous that the investigating solidating the Hindu vote, which the realm can accuse the vast fought for," Tharoor said on 'Hindu Pakistan', Mr Rahul problems of India's healthcare system are: acute shortage of healthcare would be a disaster for India, infrastructure and high private healthcare costs. There is a massive agency should, in writing communicate the same majority of Muslims of being Wednesday. Gandhi?" Patra said on Thursday. where the dominant religion is secular! Thursday he doubled down "Congress Hates Hindus" is shortage of good government-aided healthcare facilities. The idea of and make it clear to the Directorate of Economics having a mass health insurance scheme without enough number of not 'Hindu' but 'None of the How folks in Thiruvanantha- with a Facebook post after his the new BJP election slogan and hospitals, medical education facilities, well-trained doctors, nurses, and Statistics. It is bemusing and baffling that the Above' in the "Religion" column. puram must have taken Tharoor's Wednesday comments went viral from the sound of it, compared to Tharoor's stark warning para-medics, affordable medicines and implants is simply meaningless authorities have preferred to sit over the matter, warning is debatable. Till a cou- on Twitter. "I say it again…," he Modi's 2014 "Acche Din and, may, at best, fool the public. Unless the Government fast sorts sounds ominous: "If they (BJP) ple of decades ago, Kerala's cap- wrote on Mark Zuckerberg's con- Aayenge", it is definitely far perhaps to allow dust settle over the entire matter win a repeat of their current out the problem of scarcity of public hospitals and doctors, Modicare to get it obliterated from the scene and memory. ital, as opposed to Kerala's com- tribution to Social Media. Now, more potent. (IPA) may effectively become a burden on citizens. (IPA) The matter refers to Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board making selection of 87 Junior Statistical Assistants in Kashmir Division Kashmir today Food Safety cadre. Out of these, degrees of 43 candidates had Sir, Sir, been referred by Services Selection Board for ver- Fixation of revised pension With the imposition of Governor's rule in the State, some lead- The authorities are least concerned about the food safe- Sir, ification to the Crime Branch of the Police ers are saying that the atmosphere in the Valley is not conducive for ty in our State. Today everybody is worried what to eat and Department or other concerned agency or institu- the elections whereas a few advocate for conducting the fresh elec- This is in response to the news item "Pensioners not to visit AG's Office" what not to eat. There is no quality check for the edibles. DE July 5, 2018. The revised order too has been issued without taking into tion. Appointment orders were to be issued only to tions. Day in and day out there are rumours that horse-trading is People say that even fruits and vegetables are having chem- also going on and the democratic set up might be again in place as account the difficulties of the aged persons. Initially, after getting the forms 44 candidates out of the total of 87 candidates as icals that have altered not only the taste of these things but authenticated by the officer of the office from which the pensioner last retired per the recommendations of the Government but the Assembly is in suspended animation. have posed an alarming threat to the health conditions of However, it would be better for the State of Jammu and Kash- was to be handed over directly in the AG's office which has been done by the consumers. Nobody checks the quality of milk not to all the 87 were appointed by the concerned mir to be under Governor's rule for some time rather than for six most of the pensioners but now a revised order/directive has been issued. speak of flour manufactured in the mills. No check on the department. months or a year because the conditions have worsened in the pop- Moreover, the widows in case of family pension are also required to get the quality of confectionery. How can the rider and the prerequisites of the ular rule. Hartals and bandhs are going on. Stone pelting has in no forms authenticated by the officer from which the pensioner had retired. If Services Selection Board and the Planning way reduced to minimum. Anti-India elements are quite active, It is important to mention here that there was traffic the pensioner had retired from Leh, does it mean the aged widow has to go rather have multiplied. Civil administration is taking hiccups. Law chaos in the Jammu city and when Basanth Rath took the all the way to Leh for getting the form anthenticated. These are very impor- Department in the subject matter be afforded to reins it improved positively and in spite of his absence, the be blatantly ignored? Besides, what action has and order in the Valley is not worth appreciation. The efforts of the tant issues and need to be addressed by the Finance Deptt. by ordering some fundamentalists in radicalising the society have not yet halted rather traffic here received a positive boost. Is there no need of easy and simple procedures so that the aged widows drawing family pension been taken in the entire issue remains to be seen. they are gaining momentum that would demolish Kashmiriyat any officer who can guarantee food safety to the con- are not put to any inconvenience besides the fate of forms already received Since the matter is of a very serious nature, we wholly, if some traces are visible today. sumers.? by the AG's office need to be decided forthwith. shall be following it up till it reaches its desired Surinder Kumar Raj Kumar Sharma Er. Lokesh Ganju logical end. Udhampur Kathua Trikuta Nagar