E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker popularly known as “Thantai
Periyar” (17-9-1879 – 24-12-1973) from
Erode, Tamil Nadu, was a great Nationalist and Revolutionist. He emphasized
‘Communal Representation’ in the Political power of India. He was a Congress Leader during the period
between 1919 and 1925. When he left it in 1925, he is reported to have
described the Congress Party as a ‘den of Brahmins’. He strongly advised for abolition of Caste
System from the ruling of India.
On 27-8-1944, Thantai Periyar
started his own Political Party called “DRAVIDA KAZHAHAM”. His basic Philosophy
was ALL MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL (MORAL) FACULTIES BY PUTTING AN
END TO ALL KINDS OF UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
RATIONAL OUTLOOK. For achieving this goal, he advocated ‘ Communal
Representation’ and demanded Reservation for non-Manuwadis and Minority communities as a sine qua non of
removing inequalities and injustices.
The firmly entrenched and deeply
rooted Social evils in India centre around the existence of the ‘Caste system’
– a Varna-Jaathi Vyavastha – which has been incorrectly perceived as a basic
and inseparable part of the Theory and Practice of Hindu religion as sanctifying
the stratified hierarchy or graded inequality.
The beneficiaries of this FEUDALISTIC SOCIAL STRUCTURE are the Creamy
layer of the upper caste Manuwadis WHO HAVE ENORMOUS MATERIAL RESOURCES AND
MENTAL CAPABILITIES OBTAINED THROUGH UNJUST PRIVILEGES AND EXCLUSIVE
TRADITIONAL ADVANTAGE.
Instead of abolishing ‘the Caste
system’ from the ruling of the Country, Parliamentary Politics has further
divided the Caste system into thousands and thousands of Castes and Sub-castes
based on the outdated principle that “A THORN HAS TO BE REMOVED BY THORN ONLY”.
It has also divided Dalits’ elite between different Political Parties dominated
by upper caste Manuwadis. How can the Leadership
of the Dalits be built when it is nipped in the very bud ?. The term “Dalit”
means the “crushed” and “broken” under the weight-age of different types of
inequalities, such as, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
The Dalits’ elite as the Creamy layer of the Aborigines of India often
aspire to Leadership positions in Politics but they have been systematically
financially strangulated and throttled down in varying ways.
ALL DALITS ARE NOT PAUPERS BUT THEY
ARE THE VICTIMS OF CENTURIES OF ‘PROTEIN DEFICIENCY’ AND ‘MALNUTRITION’ HAVE
MADE THEM DUDS AND DULLARDS, PHYSICALLY WEAK, MENTALLY RETARDED, SOCIALLY
SUPPRESSED, ECONOMICALLY IMPOVERISHED AND CUTLTURALLY DEGRADED.
INDIA – A DREAMLAND - FOR OTHER COUNTRIES OF
THE WORLD
3000
B. C. The West
Asians and Europeans came to India
to get natural resources from Dream land “India”.
FIRST
INVASION BY WEST ASIAN
326 B. C. The first invasion of India was made by none other than
Alexander
the Great, (a West Asian King from Macedonia). He defeated Porus at the battle of Hydasper.
SECOND
INVASION BY AN ARAB
The
Aryans were spectators of western thirst for Indian articles for many
centuries. But at last, they attacked India.
712 A. D. Muhammad-bin-Kasim attacked India. Plains
of river Indus witnessed many attacks
thereafter.
1191 A.D. Muhammad Ghori attacked Prithviraj Chauhan and
defeated him.
MOHAMMEDAN
RULE
Muhammad Ghori
has founded Mohammedan rule in India for more than 500 years since
1191 A. D.
Since 1191 A. D. Many Mohammedan rulers
from Slave Dynasty, Khilji Dynasty, Thuglaq Dynasty and Mughal Dynasty
conquered the hearts of Indians and ruled over them.
1482 – 1560 Babur , a Muslim Conqueror from Central Asia entered India
with
12000 strong army. He was the one who
laid the base for the Mughal Dynasty in India. His real name was ‘Zahir ud
din Muhammad. As a Turkish ruler, he
conquered Afghanistan to expand his empire. In the battle of
Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and took over Delhi
and Agra. Babur
used guns, cannons, and bombs against the unarmed Indians. He was the one who
brought the Persian culture into the Indian Sub-Continent
EUROPEAN
INVASION
1498 Vasco
da Gama of Portugal tried to
reach India
via sea route. The new route sowed the
seeds of rivalry among the British, Portuguese, Spanish and French exploiters
of dreamland “India”. They themselves fought for supremacy to
exploit Indians and the wealth of their mother land. The reason being there
were no unity but there were frequent battles and wars amongst the Kings of
small Kingdoms in India
and the ruthless foreign Invaders took undue advantage of the situation. Ultimately and gradually, a British
Government Company called “English East India Company” became supreme.
1482 – 1560 Babur a Muslim Conqueror from Central
Asia
1758 Robert
Clive of Britain
became the first Governor-General of Bengal. This paved the way for Christian
Rule in India.
1857 The
first war of Indian Independence broke out at Meerut to put an end to the ruthless
exploitation of the East Indian Co. Mangal Pande became the first martyr of
Indian Freedom Struggle. No direct rule
of Britain
could quench the thirst for freedom. So the rulers tried to divide and rule
this great Dreamland “India”.
1885 Indian
National Congress as Liason Organization between Indian people and the British
rulers was constituted. Later it became the symbol of freedom struggle.
1903 People
stood against the division of Bengal on the basis
of religion.
1911 The
Government was forced to cancel the division.
National anthem written by Rabindranath Tagore echoed in the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress and the
British Indian Capital was shifted from Calcutta
to Delhi. But at the heartland of India, the British rulers tasted that each and
every inch of this great country “Dreamland India” was craving for freedom.
13-4-1919 Jhalianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place. Tagore renounced his
Knighthood as a protest against this massacre.
Fallacy of dividing people based on ‘Hindu Caste System’
to rule over them
1.Caste
System which is about 5000 years’ old in India, is traced back to the Epic Writing
by Rishi Vedvyas, who is the son of Maharshi Parashara. Parashara Maharshi
wrote the ancient book called ‘Vishnupuranam’.Puranam is a dramatic exposition of one’simaginative conscious ideas as contained in Vedas
such as “Justice” , “Mimamsa”, Dharma Shastram”.With appropriate illustrations and examples,
the Puranam or Puranas highlight the consequences of one’s actions, inactions,
duties, functions, injustice, happiness, sorrowfulness, hatred, attachments,
detachment or moksha from such day to day individual experiences in life.The principles contained in the Vedas – Rig
Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda and Shastras are demonstrated with
very apt anecdotes for the reader to understand with piety. “Vishnupuranam” is
the oldest of all Puranas. Later on, based on his father’s book “Vishupuranam”,
Rishi Vedvyas is stated to have written 78 Puranas about 5100 years back.The doubt about the exact years in which they
were written arose somewhere during the period between 700 and 600 B. C. 28th
Quartet, in Chapter –IV, Part-I, Prati-Sargam of the Book ‘Bhavishya Maha
Puranam’ in Sanskrit, reads as follows:-
“Indiryani
Damithua
Yehalmmya
Dhyanaparayanaha
Thus
maat Adama Namasaau
Patni
Havyavathi Symyatha”
Meaning - With the able qualities of slaying of wild
senses and worshiping of the supreme soul in mind, Adam and his wife Eve (Havyavathi)
take birth. God creates a beautiful Garden of four kosam and sends Adam there.
As Adam reached the foot of a sinful Tree in the Garden, he was attracted to
“Kali” (Satan) in disguise of a serpent, eats the fruit of the Tree and immediately
arouses in him a poisonous promiscuity and makes a carnal sexual relationship
with Eve.Somewhat similar story is narrated
in the First Book of Moses commonly called ‘Genesis’, Chapter-2, verse-7, “then
the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a Garden
in Eden, in the
east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”In Verse 18, it is written,“then the Lord God said, “It is not good that
the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”In verse 21, it is written, “So the Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his
ribs and closed up its place with flesh; and the rib which the Lord God had
taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.” Vishnupuranam says, Adam and Eve beget a son
Svethanamavu (Seth) whose son is called Anuhan (Eons ). The descendants from
Adam and Eve upto Noah in the Bible are also similar in the Bhavishya Puranam,
such as, Kenasan (Keenan), Mahallan (Mahallalel), Lomahan (Loomed), Nuhan
(Noah). Similar descendants of Noah upto Abraham in Bible are also co-incidentally
similar in Bhavishya Puranam in Sanskrit.
2.As
far back as Kali Year 5095 i. e. Christian Era 2000, Christ in name of Esau
Messiah appears. Jesus Christ in Hebrewlanguage is Esau Messiah. At that time, the Mlecha country was ruled by
Sakapati.In the mountainous region of
Hunk country, the King happened to meet a strong, shining and beautiful young
man with white costumes. The King asked the young man, “Who are you?” With a
smiling face, the young man answered, “I am the Son of God, born in the womb of
a Virgin.My name is Esau Messiah.” In
the 23rd Quartet, Chapter-2, Part-III, Prati-sarga-parvam of
Bhavishya puranam, it is written in Sanskrit as follows:-
“Ko
Bhavanithetham Praha
Sahovachamudhampithaha
Issa
Putram cha mam Vidhi
Kumari
Garphasampavam xxx
Aham
Issa-masiha Namah ”
3.Rishi
Vyasa was the son of the Maharshi Parashara and his devoted wife Satyavati. A
great Rishi himself, Vyasa divided the Vedas into four – Reg Veda, Yajur Veda,
Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda.He wrote 78
Puranas.He also wrote the revered Epic
‘Mahabharata’where he included himself
as one of the characters.His character
was as the role of the father of Dhritharashtra, Pandu and Vidura or
grandfather of both sides – Kauravas and Pandavas.The holy ‘Bhagwatgeeta’ is a part of the
Mahabharata.Bhagwatgeetais considered as the basis of ancient Indian
culture and tradition. Vyasa emphasized that “helping others in need is a good deed and hurting others is an earthly
sin”. Vedvyas’s main character is
“Bhagwan Krishna” who gives invaluable and priceless advices to Panduputra
“Arjuna” in the Kurushetra battlefield, and encourages him to fight the
inevitable life’s war when Arjuna himself was felt lost, disappointed,
disillusioned, discouraged and fully confounded as to what to do – to fight or
not to fight, the war thursted upon him – a narrow choice.Krishna
exalted Arjuna to do his duty / dharma as a Kshatriya, remembering his tutelage
without expecting any return, reward, fameor consequence. In Bhagwatgeeta,
in Chapter-4, Verse-13, it is stated to the effect that “I am the Creator of ‘Four Varnas’.This I have made according to three different Gunas – Satuagunam,
Rajogunam and Thamogunam and as per different ‘karmas’ ( For example – some
people do their dutieswith the
expectations of return, reward, remuneration, name, fame etc. when, still some
other people, do their duties without any such expectations in return.
Even-though, I am the Maker of the Varnas, I disown having made them, and I do
not take the responsibility of having divided the people into the four
Jathi/varnas.” In Sanskrit, the sloga reads as under :-
“Chaturvarnyam
Maya Srestam
Gunakarma
Vibhagasa
Thasya
Kartharamapi mam
Vidhyakartharamavyayam”.
Again in Chapter-5, Verse -14, it is written as
follows:-
“Na
Karthrutham Na Karmani
Lokasya
Srujati Prabhuha
Na
Karmaphalasamyogam
Sophavasthu
Pravarthathe”.
Meaning – God does not take any responsibility for
any act nor deed done by men nor create any karma for the creatures of the
world. Similarly, God by remaining neutral, does not award or reward anything
for the acts or deeds done by the men or creatures. It is the Nature which works
for or against the creatures.
4.In
“Annihilation of Caste” , Bharat-ratna
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar quoted extensively from the
Shastras and said that the Shastras are the root cause or origin of the social
evil of the Caste System in India
– ( i. e. division of Hindus as Brahmins, Shatriyas, Vaisyas and Shudras
).But, in his response to the
Annihilation of Caste, Mr. M. K. Gandhi, who was a headache for the
Britishas he did not budge from a
decision made by him, stated to the effect that -
“The
law of Varna
teaches us that we have each one of us to earn our bread by following the
ancestral calling ” –
Harijan, July 18, 1936.
This is not acceptable. However, Mr. Gandhi admitted
that Dr. Ambedkar is not the man to allow himself to be forgotten.
5.According
to Dr. Ambedkar, “Shastras do enjoin as a religious duty the observance of
Caste and Untouchability”.Untouchability is subsequently abolished by Parliament by amending the
Indian Constitution, but the Caste System which is aimed at dividing the people
of the Indian main-stream Society, into four compartments,, such as Brahmins,
Shatriyas, Vaisyas and Shudras, is yet to be abolished or discontinued by
passing an appropriate clarificatory legislation at an appropriate time. Dr.
Ambedkar, rejoins, “ If Caste and Varna are
convertible terms and if Varna is an integral
part of the Shastras which define ‘Hinduism’, I do not know how a person who
rejects Caste, i. e. Varna,
can call himself a Hindu ?.Dr. Ambedkar
states to the effect that “Mr. Gandhi has almost in everything the simplicity
of the child with the child’s capacity for self deception. The Mahatma wanted
to play a double role - of a Mahatma and at the same time, a Politician. As a
Mahatma, he wanted to spiritualize Politics. Whether he has succeeded in it or not, Politics
have certainly commercialized him.A
Politician must know that Society cannot bear the whole truth and speaking the
whole truth is bad for politics.The
reason why the Mahatma was always supporting Caste and Varna was because he was afraid that if he
opposed them he would lose his place in Politics.Whatever may be the source of his confusion,
the Mahatma Gandhi was deceiving himself and also deceiving the people by
preaching Caste under the name of Varna”.
6.The
name of ‘Hindu’ or ‘Kafir’ as called by Mughals is a foreign name.It was given by the Mohammedans (Mughals) to
the natives for the purpose of distinguishing themselves.The word ‘Hindu’ does not occur in any
Sanskrit works prior to the Turkish Invasion (Babur with 12000 strong Army )
defeating Ibrahim Lodhi, by using guns, cannons, and bombs against the unarmed
Indians in the battle of ‘Panipat’ and as such, Hindu Society as such was not in
existence. It is only a collection of Castes, as per Dr. Ambedkar.
7.As
per ‘Asthanga-malaha-Sthotram’ by Shankara Bhagwat Father, One is not a Man or
God or Yaksha. Neither is Man a Brahmachari, a Family Man, nor a Forest
Dweller.Neither, is he a Brahmana,
Shatriya, Vaishya, nor Shudra. Man is his inner Consciousness.See the following Sthotram in Sanskrit :-
“Naham
Manushio, Najadevatho, Yakshaha
Naham
Brahmachari, Grahasthaha, Vanaprasthaha
Na
Brahmano, Shaktriya, Vaishya, Shudraha
Aham
Bhodha-Sorupaka“.
In the light of the above,there is a total fallacy of dividing the
people of Indian National Society on the basis of “Hindu Caste-System” for the
purpose of ruling over them.It is
therefore imperative to build up an Equalitarian Society amongst the Indian
masses.
Birth and Boyhood:The Servant of God Devasahayam was born in 1712. By birth he was a Hindu. and his name was Neelam (Nilam), also expanded as Nilakandan. He belonged to the royal Nair caste and therefore he is also pupularly known as Devasahayam Pillai. As a boy, he learnt Sanskrit and had traditional training in martial arts.Youth and Marriage:Nilam was brought up as a devout Hindu. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, the languages of people, he also trained himself in archery, Varmasastra and the use of weapons of war. He was made an official at royal court at Padmanabhapuram. He was respected for the sincerity of his person and firmness of mind, which made him dear to his colleagues and to the King Marthanda Varma. He married Bargaviammal of Mekkod, a neighbouring village.Conversion and Baptism:In performing his duties as a palace official, Neelam Pillai came in contact with a Catholic officer, Eustachius Benedictus De Lannoy, a Dutch military officer, arrested by King Marthandavarma after the Dutch were defeated at war at the Port of Colachel in 1741.At a particular stage of their relationship Nilakanda Pillai was found to be extremely unhappy and saddened. When De Lannoy enquired about the reasons for his sadness he narrated a series of tragedies that had overtaken his family. His bulls had died one after another and crops had failed, which meant tremendous financial loss for him and there was no way out of his sadness.On hearing all this, De Lannoy narrated to him the Old Testament story of Job and demonstrated how God tested the faith of a good man through sufferings. Finding De Lannoy's explanation reasonable and convincing, Nilakanda Pillai expressed his desire to become a Christian and requested De Lannoy to instruct him for baptism. De Lannoy sent him to Vadakkankulam, a hamlet outside the limits of the Kingdom of Travancore, with a letter to Fr. Giovanni Baptista Buttari,, a Jesuit Missionary, requesting him to baptize Nilakandan.Fearing that Baptism would spell suffering and persecution, Fr. Buttari hesitated for some time to baptize him. Fr. Buttari examined his past life in order to instruct him and to test the maturity of his decision and the depth of his conviction in the Catholic faith.This instruction continued for nine months. Finally, moved by the persistence of Nilakanda Pillai he baptized him at the church of the Holy Family, Vadakkankulam on 14 May 1745. At baptism the Servant of God was given the name "Devasahayam" which is a Tamil rendering of the biblical name Lazar, which means "God has helped".Life after Baptism:Having joined the Catholic community, Devasahayam himself started exhorting others to receive Baptism and even converted some to Christian faith, one of them being his own wife who took the name "Gnanapu" which is a Tamil rendering of "Theresa".In his personal life, the neophyte Devasahayam mixed and mingled with people of all statuses and castes. Because of his newly found faith he disregarded caste distinction, threw away the symbols of his "high" caste, ate and lived with people of "low" birth and came to the palace-office as a "polluted" person. Noticing the marked changes in Devasahayam because of his Christian life, the high caste people accused him of the crime of betrayal and contempt of religious practices and of insult of gods, of the Brahmins and the royal throne.Tested for faith:Some Brahmins and court officials tried their best to woo the Servant of God back from his newly won Christian faith. But the Servant of God showed great fortitude in expressing firmness of faith and even daringly declared that he was willing to be tortured or even to be put to death for Christ.Persecuted for faith:The King, having been incited against Christians, arrested Devasahayam on 23 Feb. 1749 and put him in a very narrow prison. Soon condemned to death by the King, he was tortured in several ways. He was paraded to many towns and villages, both hands bound behind his back, seated on a buffalo facing backward, garlanded with Erukku flowers as a symbol of shame.Some Miraculous events: The Servant of God was brought through a small place called Puliurkurichy where overcome by thirst he planted his elbow on a rock, which gave forth water which he could drink. This rock continues to give water even today and People visit this fountain in large numbers.Through Puliurkurichy the soldiers brought him to Peruvilai and detained him there for about 7 months tied to a neem tree. It is there that Devasahayam became friendly with the soldiers and was helped to meet the Catholic priests. He received Holy Communion from these priests. Thanks to Devasahayam's prayer, the jailor (executioner) who was without child for a long time obtained a child.From Peruvilai he was taken to the prison at Aralvaimozhi where the condemned criminals were sent for death by the King. It was on the border between the kingdoms of Madurai and Travancore.His life during years of torture:During the years of his arrest and torture, the Servant of God led a life worthy of a candidate for martyrdom. Every morning and night he spent certain time for contemplative prayer, and often during the day he turned to God in moments of brief prayer. He spent time also in reading books on lives of saints, and when people were around, he read them aloud for people to hear. He fasted on all Fridays and Saturdays in honour of the death of Christ and of Mary, the Mother of God.When a priest visited him, usually at the dead of night, he confessed his sins and received holy Eucharist with utmost devotion. The priests were impressed by the joy and consolation that the Servant of God experienced.Killed for Faith:Devasahayam had to be killed quickly and secretly because Catholics started visiting the Servant of God in large numbers. The Government officials kept secret the place and the date of his execution for fears of popular unrest. Finally a little before the midnight of January 14, 1752 they took him to the place of execution. As he was totally exhausted and was unable to walk he was carried to the nearby hill called Kattadimalai. There he knelt and prayed for a while intensely. The marks left by his knees and elbows can still be seen today. Then he was shot dead by the soldiers with five leaden bullets, at midnight between 14 and 15 January 1752.Burial:His body was thrown in between rocks and left there to be eaten by wild animals. His mortal remains were discovered by the Christians and buried in front of the main altar in the most important church of St. Francis Xavier, which is the present Cathedral of the Diocese of Kottar. While laypersons are not usually buried within a church, it is significant that the Servant of God lies buried in a most revered church, a fact that attests to the regard that the faithful and the clergy had towards his sanctity and towards the greatness of his martyrdom. Devotion to the Servant of GodEver since the death of the Servant of God, a lot of people, irrespective of caste or religion, started to visit the place of his death and prayed to him for favours. Soon a small church was constructed at Kattadimalai and was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, in remembrance of his heroic death for Faith. The life of Devasahayam is being acted out in dramas, sung out in Villupattu and narrated in folklore. Thus the message of his life and death and devotion to him spread throughout Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Considering the Servant of God as a saint, several people began to name themselves as Devasahayam and this practice continues to this day.
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY PARTY WORKER FROM KALYAN WEST ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NO. 138 TO BSP, MAHARASHTRA, ON THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF ITS FOUNDER MANYAWAR KANSHIRAM ON 15-03-2011.
ELECTIONS IN INDIA 1. What is an election in India ? As you know, Election in India is a big Business. The bigger the business Political Party in India, the sure the chances of winning the Election. Money is clandestinely invested by Political Parties towards Election expenses with a view to mint money after winning the Election. Of-course the loosing Political Party will not be able amass that much wealth as the winning Party can do. That is the prime reason why almost all Political Parties in India make strenuous attempts at horse trading right from the time of making alliances with other Parties, Seat Sharing, Selection of Constituencies, Distribution of Port Folios, fighting for plum Posts under the ruling Governments - whether in States or at the Centre (Union). The main aim is to somehow win the Election by hook or crook.. 2. Apart from the Political Party employing their unaccounted and black money and wealth towards the Election Expenditure and outlay, there are big Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, even unseen Foreign Forces and big Businessmen ever ready directly or indirectly to support and help, from behind the scenes, to employ their unaccounted and black Assets, Wealth and Money through the medium of Elections. These Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, the Foreign Forces, big Businessmen and Political Parties primarily aim to make Black Money into White Money. Huge expenditure outlay of these Big business houses and Businessmen is incurred through the Political Parties in India except BSP, as a quid pro quo. BSP does not take political contributions from big Business Houses and Businessmen so as not to come under any sort of obligations to them after winning the Election. The consideration for the black money, assets and wealth traded, bartered or spent through the medium of Election in India is with a tacit understanding that once a particular contesting Political Party wins the Election and comes into Power, it can make the said Business houses and Businessmen totally free and independent to indulge in all or any sorts of illegal and inhuman activities and to increase the prices of their wares, merchandise, products or commodities to any extent that will not be questioned by their Political Bosses. This is one of the main reasons for sky-rocketing of prices of certain commodities of daily consumption by ordinary common men in the country. The prices of the products produced and services rendered mainly by these Big Business houses and Businessmen are always raised. Thus, inflation which is artificially pushed up, will never be able to be controlled by the Ruling Party of the day. The situation arising out of the above scenario, is totally and completely harmful to the interests of the Nation as well as its common citizens. 3. It is correctly said that after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar completed the marathon task of preparing the Constitution, Acharya Kriplani met him one day, and asked him, as to why he was very glad ?. Acharya Kriplani said perhaps you are very happy that you have given equal voting rights under the Constitution to all the citizens of India i. e. right to caste one vote to a multi-millionaire and one vote to an economically vulnerable poor beggar on the street. But if we purchase the vote of the poor man during Election, what you will do ? Dr. Babasaheb replied that when the people of the country are educated, they will become aware of the true values of their votes, and then they will never sell their votes for money. Money Power is utilized for buying out votes during Election times. More the money spent, the greater the chances in winning the Election. After spending the money and after winning the election, efforts will be not to serve the Nation and its citizens but merely to accumulate more and more money, either in the form of Black money or white money by indulging in the parasite of Corruption. It’s the simple logic is to make good or compensate for the amount already expended by the Party for winning the Election with the help of Media, be it Electronic Media, Digital or Print Media. The Media is one of the main culprits and mainly works for the Party which pays them. BSP does not believe in cheap publicity. The Media therefore does not high light the good works of BSP. BSP is not in a position and does not pay for the advertisements needed to highlight its good works in the Media or Press. More often than not, the functionaries of the winner Political Party remain busy to continuously work to enrich the Party itself rather than working for the welfare of the Nation or its citizens. They hardly get enough time to implement fully the so-called Policies and Programmes announced by them to the vast gullible masses of the country at or before the Elections. Many a time novel Policies and Programmes are announced with a view to merely lure the voters to vote for them and thereafter befool and forget them altogether. The ideologies of the registered Political Parties in India are half backed ideologies and any one of them is not totally ideal and suitable to be emulated for the welfare of the States/Nation. 4. The demerits or drawbacks of the Electoral mal-Practices in India are such that a wide gap between the rich and poor or the haves and the have-nots, has been steadily building up in the Society since independence. Politics in India is the root cause for this wide gulf or gap. Of-course, there are various other factors too that are responsible for this, but the main root cause for the divide between the rich and the poor is the Indian Political mal-practices and how they are being played by the unscrupulous Politicians in India. In this paradox, Oscar Ameringer has aptly described, “Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.” 5. Electoral system hides substantial irregularities at micro level. In fact, my own experiences confirm the above. Many distortions, some are very serious, that have crept in the System either due to loopholes in the Electoral Laws or due to the incapacity of the system to punish the deviant and in may ways the unacceptable behaviors of Political Parties and their Candidates and their Supporters, here I mean the big Business houses and Businessmen, Multi-National Companies and Foreign Forces inimical to India.. There are 6 MPs and 6 Cs that cripple the entire Indian Electoral System. The 6 MPs in the caste based political Elections being held in India everywhere, namely, parliamentary elections, assembly elections, local bodies’ elections (viz. elections in municipal corporations, municipalities, zilla parishads, town panchayats and village panchayats), are (1) Money Power, (2) Muscle Power, (3) Media Power (print media, electronic media and digital media) (4) Mafia Power (5) Man Power and (6) Manipulative Power. The 6 Cs are (1) Caste-ism (Brahmanism, Vaishya, Kshatriya, and Shudra), and the Untouchables (Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes) and the most economically vulnerable poorer sections of the Indian National Society, (2) Capitalism (3) Communalism (4) Corruption (5) Criminalization and (6) Communism (Class-ism). Basically all of these play very important roles in the elections in India, whereby about 10 per cent of minority Arya Manuwadi Ruling Class takes the powers in hand to rule over the remaining 90 per cent of the population literally un-participated, un-represented and totally against the basic democratic principle of “majority rule over the minority” and thereby completely disgusting and browbeating the vast majority population of India helplessly mired in an everlasting financial inequality, poverty, and discrimination, which vitiates the Indian Political Electoral Atmosphere and compromises the legitimacy of the Indian Political and Economic Processes in a very substantial way. In conclusion, it can be safely said that Elections in India are a complete farce and therefore BSP could not win even a single Seat in the last Assembly or Lok-Sabha Elections in Maharashtra nor could I win the last Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation Election contested by me under the banner of BSP. Please therefore consider my Memorandum and take suitable remedial measures for the future of our Party BSP, India, (i. e. Bharat) and its mul-nivashi aboriginal citizens. JAI BHIM, JAI BHARAT.
JOSEPH NADAR
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
12th April 2011 FAST OF ANNA HAZARE. Absolute powers of a Monarch or a King are not expected to be in the hands of a single Functionary or a Group of Functionaries in a Democracy under a written down Constitution like India. However, they are absolutely vested in the Citizens/Voters of the Democratic country. The Citizens/Voters are the Monarch or the Kings whereas the so-called representatives, got elected by hook or crook, to rule over them, are literally the paid servants of the vast Masses/Citizens/Voters. SECONDLY, as in Political Democracy, there is no Financial Democracy in practice under the Laws in India. The Nation’s Wealth and the Economic Resources of the country or the Public Finances are allowed to be made use of and/or frittered away by a selected few modern day Feudal Barons who maintain close links or good relationships with the Governmental Machineries or Ministers. The poor citizens are always at the mercy of these people who make use of the government Finances and also the Wealth of the Nation and the Economic Resources, for their own exclusive benefits and business purposes. They often indulge in Black money generation, in the increase of corruption and money laundering, so as to accumulate the ill-gotten money in secret and other foreign Bank Accounts. They are not only merely tainted and corrupt people but are the real anti-Indians fit to be tried for treason. THIRDLY, we have too many laws already made, but too little justice to the vast majority citizens of the country because of the total neglect or non-implementation of the various provisions of the welfare legislations, tooth and nail. Therefore, by merely introducing one more Bill called ‘JAN LOKPAL BILL’ in Parliament and thereafter passing it, without the slightest intention of its implementation fully by the rich Bureaucrats and others concerned, will be to help escape the already tainted and corrupt Bureaucrats, the other Public and Government Servants, and Ministers representing the citizens/voters in our Banana Democratic Republic. With this humble thought of mine, I stand to support Mr. Anna Hazare poor fellow intending to somehow support the cause of the poor Citizens/Voters of this vast Country, India i.e. Bharat. JOSEPH NADAR
Friday, January 7, 2011
MR. T. M. NADAR B.COM., LL.B., D.C.L.(GLC., MUM.) Advocate, High Court Shivchhaya, A- Wing Karnik Road Kalyan (West)-421 301
Date: 14th December 2010
To, SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN Honourable Chief Minister Maharashtra State Mantralaya, Mumbai
Dear Sir,
Sub: Demands of Local Voters regarding Nagar Raj Bill. ________________________________________
Congratulations for having passed the NAGAR RAJ BILL, (COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LAW) to increase the Peoples’ Direct Active Participation in the democratic process.
The Nagar Raj Bill will play an important role in strengthening Democracy at grass root levels and will speed up the development work hitherto neglected in the Locality, with the active participation and co-operation of the Local Citizens/Voters and the elected Councilors.
t The Maharashtra Government has amended the draft of Central Nagar Raj Bill by removing the ‘spirit’ and leaving behind only the ‘skeleton’. I forward some of the important suggestions which may be considered as part of the amendment.
1. The Area Sabha should consist of 2 contiguous Polling Booths (say, 1800-2200 Voters) instead of 5 Booths (4,500 to 6000 Voters) to make it easily workable.
2. The Area Sabha Representative should be elected by secret Ballot at the time of Municipal Corporation elections.
3. There should be a Ward Committee for every Corporator Ward.
4. The present multi-Corporator Ward Committees (Prabhag Samitis) should be converted to Administrative Zone Committees.
5. The decisions and proposals of the Area Sabha should be determining.
6. There should be a definite financial provision for each Area Sabha.
7. Voters/Citizens may attend periodical Area Sabha meetings called by Area Sabha Representatives for giving their valuable suggestions and guidance in the decision making process.
8. Area Sabha meetings to be addressed by all Govt. Servants and Officers, and Business Entities, NGOs, and other Celebrities/Dignitaries living in the Local Area on a single Platform and to impart Awareness about latest Govt. Schemes and Programs – to the citizens/voters
9. Area Sabha and Ward Committees to include learned members of all Communities living in the Local Areas – men and women in proportion of 50: 50.
10. Civic wrongs/offences may be defined and Municipal Courts established in the Provincial Municipal Corporation Areas as in Mumbai for enforcement, levy and collection of fines/penalties.
11.Uniform financial Autonomy to each Ward.
12. Ombudsman to ensure Accountability in the working and implementation by the Authorities. Yours faithfully, Local Voter.
