Why is Anna Hazare Fasting While India Is Sinking?
The politics of wrangling and bickering in the US and Europe is frustrating. The consolation is that the politicians don’t have a clue how to tackle the sinking economy and it is difficult to judge who is right. However the politics of obstruction which has led to contraction of growth in India, which till a year back maintained an impressive rate, despite the banking crisis of 2008, is mind boggling.
“The industrial production saw a staggering decline in October, with a negative growth of 5.1 percent in output mainly owing to huge fall in manufacturing and mining sectors.”
Anna Hazare Fasting with support of the opposition while the Indianstock market has fallen for several days showing the lack of confidence in the Indian Economy and Government.
The obstructive politics of India:
The blatantly opportunistic destruction of the Indian democratic process by the opposition, a section of the ruling coalition and the new anti corruption gang of Anna Hazare of India is not only rocking the boat but breaking rafts away from its keel.
India’s fortunes, which were raised sky high a year ago with the visit of President Obama, had ever been tumbling down in a domino of accusations of corruption and obstruction of the Indian parliament leading to paralysis of the government.
The blatant opportunistic obfuscation, with an aim to confuse the nation and discredit the government, of government policy to make cell phones accessible to the masses, with petty corruption and nepotism of a coalition partner and obstruction of the parliament has resulted in policy paralysis.
Since several months, the government is unable to decide and act upon a host of pressing issues. India’s growth has suffered with problems related to resources like coal, power, land and inflation, all of which has seen the exodus of foreign capital and loss of investor confidence. The anti corruption move by Anna Hazare, hyped by media has only added to the governments problem already exacerbated by the European credit crisis and rupee devaluation.
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