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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
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Tuesday 2 June 2015

Will Soul of Captain Saurabh Kalra Ever Get Justice?

Introduction

Since the prehistoric times, the war-time crimes have been occurring whenever a warring party wins it. The winner takes all the wealth of the losing party and does all the cruel things on its soldiers. It continued at the time of World Wars I & II. In this aspect, the concentration camps run by infamous Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler comes to everybody's mind. Since then checks and balances are put in place to ensure the civilized behavior of the captors. In the modern times, the issues involving the war crimes on the war-time prisoners have been decently handled by different countries, as they are under the jurisdiction of Internal Court of Justice.

war prisoners


Atrocities on Captain Saurabh Kalra and Other Soldiers

During the early days of Indo-Pak war of 1999, the Captain Saurabh Kalra was leading a patrolling contingent that was manning the heights of Kargil. At that point in time, those heights were captured by the Pakistani Rangers in a clandestine move in the early days of summer that year.  They were captured by the Pakistani Rangers as prisoners of war and kept in detention for several days and tortured.  Due to the inhuman torture meted out to the captured soldiers, they died in detention after a few days. The Pakistani Soldiers then vented their anger on the India and Indian soldiers by mutilating the body of Captain Saurabh Kalra. They later handed over the bodies to Indian soldiers manning Indian side of LOC.
captain saurabh kalra


Indian Reactions to Atrocities by Pakistani Soldiers

After a log of hue and cry in the society and media, the Indian government of the day decided to raise the issue at the ministerial and secretary levels. Then Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid met the then Pakistani counterpart, Sartaj Aziz. Throughout the trial by media and the foreign respondents, Pakistan maintained that the Indian soldiers died of natural causes due to the exposure to the cold conditions in heights of the Himalayas on the Pakistani side. The Indian governments that came after the war maintained consistently that they were not able to proceed further in view of the moderating relationship between the neighboring country.

Efforts of Army Officer's Family and Human Rights Group

Despite the resistance meted out by successive Indian governments in the name of foreign policy and the fear deterioration of climate of friendship if the matter was pursued in International Court of Justice, the family members of Captain Kalra and other soldiers kept up their ante. This caught the attention of some of the Human Rights groups. With their help, the families of the affected soldiers kept the heat in the media channels to force the incumbent government at the Centre to review the view expressed by the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance(UPA) at the Supreme Court of India. Two years back, the UPA government confided that it would not be able to go for justice at International Court of Justice as it would be against the principles of friendship signed as part of Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan.

captain's family


Light at the End of the Tunnel

Finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel as the government of the day has decided to go to the International Court seeking justice for brave soldiers of Indian army who laid their lives for our country. For this purpose, the government has decided to take the permission of the apex court on whose bench a petition is pending. If the government gets the go ahead signal from the honorable supreme court, it would file a complaint at International Court of Justice. It remains to be seen how the things play out in the coming days.


Monday 1 June 2015

Is the dynastic politics good for Indian polity?

Introduction

Since the time we got independence, our country has seen the dynastic rules in various forms. Some of them have remained beneficial whereas some others have done well to improve the final situation of their families. This is the reason why some people think this change as a bane to the society. Many may even say that the dynastic politics in the states has ruined them financially due to the various instances of nepotism and one-sided assistance.

dynastic politics

Historic Perspective

If we look back in the history, the dynasty rules have come and gone. In the pre-independent  India,  people had been exposed to the dynastic rules. Many erstwhile princely states had made rapid strides in development under the powerful leadership of Maharajas. The people coming from the royal family were considered as the astute statesmen who handled various issues with care. By and large, the subjects of these erstwhile princely states were happy with the progress their society had made under these astute rulers. People expected the similar trend to follow even in the independent India. That is why people who had experience in leading people and understanding their problems given opportunity to lead them from the front. It seems the benefits and powers that they receive along with the position has slowly alienated them from the common people. Moreover, such people wanted the position, power, and benefits or perks that they get also be with them even after they retire. That was how they brought their children to the corridors of power by fooling the common mass to submission.

nehru-gandhi family


Modern Dynastic Rule

Nowadays, everyone entering into the field of politics with a business mindset. The modern politicians want the position they get remunerated on one parameter or other. In the older days, the leaders did not think in those lines. The modern leaders use this as lucrative jobs that fetch them handsome dividends.  The politicians have joined ranks to ensure that they continuously get all the benefits. They want to get those benefits passed to their siblings in their old age so that reins remain with them even when they are away from the corridors of power. The new generation that has set its foot in the corridors of power has become more money minded and less concerned about the people that had sent them there.  They grasp every instant that comes in their way to monetize on various schemes. This is the reason why we have many scams that hit the headlines in the recent past. For instance, we had CWG scam, Adarsh Housing Society Scam. Kargil Coffin scam.

dynastic rule


Effect of Dynastic Politics in Society

Due to the growing separation between the leaders from the grass-root level workers of the party, the decisions made its high command don't have any bearing on the happenings in the society. Even if there is some interference from the party leaders, the issues would be weighed on the money that changed hands at the time of execution or resolution. The classical example is that of Indian National Congress that received the worst electoral defeat in the 2014 general elections. Despite taking up various welfare schemes, not even one reached the intended parties at the ground level due to the presence of Congress leaders as intermediaries. They volunteered and siphoned off money allocated for the schemes to meet their private ends. People have understood their sinister designs. Hence, they voted for a different party this time.