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Sunday, December 18, 2016

PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION OR WASTE SESSION



Before the starting of the Parliament winter session everyone was knowing the fact that this winter session will bring a lot of heat as major political parties opposing the demonetization were ready to enclose the Government. 

But this is the part of our Democratic system as a healthy discussion and questions prevent the arbitrary rule of center. But during this winter session the heat became to hot that it even disturbed the regular working of the parliament and leaved no space for an healthy discussion which is expected in the Parliament specially when lot of money (which is collected from us in the form of tax) is spent on daily sitting. The session starts on November, 16th and ended on December, 16th without any major work.


Demonetization the center of Chaos-


Demonetization is praised by number of national and international personalities and many opposed it. Some one calling it a surgical strike on black money and someone specifying it as the biggest currency scam or something like that, in short someone is in favor and some are not. This debate in the country is still trending and spreading like a wild fire with everyone trying to prove their side right.

It is the duty of the parliament to conduct their business properly, answer the questions raised by the ministers (which are actually questions of the public), quench this fire of debate going across the country. But unfortunately this didn't happens this time as majority of time was wasted shouting, chaos and protest. 

Analysis by a Delhi based think tank PRS Legislative, which tracks the functionality of Indian Parliament found that the productivity of Lok Sabha this winter session was about 14 % and of Rajya Sabha was about 20%. PRS also showed that Rajya Sabha spent zero hour on questions, whereas, th Lok Sabha spent 5.1 hours. (Data from firstpost.com).

Lok Sabha passed 13 bills whereas Rajya Sabha only 09. The question hour was interrupted badly and only few questions were answered properly. Since NDA is not in majority in the Rajya Sabha the protest against them was greater their and hence the productivity of Rajya Sabha was lower than the Lok Sabha.


THE POLITICAL DRAMA-


Congress with other political party protested against the Central Government and claimed the demonetization to be a scam. 

Rahul Gandhi said during a press conference that he has proof of this scam and he will show them in parliament. 

However later he claimed that he is not allowing to speak in Parliament. On the other side the Honorable PM Narendra Modi is saying the he is the one who is not getting chance to speak in the Parliament. 

Central Government also said that they want a discussion on demonetization but the opposition is not ready for it. However the opposition has completely opposite views.

Speaker Madam Sumitra Mahajan, Chairman Sir Hamid Ansari and the President of India have already accepted that the precious time which might have been used for public welfare got wasted in the Parliament.

Many of the leaders want debate in the parliament on demonetization issue but non of them is actually doing so. Blaming each other and not listening. 


HEALTHY DISCUSSION??


Don't you think that if one person should be allowed to speak and asking questions at a time and then other should be given time to answer those questions can create a healthy discussion environment. Don't you think there must be a proper rule of this.

Many of us want the debate system like in USA for the elections but when our leaders are not debating where they should, do you think they will debate in public during elections. Well this is just an example our Constitution has provided a systematic format which everyone political party follows. But I think all of them have found a loophole which at last results in chAos and protest inside the parliament. 

Protesting is a good custom and it should be followed as it is our right to ask questions about any action of the Government, but when this same thing happens inside a place which is built to run a country people start loosing faith on the Constitution and working of our Government. 

Friday, December 2, 2016

FIDEL CASTRO : THE MAN WHO NEVER SURRENDERED

  • Born on August,13 1926 the illegitimate son of a sugarcane planter, Fidel Castro was an Cuban politician and revolutionary of Republic of Cuba. 


  • Excellence in both academics and sport he entered college in 1945 and joined many of the groups having strong political base in university of Hawana. 
  • By the time he got his degree in 1950 he was already leading the law students federation, became one of the founding member of new liberal reformist party  and participated in two foreign political uprisings in Colombia and Dominican  Republic. 
  • When Fulgencio Batista became dictator of Cuba in 1952, he cancelled the Congressional Elections. Fidel Castro had ran for these Parliamentary election of 1952 however he was never officially nominated. 
  • After the elections were cancelled Castro organised insurgency campaigns against the illegitimate rule of Batista. 
  • After years of Guirella training Fidel forces were finally able to defeat Batista army and send him to exile. 
  • Fidel Castro was now the Cuban leader and hero of his people. He was the hope for the lower class peoples. 
  • But he soon became the treat in the America's eye who was having a political and economic interest in Cuba. 
  • The tensions rises to its peak during John F Kenndy rule in America, when the CIA sponsored military group Brigade 2506 invaded the Bay of Pig in Cuba, however this was proved to be a failed attempt to overthrow the Communist Fidel government. 

  • But above all the real tension started when the Soviet Union installed Nuclear Missiles in Cuba having the striking distance on the whole United States. This is known as the famous "Cuba Missile Crises". It was very dramatic and proved to be one of the most dangerous situation in the history of this modern world. 

  • Kennedy said that "any attack from the Cuba on any of the country in western hemisphere will be the attack of Soviet Union on America". This resulted in the deterioration of America and Cuba relations and they end up all diplomatic relations too by 1961. 
  • Fidel officially declared Cuba as Socialist and captured all foreign assents and distributed among Cubans. He done all possible things to prove the world that his state is not an American colony in the meantime he was also careful not to be shown as Soviet puppet. 
  • Fidel also sends thousands of soldiers to support the left wing in Africa. He sends his army to Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and also Yemen, in short a small Island country was playing as a superpower of the world. 
  • In Cuba he started measures to eradicate illiteracy and nationalized the health care system to provide free medical aid to all Cubans. Despite of the claimed progress he continued to be the dictator of the Cuba and his power was questioned after the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991. 
  • The help from the Soviet stopped and his country came under financial and economic crises. As a result of this crises thousand of Cubans started fleeting toward the Southern United States. 
  • However his powerful image of an anti- American provided him support of other Latin American countries, He announced temporarily in 2006 to transfer the power to his brother because of his bad health condition. 
  • In 2008 he decided to not return to his office. He claimed that USA tried over 600 times to assassinate him.
  • On November,26 2016 he took his last breath in Santiago Di, Cuba. But before leaving this world his tiny but powerful state was able to challenge the superpower of the world. Some of them consider him as a hero, some not. But he proved that a strong will power can challenge any other power regardless of its status and size.