Opinion View from the RIGHT

The editorial adds: “The best both China and America can do is not to meddle in other nation’s affairs. World would be a better place,more peaceful and prosperous without their policing. The US is a declining power. China is rising. Both face its peculiar challenges. Rude and crude intrusive diplomacy is not helpful for either. China’s relentless pursuit of strategic clout at any cost has only vitiated the Asian scene. So is the case with the US flawed policy on fighting terrorism with its eye on West Asian oil wealth. India does not need either the US or Chinese intervention in its dealings with Pakistan. Even in that country,if truth be told,the US is unwelcome,India is more popular,if many opinion polls are any indication. The US economic downturn is clearly the compulsion for Obama to sing Chinese tune. But India is under no obligation to let either China or the US interfere in its bilateral affairs”.

Elect a new people

In an opinion piece titled “All that politicians do is rob India!” Jay Dubashi writes: “You get the government you deserve,but not always. Most of the time,you get the government you don’t deserve,as if you had sinned in your previous birth and have now to suffer for it. Anyway,that is what most Maharashtrians must be thinking,for they now have a government which they will do anything to get rid of,if only they can. Actually,it is the same government they had before the latest elections: The same chief minister,the same deputy chief minister,and almost the same gang of ministers. It was the most incompetent,lazy and corrupt government in recent memory,and the new one is also going to be the most incompetent,lazy and corrupt government you could think of. The Maharashtrians,an enterprising lot,are now saddled with the same lot for the next five years,unless there is an earthquake. The elections have cost Rs 1500 crore,money down the drain”.

He adds: “Of course,the people of the state asked for it. They voted for the same parties,give or take a few seats,and now they have to make do with what they have got. Why did the voters vote for the same faces? The only reason I can think of is that there are times when you are so confused you cannot distinguish between good and evil,and you are so fed up with the whole thing you just close your eyes and press the first button on the infernal machine and make a quick exit. I am quite sure that the so-called new government will end up doing nothing,exactly like the last one. The last government was not able to set up a single power station in five years,maybe longer. In other countries,including China,they set up new giant power stations at the rate of one a week,but in Maharashtra ,the old chief minister had no time for such mundane things”.