Praful Patel should be removed as the minister of civil aviation
on Aug 14, 2009 in General Politics Air India Praful Patel I was shocked to read a report in ET that the number of foreign flights operating out of India increased from 711 services a week to 1315 services a week, an increase of nearly 90% since summer of 2004. The number of passengers have gone up from 14 m...

It is business as usual
on Aug 3, 2009 in Performance of Congress Government I had predicted on April 19, 2009 that irrespective of whoever wins the election, it will be business as usual. Your and my life will not change for the better. However, it can change for the worse. Till date have we seen any action by the government...

Just enforce the law, corruption will disappear
on Aug 3, 2009 in Government Accountability What should be done? corruption smuggled superbikes I have repeatedly said in my blog as well as the website www.vote2change.org that enforcing the law and holding government officials accountable for their actions holds the key to removing corruption. I had earlier described how the corruption cycle...

Why can’t we remove Buta Singh immediately?
on Aug 3, 2009 in Equality of Law corruption According to our constitution, everyone has to be treated equal. Then why is it that permissions have to be obtained to prosecute some people? Why is there a special procedure to be adopted to prosecute or terminate Buta Singh? Why can’t we pro...

PM Manmohan Singh has double standards
on May 23, 2009 in What should be government's decision criteria? Baalu corruption DMK governance PM Manmohan Singh Raja On one hand, PM Manmohan Singh gave a clean chit to former Telecom Minister Raja in the case of issue of telecom licenses for peanuts which resulted in a huge loss of estimated Rs. 30,000 crores to the government and the people of India. Now he does...

Very few are talking about governance, corruption and law & order
on May 18, 2009 in Government Accountability What is wrong with our country? What should be done? What should be government's decision criteria? 80/20 rule Aravalli hills Arnab Goswami Congress Economic Times governance Praful Patel public servants Rahul bajaj I was happy to read an article in Economic Times of today which detailed some of the things Congress should do. I believe it is right on target. This is the only article where someone has listed out key issues like governance, making public servants...

BJP’s solution to our country’s problems
on May 16, 2009 in General Politics Lok Sabha Election 2009 BJP black money Congress corruption NDA public distribution system Rajiv Gandhi Tax exemption Waiver of all farm loans I have always maintained that none of the political parties in India know what is wrong with our country and how to fix it. BJP has made the following 7 main promises (in other words, their to-dos after being elected) which have also been co-opted by...

Just voting won’t help. I told you so.
on May 16, 2009 in Government Accountability Congress corruption Jagore lead India Pappu Vote So finally the election results are out. Congress has turned out to the largest party and will form the government. So let us see that with all the advertising and marketing campaigns (lead India, Pappu, Jagore) to motivate and convince the voter, wh...

I was right and wrong
on May 7, 2009 in General Politics Lok Sabha Election 2009 Hindustan Times new political party I had stated when I started this website and blog that we need to vote for unknown candidates who are standing for elections as independents or those that are representing small unknown political parties. I had also stated that we will be able to fin...

Rahul Gandhi is also no different
on May 6, 2009 in Equality of Law General Politics Bofors CBI corruption Rahul Gandi Actually, I thought that Rajiv Gnadhi was probably a little different from the rest of the politicians. I thought that he would be able to change the way Congress functioned which would no doubt have a positive effect on the political system in this...