Mayawati- The
Real Hard Task Master: Ushering In New Era Of Public Private partnership…
By- Praful
Sakya
Date:
WHAT one expects from the government? Excellent administration and
proper, to the hilt implementation of the welfare schemes aimed at elevating
the states of socially and economically backward groups in the country like
ONCE Rajiv Gandhi said in a public rally organized for the poll campaign
that it was sad state of administration only 15 per cent amount reached to the
target group of the amount sanctioned for the development, public welfare and
humanitarian schemes. I do not exactly
recall the reaction of the audience at that time but when Rahul Gandhi, son of
Rajiv Gandhi in an inauguration public function of ‘Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology’ at Rai Bareile,
said my father is used to say only 15 per cent is reached to the targeted group
of the amount sanctioned by the government but now it is reduced to 5 per cent.
The statement was shocking but what was more shocking the audience’s response
to the statement- they all clapped. This is no doubt the effect of the congress
way of nurturing dumb and inactive minds. They made us so dumb that we dare not
to ask them: what is their stand in either improvising the current system or nurturing
the current sorry state of affairs. What congress made out of us- they turned
us into goofballs those only respond ridiculously to the ridiculous statements.
WELL, why such statement made by Rahul and that too in the Uttar Pradesh?
The answer lies in the fact that the precarious sate of congress in UP and he
is clueless about how to improve the party’s position immediately. He is also
worried about the fact that the way Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) strengthening its position fueled by administrative and
political acumen. The BSP is doing well on all fronts resulted into frustration
which reflected in the statement made by him. Rajiv Gandhi accepted that the greedy
and self-centered politicians and bureaucrats functioning in the party and
government when he was in the power but in reality the statement was meant to
take the political mileage- otherwise he could have taken harsh action against
those who misused the power- where the congress is good at. Rahul Gandhi very
well knows that what he states becomes the national news being the Prime
Minister-in-waiting, the scion of Gandhi family how could he miss golden
opportunity to attack Mayawati government. What he tried to do was to self-underline,
in one stroke, the performance of the Mayawati government in bad colour. His
primary aim was to project the UP government in bad light: non-performing,
corrupt and inapt to implement development and public welfare schemes, but in
reality it’s just pigments of his imagination.
WHEN congress accuses the party like BSP the media does the rest it
directly put the government in negative frame resulted into bad publicity
because of the biased media, whereas no effect on the party likes BJP because
they too have sizable presence in the media. So our point of view is real
necessary to dislodge the self-styled accusation of Rahul Gandhi.
THRICE the BSP came in power with one or the other political party (in
1993 with SP; in 1997 and 2002 with the BJP). It is the only party in
DURING BSP’s first and second tenure of
three and half and six months, what Mayawati did and how she accomplished six
years work in six months is well known. During last one year rule of coalition
Mayawati tried to secure the security of the Underclass and mind well that it
was not the absolute rule. To her the top area of concern in this caste ridden
milieu Indian was the question of safety of life and property of Underclass.
Mayawati had sternly dealt with this aspect and the ‘Crimes against Underclass’
had come down in whopping 72 per cent. The number of fire arms seized by police
from anti social elements runs in thousands. Underclass is now living a
comparatively fearless life, unlike other states of
THE congress always accuses through the puppets nurtured by Congress amongst
Underclass that what Mayawati has done for the betterment of the Underclass
except giving the name of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Buddha, Sahu Maharaj,
Jyotiba Phule, Sawatribai Phule, Periyar Ramaswami, etc. to University or
districts. Well the answer of it lies in the fact that since independent you have
been ruling barring few years why have you not given those names to the
universities or districts because congress never wanted to instill the
self-confidence and sense of pride in the minds of the Underclass. It never
wanted the underclass to learn that amongst them born the great men of will and
class. It never wishes that the underclass too follow their great leaders
instead it created a great illusionary web where it nurturing the puppets of
their own interest promising them power and wealth against slavery of the underclass.
It never allowed the independent and organic thinker, social worker or leaders from
underclass to flourish, because in their debacle lies the congress’s
prosperity. What BSP did when it came to
power was to instill the self-respect among Underclass by re-introducing the
heroes of Underclass, and made them part of their daily lives by constructing ‘Parivartan Chowk’ and ‘Bahujan Temple’ so as to know the
underclass that they are their emancipator and promoted them to follow their
ideals. Has the congress done any such thing except destroying generations by
nurturing puppets amongst underclass?
Never in the Congress Rule
in U.P., for years together, there were more than two underclass collectors.
When BSP came in power, there were 42 Collectors. And there were 42 S.S.Ps. The
D.G.P., the senior most officer in Police Department with 4 I.G.Ps, and 4
Additional I.G.Ps., 8 DIGs and 62 SSPs under him, is also a underclass. What is
the situation in Madhya Pradesh, can some body enlighten us? These postings are
within the purview of the Chief Ministers. One raise the issue of talent in
appointing these posting but then why not make them accountable when terrorist
strikes because of intelligence failures and the chief minister or home mister comes
to their rescue with the statement ‘There are foreign hands in the attack.’ No
matter what happen in the country the talented officers and articulate leaders protect
themselves by saying, there are foreign
hands in it. This is just a farce so as not to appoint the underclass to
the topmost positions and an excuse to keep all the power in one’s hand. There
can not be a better practical method than to give chance to Underclass on these
posts, as a strong way of empowering Underclass. Has any other State, including
UP Chief Minister Mayawati when announced that private sector firms
executing projects for the state government would have job quotas but for the
media it has always been playing the reservation card but they never come out
with alternatives by which the plight of underprivileged could be improved. By
announcing and implementing the scheme the BSP supremo ensured that she is
there for all inclusive growth, what she promised at the time of election
campaigns. ''In Uttar Pradesh, all public-private partnerships will have
reservations for people from SCs, STs and OBCs and economically backward
upper-caste. The state government's decision ensures reservation in all the
outsourcing firms and individual companies which carry out jobs for government
and semi-government departments and agencies. The Chief Minister took this
decision in a view to ensure all round development of all sections of the
society.
MAYAWATI said her government had on December 24 last decided to implement
reservation norms for private sector firms carrying out projects in association
with the government under public-private partnership formula. After directing
all private organizations and industries in Uttar Pradesh subsidized by the
state government to voluntarily implement 10% job reservation in August last
year, chief minister Mayawati widened the scope of her reservation policy by
announcing the same measure for private firms under the principle of
public-private partnership. Job quota in such firms, too, would now be extended
to Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Castes and the economically weaker sections
among the upper castes. The State’s equity would be a maximum of 49 per cent
and a minimum of 11 per cent in the schemes and projects to be developed in the
private sector, she said, while allaying the fears of the employees working in
the projects to be developed on the basis of PPP model. Not only she stopped
her she been writing to Union government and following it up with equal vigor
that the there should be reservation in the private sectors for the
underprivileged section of the society in line with the government sectors. The
Union government is not reciprocating. When Rahul Gandhi has publicly demanded
that the UP would be tri-furcated she responded favorably and publicly appealed
to the union government ‘Just do it’ because for her the states welfare is more
important than anything else. It would be matter of interest to see how union
government responds to development work of Mayawati in time to come.
MOST leading businesses have shunned the idea of quotas, worried it
will worsen their competitiveness in a global market. For them one question is when
they will come out of Joint Venture Culture think over it and then talk about
competitiveness and market forces.
MAYWATI is not just a politician but she is running a movement which has socio-economic
dimensions to it. Had she been acting only as a politician then her job would
have been much easier. She lifts each of her steps cautiously because it’s the
demand of time. She knows the business of politics well; she springs surprises,
strategies moves, acts creatively, counters the opposition, builds the network,
nurtures the talent, builds the institutions, instills the confidences, raises
the funds and important of them all is that she is a real hard task master that
help realizes her dreams.
Mr. Rahul Gandhi you may be
the Prime Minister-in waiting mainly because of you are scion of Gandhi family
but here is the lady a truly people’s prime-ministerial material wielded the power
of utilizing 100 per cent fund of welfare and development schemes fully for the
same purpose. And then only true and sensitive Indian will emerged who will who
show the exit door of the public life to those who are responsible for misusing
the public money and for those too who despite knowing everything but does nothing
except use it for taking political mileage. So beware.
Jai Buddha ! Jai Bhim ! Jai Bharat !
Praful Sakya