http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ultras_arrested_after_raids_at_Manipur_MLAs_homes/articleshow/2288985.cms
The arrest of cadres of banned militant groups, of all hues, from official residence of Congress MLAs in Imphal only confirms what has all along been common knowledge, that there exists an unholy nexus between the politicians and criminals. And the disease is not restricted to Jammu & Kashmir alone. Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Chief Minister of the State, a few days ago, had revealed that his Govt had prepared a list of politicians in the State who were acting hand in glove with terrorists and that action against them was in the offing.
With similar problems in other states surfacing from time to time, there is an urgent requirement for a strategy at the national level to arrest this retrograde trend. To begin with, the govt would do well to formulate laws making such offences non bailable, followed up with exemplary punishments for those who break these laws. Another step could be to have cases of violation of such laws tried by fast track courts; or the country will be saddled by people like Pappu Yadav, Shahabuddin and Romesh Sharma enjoying indefinite state hospitality at the cost of the exchequer. In addition, the political parties concerned must openly disown their MPs and MLAs involved in such acts and expel them from their respective parties, for good. The purpose would be defeated if people like Pandit Sukhram, Bangaru Laxman and Babu Bhai Katara find their way back into respected acceptability once public memory has faded.
Politicians must refrain from extending support to such criminals in politics for petty gains or out of misplaced party loyalties. The media too can play a vital role in refreshing public memory by regular and periodic references to such cases and criminal elements in politics.
The arrest of cadres of banned militant groups, of all hues, from official residence of Congress MLAs in Imphal only confirms what has all along been common knowledge, that there exists an unholy nexus between the politicians and criminals. And the disease is not restricted to Jammu & Kashmir alone. Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Chief Minister of the State, a few days ago, had revealed that his Govt had prepared a list of politicians in the State who were acting hand in glove with terrorists and that action against them was in the offing.
With similar problems in other states surfacing from time to time, there is an urgent requirement for a strategy at the national level to arrest this retrograde trend. To begin with, the govt would do well to formulate laws making such offences non bailable, followed up with exemplary punishments for those who break these laws. Another step could be to have cases of violation of such laws tried by fast track courts; or the country will be saddled by people like Pappu Yadav, Shahabuddin and Romesh Sharma enjoying indefinite state hospitality at the cost of the exchequer. In addition, the political parties concerned must openly disown their MPs and MLAs involved in such acts and expel them from their respective parties, for good. The purpose would be defeated if people like Pandit Sukhram, Bangaru Laxman and Babu Bhai Katara find their way back into respected acceptability once public memory has faded.
Politicians must refrain from extending support to such criminals in politics for petty gains or out of misplaced party loyalties. The media too can play a vital role in refreshing public memory by regular and periodic references to such cases and criminal elements in politics.
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I completely agree. I wrote this letter on the Congress site feedback form:
Dear sir or Madam,
I have great respect for the Congress and especially for its role in our Freedom movement and because of Gandhiji's association with the Congress.
As a citizen of this country, I am interested in knowing what the Congress in intends to do with its MLAs who have been found sheltering terrorists within their official residences.: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ultras_arrested_after_raids_at_Manipur_MLAs_homes/articleshow/2288985.cms
And guess what happened: "The page cannot be found".
It is no wonder that our political parties are not keyed in enough to the peoples voices or they would surely have heard that such people, no matter what their clout, should be expelled from the Congress immediately.
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