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Mehbooba Mufti is it not enough now?
7/30/2016 10:55:25 PM
Kailash C. Raina

Mehbooba Mufti after be
coming the Chief Min
ister of Jammu & Kashmir failed to carry forward the maturity and sagacity of her late father in dealing with the separatists and militant groups in J&K is solely missed. The tweeter Savoy Chief Minister who was sworn in as the Chief Minister after a brief spell of Governor's Rule, stands stripped of her magic mantle and looks like a child lost in a maze of politics, power play and intrigue and have miserably failed to carry forward the legacy of her father who single handily galvanized the People Democratic Party in Jammu & Kashmir.
Moreover it was Late Mr. Mufti Mohd Sayeed who single handily and successfully demolished the monopoly of Sheikh Mohd Abdullah in Jammu and Kashmir. The recent political turmoil is of course needs political solutions, but it is also true that the condition of the state which is in shambles the misgovernance also added to the problem in a different way but pedantic politicians are silent.
The Murky deals and crony politics have made life miserable of the common man, educated youth/unemployment. The youth is agitative, restive and angry. There are no job avenues because influential and relatives of politicians and bureaucrats' are appointed through backdoor entries. Due to all this now the situation seems to be unstoptable. Nobody can stop it. It is going on, only the people friendly government, with good governance from bottom to top change their attitude. Realize the volatile situation. Politicians of both PDP and BJP should spell out what they it intends to do with the voters who pave ways to both to rule in this state. What is happening in Kashmir is definitely a shock to the people all are shell shocked, confused and want to know how Arsonists can be expected to be fire fighters.
How The Chief Minister can absolve herself of the responsibility of running the Government through corrupt and inefficient bureaucrats except few. The same is the condition of the subordinate staff working in different departments who are slackers and need immediate demotions or dismissal. No work is done without paying the bribe which is prevalent in almost all the departments. I am aware of the fact that corruption has seeped in governance to such that it cannot be eradicated completely. However it is time to make all out efforts to atleast reduce it if not eliminated completely. This will be possible only if a transparent, accountable, and answerable system of governance is put in place which take away the discretionary powers of every official, be he/she be a political big wig holding the office of a profit or a bureaucrat.
This discretion where it exists breeds more corruption and is an invitation to unwanted litigations. As we find that as and when select lists- are released by Service Selection Board or Public Service Commission. There is a total dissatisfaction among those who could not make up the Grade and courts become their lost resort to give vent to their frustration alleging arbitriness, malafide, favourtism and nepotism against the selection bodies. Why we don't hear such things against Union Public Service Commission. In our country there are laws and law enforcing agencies, social organization against corruption and many more and rat race is among them with claims and counter claims that they are the crusaders for eliminating social evils, moral evils and corruption and how they are doing it while sitting in their air-conditioned houses. Govt, also take their opinions and one get perturbed of such individuals or group of individuals become consequential when they are representing different types of fronts and forums and in my opinion they are of no consequence. They are always with ruling political class. This political class is that political party does not matter much to them, really what matters much to them are press statements, photo shots and littler publicity but people know them.
But when we look into the happenings of day today corruption in the high offices of the government and politicians holding office of profit and everyone from officer clerk to top are indulging are indulging in all forms of corruption even moral one's. The competitions of material comforts are adding more to it in its own form. Further it is established beyond any doubts that corruption always flourished under Murky Political system and the result is all around corruption and the governments to deal with it in an equally murky way leading to yet more corruption. For example when a bureaucrat is booked by vigilance department legal formalities come in way for permission from General Administrative department and the legal expert opinion of law department become must to initiate legal proceedings and processes is delayed for years to get sanction. The cabinet is visibly divided among different groups of politicians. This has further tarnished the image of the government to a large extent. Despite of all this one thing which is in Mehbooba Mufti's favour is her strong character, state forwardness, honesty and a strong "Will" to deliver results. The only tragedy which are adding to her woes is her compulsive proximity which she is having the BJP politicians who are zealots and many of them are involved in corrupt practices and they don't trust even their party members who are capable to be in the cabinet ministers and fee/ they are sidelined. The only core competences of PDP and BJP of our state ever since the alliance has come to power have become experts in converting the legitimate responsibly into illegitimate activity. Today's Jammu & Kashmir is a defunct institution. It performs all the drills according to the democratic rule book but failed to conduct Panchayat elections which are already due by putting a condition that Panchayat members will elect the Sarpanches a cruel joke with Panchayati Raj Act. The Government is non-functional in real sense of performing the legitimate responsibilities. The State is likely to collapse its institutions have been subverted and are either used to plunder, blackmail or connive corruption has seeped in every walk of public life and government functioning. Our legislators for their mutual interest make laws with full knowledge connivance that for every law there is an equal and opposite loophole which is craftly embedded in the law. At other times loopholes are ingeniously from outside. Political parties of all shades are eating their bread and butter by exploring the Kashmir dispute and by exploiting by exploring the sentiments of the people of region and religion. These political parties have done no good to the common man, be it a Kashmir, Jammuities or Ladakhi. People of all these are area feeling alienated because they have realized that nepotism, corruption and favourtism are the only mile stone achievements of this government. The State Information Commission is also headless. The Govt, should form the commission with sanctioned strength so that commission becomes functional and provide the commission strong enough teeth. Similarly no action is being taken against the politicians enjoying choosing their private secretanes and personal secretaries whcr work as feeders of graft to their Ministers and in turn are receiving favours in cash and coin. Every time set rules and established norms are changed to accommodate the favourite one which happened after Roshni Act which facilitated regularization of government land encroached by the politicians and land mafia and law enforcing agencies mute spectators and to get stray from the courts.
How long you promise it to the people and how long you delay the delivery. If the government of Miss Mehbooba Mufti is still in its commitment to bring some solace who are serious that it will be really a miracle to win the next assembly election which in all probility can happen any time now. As all the governments functional organs are suffering with multi organ failure. Government has almost failed on all levels of governance and is still boosting that there is less corruption more accountability, more transparency and presenting a fanciful image of the state is pregnant statement in the context of formidable ground reality.
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