Editor,
I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to the MUDA , parking lot at Police Bazar. Is it really logical and sensible to divert the vehicles from the exit towards Jail Road? Let us take a conservative figure of say 300 vehicles daily coming out from the parking lot and each vehicle runs an extra 2 km and this practice has been going on for the last few years . Now , if this practice continues for another 10 years then how much fuel and money is being wasted! The nation and people of this country are paying the price. I personally feel that vehicles can be easily permitted to exit the parking lot and proceed directly towards Police Bazar and beyond as was done in the past.
Yours etc.,
Anjan Kumar Das,
Shillong – 6
Delhi rejects the anarchist!
Editor,
This refers to your editorial “Delhi Municipal Polls” (ST- April 28). Kudos to BJP for riding on PM Modi’s popularity to retain Delhi’s three civic bodies for the third time in a row, dealing a body blow to the AAP, whose leaders blamed EVMs for its poor show in the municipal elections. The results show the clear need of development oriented politics. The AAP has only shown arrogance and a politics of confrontation since assuming power. People want a corruption-free and bribery-free Delhi. Prices have gone up, water and electricity are becoming costlier. People need a government that brings some relief to the poor people. Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has rightly questioned Kejriwal’s leadership, saying the party half lost credibility among people in a short span of time. It is clear that India only gets what it deserves and what majority of population perceives. Congress has lost very heavily as every gain of AAP was at the expense of Congress. Indeed, the Congress will have to think of bringing in better and mature leaders. Delhi needs an administrator and not an anarchist. Don’t we think every step taken by the PM and his schemes for poor, women, soldiers, farmers and workers, went in the BJP’s favour?
Yours etc.,
Vinod C. Dixit
Ahmedabad- 15
Modi- the common man’s PM!
Editor,
If there is one man next to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who bashes self-ego and the ego of others in India it is undoubtedly Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He deserves this title for the following reasons;
When he first became PM of India in 2014 he took the broom himself and swept the streets of New Delhli adjacent to one Police Station and raked up the litter himself and thereby punctured his ego and self pride. Have other netas from various political parties done this? This is a coveted humble mindset! Other netas should learn from him
Next Modi proceeded to demolish the ‘gods’ of this world – the Rs 500 and 1000 notes, to the utter chagrin of the chest thumping rich and powerful. Then he focused his attention on the red beacon (lall batti) and demolished the symbol of arrogance because the colour red attracts the anger of all bulls as experienced by the red motor bike riders. The Lal batti brigade must hate him for this! Modi has now turned towards air travel the monopoly of VIPs and their fiefdom. He has demolished the racist and class divide by saying “ I
want to see the hawai chappal passengers not the suit boot people on this Hawai Udaan of the Common people” Hence one hour’s flight will cost only Rs.2500 which is within the reach of the common man!.
The Prime Minister might now target lavish splurges on the big weddings which often is a cause of worry for the bride’s parents if they come from a middle class background. Modi might in all probability even downsize the wedding parties, the invitees and the paraphernalia. Many middle class and senior citizens are also expecting the school admission fees in CBSE/ICSE affiliated schools, which so far is the domain of the powerful and affluent and is “not affordable” for the common person earning a salary of Rs 20,000-25,000 thousand rupees.
. Admission fees must be reasonable between Rs 10,000- 15,000 annually. While keeping the school out of bounds of the riff- raff is laudable and which is only possible by raising the fees sky high that is not the best method of elimination. I would humbly suggest Mr Prakash Javadekar the Hon’ble HRD Minister to take a fresh look into the fee structure in CBSE/ICSE schools? The more Modiji demolishes the monolith of
arrogance the dearer he becomes to the common people of India – the masses belonging to middle class and APL/BPL category. I am not allergic towards the rich and powerful people but against brazen display of
an arrogant mindset .Some leaders take selfies with the .common men just for photo-ops!
Yours etc.,
Sonaram M Sangma
Tura