The Yogi cabinet has taken a slew of decisions that impact on a narrow few. Special diesel and petrol coupons for the privileged legislators and construction of Mansarovar House at the cost of 50 crore are two such decisions that have been taken.
A giant statute of Lord Shiva is to be erected in Varanasi's Dasamedh Ghat in which is going to face the famed Kashi Vishwanath mandir.
These decisions again raise the uncomfortable question that to what constituency is the Yogi government focusing. What exactly is the priority of the government and why development projects are not given preeminence ?
The government seems to be follwing an unashamed saffon agenda. Peripherial Hindu concerns are getting their pound of flesh from the government, and tokenism is replacing policy formulation.
On the law and order front, situation is fast slipping out of hand. Saharanpur is case in the point.
Caste violence is again rearing its ugly head. Sporadic communal clashes are happening off and on. The government is busy shuffling and reshuffling its bureuacratic and setting deadlines for setting the house in order.
Sad part is that the signals emanating from the most high in the state are soft. They don't augur hard business for trouble mongers. Empty sloganeering won't do. This Yogi has to understand. He should mean business at the policy level. Hard nosed policy making is required. Strong measures are needed. Religious rhetoric should be done away with and ''a government for all' should urgently show its work on the streets.
A giant statute of Lord Shiva is to be erected in Varanasi's Dasamedh Ghat in which is going to face the famed Kashi Vishwanath mandir.
These decisions again raise the uncomfortable question that to what constituency is the Yogi government focusing. What exactly is the priority of the government and why development projects are not given preeminence ?
The government seems to be follwing an unashamed saffon agenda. Peripherial Hindu concerns are getting their pound of flesh from the government, and tokenism is replacing policy formulation.
On the law and order front, situation is fast slipping out of hand. Saharanpur is case in the point.
Caste violence is again rearing its ugly head. Sporadic communal clashes are happening off and on. The government is busy shuffling and reshuffling its bureuacratic and setting deadlines for setting the house in order.
Sad part is that the signals emanating from the most high in the state are soft. They don't augur hard business for trouble mongers. Empty sloganeering won't do. This Yogi has to understand. He should mean business at the policy level. Hard nosed policy making is required. Strong measures are needed. Religious rhetoric should be done away with and ''a government for all' should urgently show its work on the streets.
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