UPA II has completed 100 days in power. It might be a good news for the government but for AAM AADMI with whose blessings this government has come to power is being fooled again. In normal times, 100 days would not be considered a milestone but several ministers of UPA II and the Prime Minister himself had set a 100-day agenda for governance.
The point to be discussed here is Has the Government been able to fulfil atleast some of those promises? The answer is A review of their performance in the last 100 days will force any sensible person to lose trust in them.
The UPA government has failed miserably in each and every department. The prime minister's joint statement debacle, the shadow of scams and undemocratic activities surrounding the communications minister, the lack of assertiveness in the foreign minister's statements in Parliament, the petroleum minister's 'uncalled for' interference in private gas price deals, the Haj subsidy scam, spiraling prices and hoarders making hay... etc, to quote a few. Government had also failed to deliver on promises regarding the Women's Reservation Bill, strengthening the Right to Information Act and some flagship programmes as mentioned in their 100 days programme.
The economic revival of the country was one of the main aims of the government’s 100-day plan. The UPA was to revive the economy and ensure food security with many other measures to boost growth.
The biggest unforgettable 100-day achievement in regard to external affairs policy -- the shame at Sharm-el-Shaikh. Now, all talks with Pakistan will be possible without mentioning the dreaded T-word. And, so, Insha-Allah, we will have a one-day series soon with Pakistan. Besides, every time, we mention Kashmir, They will say Baluchistan. Score settled. No hard feelings. And we have got a fantastic foreign minister who has just said that 'we will keep on giving proofs to Pakistan.' Great. And they will keep on attacking us.
Women's Bill is one of the very crucial assurances given in the President's address and there has been absolutely not even one inch forward on that extremely important issue. National mission on women empowerment is not to be seen in fact. And lack of concerted efforts to increase representation of women in central government jobs.
Social audit in NREGA for increasing Transparency and public accountability is one of the important unfulfilled promise. There has been no amendment in Right to Information to provide for disclosure by government in all non-strategic areas as promised .
If we take agriculture into consideration, The crops have failed. More than 246 districts have already been declared drought-hit. The agenda to enact the National Food Security Act and provide 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs. 3 a kg to below-poverty-line households in both rural and urban areas which has been failed due to huge rice scam and thousands of quintals of wheat were eaten by rodents in Food Corporation of India godowns.
The agriculture minister said that we have enough food grains in the country? And that our granaries were well stocked? And why just food grains, there was no shortage of sugar. Now, it is being said that sugar prices may go upto Rs. 40 per Kg by diwali and everyone has understood the the hidden agenda of the agriculture minister.The drought-hit farmers are committing suicide at the rate of 1 every 30 minutes.
The environment ministry did not even have an inkling about 6,000 fully grown, mature trees were brutally cut in neighboring Noida, within a 20 kilometers radius of the nation's Parliament and the Supreme Court, to make way for Mayawati's rock garden which has seriously endangered a nearby bird sanctuary.
The right to free and compulsory education has been passed by the education minister but after studying the bill it feels like it is just a step towards popularism. The school in the National Capital Region keep harassing and robbing parents in the name of the Sixth Pay Commission. The promise to establish 14 new central universities is proved to be fake.
The health, they say, is in god's hands. There is no better proof of this than in our health system. The country is struggling with H1N1. The government cannot control it . The government has let the situation get worse. Till the deaths started getting reported, it kept saying all was well. It delayed taking action. Instead, The clueless health minister came up with insensitive statement blaming the spread of flu on patients.
Against its 100-day target to add 5,653 mega watts (mw), the power ministry has been able to deliver only 4,000 mw. Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has attributed this to the shortfall of adequate fuel for the power projects.
AND MANY MORE AND MORE AND MORE………………
So friends, 100 days or not, life goes on. Do not fool yourself that things will get better in 100 days or 1,000 days. Do something if you can. Or pray to god.
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