*** A cursory look at the sixth schedule shows what dictatorial
powers
a non-elected, often a political patronage office holder, can hold in
Indian democracy. And imagine the dedication to democracy of all those
super-annuated light generals, ex-police officers and secret-service spooks that
hold the powers of governors in the NE or Kashmir!
That is good or bad? I would
say, thank God, Indian democracy is not all democractic after all.
Considering the interest of some netters to explore for an alternate to
desi-demkresi in the form of a benevolent dictatorship, that may not be a bad
thing, and may the answer some were looking for. All we need to do is to make
sure those super-annuated light generals, ex-police officers and secret-service
spooks that hold the powers of governors in the NE or Kashmir! are
benevolent.
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 4:53
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Sixth Schedule of
Indian Constitution
Hi Ganesh:
BTW, it would be interesting to see the
outcome of a
survey of MPs and MLAs, how many of them actually
read
the constitution or have a hard copy of it!
*** While it is a very desirable knowledge, few would be familiar.
One will also have to be able to understand the provisions.
*** A cursory look at the sixth schedule shows what dictatorial
powers
a non-elected, often a political patronage office holder, can hold
in Indian democracy. And imagine the dedication to democracy of all those
super-annuated light generals, ex-police officers and secret-service spooks
that hold the powers of governors in the NE or Kashmir!
At 2:08 PM -0700 6/8/05, Ganesh C Bora wrote:
You can get the Indian Constitution in this
website:
http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html
The Six
Schedule:
http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/shed06.htm
BTW, it would be interesting to see the
outcome of a
survey of MPs and MLAs, how many of them actually
read
the constitution or have a hard copy of it!
Ganesh
--- Chan Mahanta
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> About 1982 or so, a distant
uncle of mine, a very
> well respected
> country lawyer from
Jorhat, asked me how to get hold
> of a
> constitution of an US
state. I ran into a local
> state congressman in
> a party and
asked him for one. He sent it to me,
> which I sent to my
>
uncle, who has since passed away. He was one of
> those early
advocates
> of asserting Assam's rights and was very well
aware
> of what the
> Indian states lacked. He was working on
drafting a
> model Assam
> constitution. I don't know if he ever
got anything
> done on it. But I
> would look into
it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 1:13 PM -0600
6/8/05, J. Kalita wrote:
> >It makes sense for Assam to have a
constitution,
> along the lines of the
> >states of the
US.
> >
> >Eitu amar bhobisyotor gathoni, niajkoi
ekhon
> xonbidhan thakile xeikhon ami
> >nijei
>
>xongxoodhon korbibo paro kendriya ba onyor onumoti
> nooloowakoi
bohutoo
> >khetrot.
> >
> >
> >Jugal
Kalita
> >
> >> the sixth schedule of Indian
Constitution
> >>
> >> WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS
STUFF TO READ?
> >> Braua
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> From: Dilip/Dil Deka
>
>> To: ASSAMNETCOLORADO
>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:20 AM
>
>> Subject: [Assam] Sixth Schedule of Indian
>
Constitution
> >>
> >>
>
>> Has anyone read the sixth schedule of
Indian
> Constitution in detail? It
> >> looks like
it talks about autonomy to tribal
> areas. Can the same
concept
> >> be extended to a larger area? Will the
contents
> of the sixth schedule
> >> work with some
modification for a state for
> example?
> >>
>
>> I am rambling, and that is because I found
it
> hard to comprehend the
> >> details of the
sixth schedule.
>
>>
>
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