Dear BK:
>Minorities are very powerful in present day politics of
India.
*** I have heard this before. In fact somene levelled this charge
right here in Assam Net once. But like now I asked this other persaon
too, but he cou8d not explain.
I hope you will explain it to us how :-).
c
At 12:59 PM -0400 6/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Chandan
Elucidating on the theme 'Aberrations of Democracy', Bezboruah delved deep into the malpractices and aberrations that have crept into Indian democratic machinery since independence. He categorised the majority rule scenario in democracy under the class of 'tyranny of majority' and wished for equal representation in Parliament from all States, irrespective of the population.
Equal representation from all member States has been practised at the United Nations on the principle: one country one vote.and many consider it to be undesirable. Can you compare one million people with nine-hundred million? I believe the strategy of power playing inside the UNO is yet to be common knowledge. Maybe some written accounts by the power players inside the UNO or one of its agencies are available in their memoirs of which I have no knowledge. Once I read a brief report about an Indian representative canvassing himself for the Secretary-General's office but he was not successful. I forget his name. Of course I've read about India's continued efforts to be included in the Security Council. Maybe other netters would have some inkling. India has many able hands but does not appear to be holding many elective positions either in the UNIO or in its various units.
>If anything, there is a strong motivation in the more populous states of India to go on increasing their population because this gives the states a much better representation in Parliament. And it is this overwhelming majority of heartland states in Parliament that has marginalised the peripheral States like those of the North East<
This is DNB's opinion which can be looked at from different angles. It is doubtful whether the State Governments are following it as a matter of policy to increase the population. As far as I remember, population control has been one of the Government of India's active policy from the very beginning of India's Independence.
If population increase is the universal creed, the bigger state will continue to have more MPs in any case.
There are reasons to believe that it could be desi-democracy which is being characterised by 'tyranny of the minority' instead. Minorities are very powerful in present day politics of India.
Can the Prime Minister or a Chief Minister form a cabinet without including Ministers from the so-called minority communities? A minority leader's threat tp Tarun Gogoi's Government is still fresh in our mind
Bhuban
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