I want to add following point to my first post the collapse of left in Kerala and WB is also an example that people rejected neoliberal reforms. because no where except in these two states it became such an important election issue through civil society initiatives.
Anivar On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Bobby Kunhu <[email protected]> wrote: > A qucik response to a rather important concern that Anivar raised- and the > concern is that I do not think the form of the core planning team is going > to change much and that the "Growth" Pundits - who are rather sceptical and > often condescending to the democratic norms - would rule the roost in both > the finance ministry and planning commission (I mean M S Ahluwalia and > gang). this will be a cause for concern as the effects of the recession are > just translating insofar as india is concerned, there will be no pressure > from the left this time around (the left played a large role in NREGA > formulation). If the congress plays to the growth pundit gallery - it will > be disastrous both for the nation and itself. BJP is still licking its > shining india wounds > Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ > > > 2009/5/16 Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> >> >> A passing Comment >> >> Alright.. if things hold, its back to the board for our political >> scientists. The Congress is back to being the biggest (by a margin) party in >> the country and its back to the 1980s. >> Far from it, this is a not a vote for reforms...Not at all. that would be >> complete mis-reading of the mandate. the Congress went to town asking for a >> mandate on its NREGA, Bharat Nirman performance. They didn't mention Growth >> or Reform anywhere. >> >> It was the reform lobby which was skeptical about the NREGA and even >> wanted to scuttle it. And by all means, the NREGA is a programme that is a >> deviation from neoliberalism. It eats into the FRBM, it is a spending >> programme used both for stimulus and for demand driving, and most >> importantly it is rural (as of now). In other words, it is anti-reform. >> >> Manmohan Singh didn't contest elections. Chidambaram is trailing (as of >> now) in Sivaganga. So, I hope the Congress can get the story >> >> Anivar >> >> -- >> >> "The resources of the world are for us all to share. Let us affirm our >> faith in that common cause" - Dr. Ilina Sen >> >> >> > > > > > -- "The resources of the world are for us all to share. Let us affirm our faith in that common cause" - Dr. Ilina Sen -- "The resources of the world are for us all to share. Let us affirm our faith in that common cause" - Dr. Ilina Sen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
