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| Can Azad speak against black money, demonetization? | | Revisiting Oct 31, 2006 | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 3: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former Jammu & Kashmir chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad these days have become vocal both in and outside the Rajya Sabha. He has joined hands with the Left, the BSP, the TMC, the SP, the NCP and similar other outfits, which have been talking honesty and, at the same time, opposing PM Narendra Modi's demonetization decision.
The demonetization has hit very hard Maoist terrorists, Islamic terrorists, under world, Bollywood and those who were engaged in hawala money and counterfeit currency business and transactions to destabilize India. The decision has also adversely impacted Pakistan and Bangladesh and also hampered the activities of anti-national elements in Nepal.
The need of the time was to extend unflinching support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision on demonetization but it didn't happen. The Congress and all opposition parties joined hands against the decision and unleashed a no-holds-barred campaign against him and his decision. So much so, the Congress, which took upon itself the task of leading the movement against demonetization, and other opposition parties in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have not allowed the Parliament to function, thus causing loss of crores of rupees to the country.
The opposition of the Congress and similar other parties to the decision of the Prime Minister appears intriguing given the fact that all the surveys conducted post-demonetization have suggested an overwhelming support to the decision and the scale of the support ranges from a whopping 85 per cent to 94 per cent. And this should clinch the whole issue and establish that the nation is with the decision. This can also be seen from the massive victories of the BJP in the by-polls and civic bodies' polls in MP, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
However, the opposition of the Congress to the demonetization and black money is quite understandable. There is reason for that. It was none other than Ghulam Nabi Azad who as Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister batted for corruption and openly on October 31, 2006, saying those bureaucrats who were Corrupt were more efficient and those who were honest were the most inefficient. And he had made this controversial statement not in Jammu or Srinagar but in the national capital Delhi.
The report from Delhi said: "Corruption has a different connotation in Jammu & Kashmir -- the most corrupt bureaucrat is the most efficient one, says Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad". "And the most honest are the most inefficient bureaucrats," Azad told a function where he released the book by senior Jammu & Kashmir bureaucrat Pervez Deewan.
His comments prompted peals of laughter from the audience and Azad too smiled.
All this should explain the reasons behind the bitter opposition of the Congress to the demonetization decision. |
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