Federalism ?
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After assuming power some 40 months back
, no doubt NDA government made a few
mistakes – like the ill-fated “ Land
Acquisition Bill “
Surprisingly BJP ruled States ( such as
Gujarat / Maharashtra ) came out with their own versions , based on :
Now these States have no difficulty in
getting the farmers to give up their farm lands for Infrastructure Projects .
I believe , even the new State of
Telengana and its twin Andhra have adopted the route of “ making the farmers , a stake holder and share in the
prosperity on a permanent basis “
Then , in announcement of DE-MONETIZATION , NDA government made some
mistake as well , but I am still hoping that they will come out of this CHAKRA-VIEWH , by implementing :
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Even as the various political parties –
and sections of public – continued to focus on these “ shortcomings “ of NDA government , its greatest achievement has gone almost unnoticed !
The achievement of ushering FEDERALISM in India
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Federalism 1.0
[ 01 Jan 2015 ] / NITI
Aayog
Reconstituting old Planning Commission
and forming of NITI Aayog – National
Institute of Transforming India
NITI Aayog has , as its members , Chief
Ministers of all the States – including States where opposition parties rule
During its existence , NITI Aayog has
come up with many far-reaching policies which will truly transform India . All
of these policies emerged after intense debate
and reaching a CONSENSUS
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Federalism 2.0
[ 08 Aug 2016 ] / GST
Act
After more than a year of CONVINCING the opposition parties , government
finally succeeded in passing the GST
Bill in Lok Sabha
Then a group of State Finance Ministers
( including from opposition parties ruled
States ) struggled for months to finalize the formation of GST Council – once again with REPRESENTATION of ALL states
Over the past 14 / 16 months , GST
Council met nearly 30 times to evolve the rules / regulations and GST rates for
thousands of items – all through CONSENSUS
After roll out on 01 July 2017 , GST
Council keeps meeting , almost twice a month , to sort out problems faced by
businesses / traders / industries etc – again thru CONSENSUS
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Federalism 3.0 [
Dec 2017 ] / Ram Mandir
I believe the Supreme Court will start
the final hearing of this decades-old dispute between the Hindus and the
Muslims , on 05 Dec 2017
I urge ALL the Political Parties / the
Supreme Court and the Public-at-large , to reach a CONSENSUS (
in the spirit of FEDERALISM ) , as
suggested in :
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Federalism 4.0
[ Jan 2018 ] / Formation of State
Governments
In Dec
2017 , elections for the State Legislatures will be held in Gujarat / Himachal Pradesh
Based on which party wins a clear
majority , governments will be formed in Jan 2018
As per various surveys , BJP
is likely to win in both the States with handsome majority or even absolute
majority
This offers to BJP , a golden opportunity to come forward and offer to form “ Coalition Governments “ in both the States – despite no need to do so !
Making of such an offer , will serve following
purposes :
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It will convince our 870 Million voters that BJP truly believes in FEDERALISM
·
It will ensure for BJP , 350 seats in
2019 Lok Sabha election
·
These State Level “ Pilot Projects “ will silence the “ Doubting Thomases “ for ever
·
For formula of such a “ Coalition Government “
, look up :
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Federalism 5.0
[ May Day – 2018 ] / Kashmir
Empower our Interlocutor to make
following offer to all parties ( Hurriat / National Conference , included ) :
“ If you give up all talk
of Azadi / Autonomy , I will try to convince the Central Government ,
# To retain Article 370 permanently
# To hold
fresh state elections in May 2018
# Amend the
Constitution which would allow formation of a “ Coalition
Government “ in
Kashmir , with Ministerial seats distributed in proportion
to the “ percentage of
seats won /
percentage of votes polled “ by the contesting parties , with no recourse
for a “ Vote of
Confidence / Vote of No Confidence / Imposition of President’s Rule
If you believe
that YOU represent the WISHES of Kashmiris , then prove it in a
democratic
manner
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Federalism 6.0
[ May 2019 ] / Formation of
Central Government
Enthused by the “ Pilot Projects “ – and learning a few lessons
in actualizing of FEDERALISM in
Gujarat / HP - , let BJP commit in its Election Manifesto – 2019 :
“ If voted to absolute majority , we
promise to amend the Constitution before Dec 2019 and form a Coalition
Government at the Centre by Jan 2020 “
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Dear Shri Narendrabhai :
To create a Federal Germany , Bismarck took 20
years ( 1850-70 ) and shed a lot of blood
In 2017
, you have the opportunity to unify Indian States as never before – and in a
democratic / peaceful / all-embracing manner – a Sardar Patel like
statesmanship !
In fact , this is your chance to leapfrog China and offer to the warring
factions of Iraq – Syria – Afghanistan
– Yemen – Palestine and of numerous African countries
engaged in virtual Civil War , a new alternative for achieving peace and
prosperity
30 Oct 2017
