Through Internet and news channels, I tried to collect Baba Ramdev’s demands. Since I have lot of spare time, I tried to dissect with the knowledge and common sense that I possess.
Tough Lokpal Bill, with a provision for death sentence for the corrupt, especially corrupt officials
Isn't this what Anna Hazare fasted for? A Lokpal panel was formed and started functioning by touring states of Gujarat, MP etc. On the other hand, he demands Capital Punishment for the corrupt. Doesn't it contradict the age old debate of need for abolishing Capital Punishment??
Immediate return of all black money stashed away in tax havens abroad to the country
As prime minister rightly said, there is no magic wand to bring the money back. Even if such things happen, how is the Indian Economy going to respond to this?
Declaring all wealth in foreign countries being held illegally by Indians as national property and charging those with such accounts under the sedition laws
Alright!! This can be explored to a certain extent
Abolishing Rs.1,000 and Rs.500 currency notes
Cant comment on this!!
Disabling the operations of any bank which belongs to a country that is a tax haven
Again, how is the economy going to respond to such a drastic step?? Are we looking forward to be economic Super power or Undo the efforts of Dr.Manmohan Singh and go back to the age of Pre-liberalization?
Replacing the British-inherited system of governance, administration, taxation, education, law and order with a swadeshi alternative
This is absolute bull shit. He wants british inherited law and order to be replaced with Swadeshi Alternative. Does it mean he wants acts like Sati to be back in fashion or wants the NCERT books to be changed to satisfy personal egos? Pramod Muthalik must be happy because as per Ramdev's demands, he will become the minister of State for Moral Policing and ensure that every boy & girl who roam around gets married then and there. If such scenario appears, he will be the Diggi Raja of Babaji's government.
Reforming the electoral system to ensure that the Prime Minister is directly elected by people
I think this is in direct reference to Dr.Manmohan Singh. This one is understandable to a certain extent. But then, are people willing to shed the multiple political rights that they enjoy within the country. Can a Andhrite surrender his political right with all its privileges in East Godavari district to accept a political right in Telangana?
Ensuring that all citizens declare annually their incomes
Good if this can be implemented but certain spiritual gurus who have their turnovers running into hundreds of crores can do that with appropriate tax deductions. For example, Baba Ramdev has a turnover of 1000 crores with an island in Scotland while Devi Amrita has a turnover of 300 crores. There is also a Satya Sai trust and Art of Living foundation in the list. Can these people declare their source of income without charging govt of playing with religious sentiments of people.
Bringing income-tax details under the Right to Information Act
I am not sure about this.
Increasing substantially the Minimum Support Price of grains
Looks like Babaji wants the principle of Demand & Supply to be rewritten in a way that pleases him. MMS, Rangarajan's and Montek's of India should bury their knowledge, resign from their posts and appoint Baba Ramdev as Finance/Commerce Minister and Chairman of Planning Commission
Making wages of different categories of labourers uniform across the country
Shouldn't there be a consideration for quality, quantity, nature and type of work? Shouldn’t there be a merit involved in whatever work a person does and what he gets paid for? Doesn’t it erase competition and bring imbalance to the society? Isn't it yet another case of reservation where a person who is working hard gets a same wage as a person who is working comparatively less harder?
Revoking the Land Acquisition Act, as farmers should not be deprived of their land for industry
Revoking the Land Acquisition Act altogether is not a solution. If baba has any implementable ideas about how to support Industrialization without affecting Agriculture then he is most welcome to do so. Anyone can throw in problems but when Babaji is aware of a problem he cannot merely restate it. Instead he should come up with a solution.
Promoting Hindi at the expense of English.
This is the joke of the millenium!! All TV channels should take a poll with the question "Should Hindi be promoted at the expense of English - Yes/No?" During 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, Mulayam Singh Yadav put forward a similar plan which was supported by Paswan & Lalu. All these netas were ridiculed by the public and the media. Now why is no one talking about Ramdev??
While Anna Hazare’s agitation made sense to lakhs of people of different strata of society, Ramdev’s agitation appears to be a hoax. The dias of Anna was occupied by eminent people like Kiran Bedi & Swami Agnivesh, the dias of Ramdev was occupied by Babri Masjid demolishers.
Looks like UPA has found a way to derail Anna by creating Baba. Or is it do an MNS on NDA at the national level?
Whatever be the reason, Congress has given us a reason to believe that they are the Super Kings of Indian Political League.
