On Foreigners, NRIs and MPs
A few weeks ago, I had asked the question, Can NRIs become MPs in India?
I now understand that not only NRIs but even foreigners can apparently become MPs provided they have the right documents
….the CBI in its final probe report before the Supreme Court said the documents produced by Congress MP from Assam Mani Kumar Subba to claim Indian citizenship were “not correct”
If the findings of the CBI are held to be correct by the apex court after scrutinising the response of the MP, Subba could stand to lose his membership in Parliament as only Indians can be elected to both the Houses.
Shri Subba had allegedly “escaped from a Napalese prison hospital to Assam’s Tinsukia district via Sikkim in 1962
He may have avoided all this trouble if he had spent just a little bit of money. After all, Rs 7,500 is all it takes to get a genuine passport (and with the recent “glut” in the market, the price may actually be coming down)
And for a little bit more, you can get a ration card, a PAN card, a voter I-Card, a birth certificate AND a passport in other words, a bullet-proof identity.
Shri Subba may or may not be a Nepali citizen but what about the continuing mass infiltration from across our eastern border that shows no signs of abatement? What about the increasing presence of Jihadis in the region?
Looking at the way in which the tentacles of terror are spreading, I wonder, is any state/city now safe?
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Be the change you want to see in the world. – M. K. Gandhi
Saina Nehwal, seeded 10 then, was sure to miss a major badminton tournament had it not been for top authority in the country, Chief Passport Officer who bailed her and country’s representation in her out in time.
The only law suits that do seem get to decree are the ones taken upon by ballyhoo guys. You need not let it get you down though, there are temples at every nook and corner and especial poojas rather effective in expediting the legal process, they’ll tell you.
I saw a middle aged villager once outside a civic body office, sharing his wisdom of things with his wife, as if Langad came alive out of the leaves of Raag Darbari. He said, “ye babu log daftar ane ki tankha leten hain aur kaam karne ke paise lete hainâ€. Words of wisdom indeed, if nothing else works, show some green and see how they spring to action.
But hasn’t it changed? Since the arrival of instruments like RTI, despair seems to be lurking about only those who are oblivious to these positive changes. IndiaForYou, a forum where apathy gives way to action, by the power of information, is of the view, lets not wait for leaders. Latest case of their hullabaloo in the house, on Gandhi’s belongings, which is going to get followed by a liberal supply of humble pie when the issue runs into intricacies of obtaining import license required for bringing anything of historical interest back in the country, an ill though up law by these leaders only, gives us another reminder that our leaders know not the first thing about what goes in the house they occupy, busy with subsistence politics most of them couldn’t care less.
But let’s not paint them with a broad brush. We all know at least one officer and at least a handful of leaders who we know are honest and on that account are often found sulking even suffering at the hand of their colleagues. IndiaForYou, urges these people to come out for your wisdom of the system is worth its weight in gold. We have to do things on our own, let’s all stand together and make the system move.
I invite you all, all you citizen of India, to join this movement of awareness. Let’s take the movement to every city, every village and villager of the country, Shantanu, it’s incumbent on us literates to learn, share and spread the word, and spread the knowhow of how to make the system work, lets anticipate together a paradigm change in bureaucracy and governance when they shall get used to working, incompetence shall suffer an evolutional loss, happy riddance!, shall reclaim its lost respect, apathy shall be jettisoned along the way, dream further that bureaucracy shall be seen as a respectable career avenue, the brain, instead of draining out, shall feel proud to join in, that the most able minds and willing hearts thus will govern the country. Dream on, dream together.
It’s all possible, we have but to make it!
Come join the movement.
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