The bandh called by opposition parties in India has now active support of the state governments, the states ruled by the opposition parties irrespective of the nature of call, are glued to party ideologies rather than responsible state governments. The state v/s state in the fight between centre and state parties led to division of polity and marred with illusion of the governments across the country. How can state government support a bandh called to opposed a central government decision? How does the tier of the government functions? Is democracy is responsible for these incidents. Whether you are in support of the price rise or against if you happen to live in the opposition ruled state the chances of you doing normal business during 'bandh' call is null. There is no opposition to such an directives in the state, the system in the states like West Bengal, Orissa, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu etc would support such bandh. Does this mean we are still living in draconian era of British raj? The polity of nation, with such a polarization has gone too far in addressing the needs of 'common men'. The losses suffered by the state would be much larger than the profits to be earned by the petroleum companies. The taxes (VAT) levied by state itself on the petroleum products show no respite in bringing down, thus making this support to nationwide strike an hoax.
What more you can ask from the central government, despite the deregulation on the pricing of the petroleum, the politics of the nation since 1970s revolves around controlling it. The magnitude of the problem is not the price rise per se, but the manner in which it was bending to the demands of the marketing companies. The international performance of the Rupee against the dollar might also trigger the reduction in the profits of the oil companies in long run. There is no doubt on the concerns of the opposition parties, but this is time to rethink on the policy of state support to such bandh.Whether we like it or not these strike once supported by the opposition ruled states shows the extreme polarisation and real loss of communication between the centre and states. The idea of using non-conventional energy sources for the majority of the activities needs to be promoted and also the reduction in consumption of fuel needs to be encouraged.
The politics over the petroleum products would take undue turn in case there is real crisis in terms of balance of payments, governments would be in fix in order to bring regulation in the market. The large share of oil imports would become negative to the political climate in country with more control on the products such crisis as of today i.e. 31 may 2012 can not be ruled out. Tomorrow what happens when centre deregulates the pricing of petroleum products, the politics of nation would be less spicy. What to say, can we afford the state vs state fight in infringe on the governance system where centre and state has to support each other on the key policy matters. Let the political parties debate on the rise but calling or supporting the bandhs by the states should be regarded as unconstitutional!!
What more you can ask from the central government, despite the deregulation on the pricing of the petroleum, the politics of the nation since 1970s revolves around controlling it. The magnitude of the problem is not the price rise per se, but the manner in which it was bending to the demands of the marketing companies. The international performance of the Rupee against the dollar might also trigger the reduction in the profits of the oil companies in long run. There is no doubt on the concerns of the opposition parties, but this is time to rethink on the policy of state support to such bandh.Whether we like it or not these strike once supported by the opposition ruled states shows the extreme polarisation and real loss of communication between the centre and states. The idea of using non-conventional energy sources for the majority of the activities needs to be promoted and also the reduction in consumption of fuel needs to be encouraged.
The politics over the petroleum products would take undue turn in case there is real crisis in terms of balance of payments, governments would be in fix in order to bring regulation in the market. The large share of oil imports would become negative to the political climate in country with more control on the products such crisis as of today i.e. 31 may 2012 can not be ruled out. Tomorrow what happens when centre deregulates the pricing of petroleum products, the politics of nation would be less spicy. What to say, can we afford the state vs state fight in infringe on the governance system where centre and state has to support each other on the key policy matters. Let the political parties debate on the rise but calling or supporting the bandhs by the states should be regarded as unconstitutional!!
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