Today the word “Politics” is synonymous with Corruption and Black Money. It’s a field filled with Lust for Power. Pune is also facing the same problem, the politics has degraded here. Every party has its own agenda and they are ultimately destroying pune’s cultural environment. There was a time when pune was known as cultural capital of Maharashtra. It is education hub also (though now it has ruined!!!!!). But due to some nuisance and idiotic politicians, students have stopped coming here. Pune is loosing its dignity.
But a new face has emerged in pune’s politics, it can create new phase into politics, That is Mr. Arun Bhatia.
The situation in Indian politics is, where, a Politician is a Promise-Breaker; he never cares for the poor and underprivileged. He indulges in vote-bank politics, which is not the right way of dealing with people. He even cheats his own party by jumping to other parties which offer him nice seats with loads of money. He will do anything to get a party ticket and is prepared to avenge for his not getting any party ticket in any possible manner. The coalition politics sums up the real color of the today’s true politician. Wherein parties which join hands together to form the government, go against themselves fighting for some petty matters and then threaten the survival of the government as a whole. Such a person is not at all a politician. He is just an opportunist, a blackmailer. He is just a man who loves money and power. He cannot be a true representative of people at all.
Whenever Bhatia detected corruption and initiated action against the culprits protected by the establishment, he was transferred. In subsequent postings when he raised the old issues and asked for action against offenders, he was told that this was no longer his concern. Transfer is an instrument not only of harassment but also of silencing protest within the system. Bhatia's protests and findings remained suppressed and law breakers walked away unpunished, unassailable and stronger than before.
And so in 26 years of service (excluding the training period and service in the United Nations), Bhatia was removed from his post (transferred) 26 times.
According to Bhatia, as many as 68 per cent families had taken loans from moneylenders for food. "This episode of malnutrition leads on to governance issues. How can they serve a notice on an officer for expressing an opinion based on a scientific survey? It is an indication of how feudal, autocratic and unprofessional the situation is; of how dissent is treated. It is a serious governance issue and should be taken up."
This civil servant should know. In 1982, he had unearthed massive corruption in the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Dhulia district. As Collector of Bombay, he exposed land scandals involving senior IAS officers. More recently, when Bhatia was Commissioner of the Pune Municipal Corporation, he swung the baton against illegal encroachments and construction by builders and politicians. Bhatia has now initiated a citizens' campaign against corruption. "The test of a good bureaucrat," he says, "is what he does to reform the system." :-arun bhatiaelect
May he can change pune’s face. Vote for him and save pune politics from being ashamed.
Jai ho ...
A very good initiative.
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