NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

This refers to the article ‘For a national government’ [BL- 7th March]. Every right thinking and patriotic Indian would whole heartedly endorse the idea of a national government as proposed in the article. In India what we are witnessing today is a ‘notional government’, which is unable to govern in the best interest of the nation due to its coalition dharma. It is compelled to sacrifice the interest of the nation to hold on to power at any cost.

In the backdrop of the adverse impact of the world’s worst economic recession on India and also keeping in mind the revolutions that the Arab world is facing due to the economic crisis it is high time that our political leaders urgently consider the idea of forming a national government of reconciliation before a serious situation arrives at our door steps.

But this calls for sacrifice, reconciliation and a strong patriotic spirit. Above all we need tall patriotic leaders to take the initiative and convince the rest of the ordinary leaders to follow them in their efforts. Unfortunately what we see today is a plethora of dwarf, selfish and greedy leaders in politics who are eternally trying to grab power at any cost to enrich themselves and their kith and kin at the cost of the nation. Small regional parties and independent MPs and MLAs are holding the governments to ransom. Therefore though ‘national government’ is most desirable, it may remain ‘utopian’ in the present circumstances. We may have to be contented with rather a ‘Notional Government’ which is unable to govern due to its coalition compulsions