How long we will allow traditional politicians to fool us:- Durga Shakti Nagpal, a young IAS Officer, was posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Gautam Buddha Nagar (NOIDA-UP) in September 2012. Within months, the case of her suspension has become the epitome of deep depravity to which governance in India in general and UP in particular has descended. Contrary to media reports and public perception that it is a matter of ‘babu vs neta’, the issue is more sinister, with far-reaching consequences to the basic tenets of secular governance. As per reports, behind this sordid episode is the communal agenda of Samajwadi Party MLA and chairperson of the UP State Agro Industrial Corporation Limited, Narendra Bhatty, who has openly claimed that it was he who got Durga Shakti suspended that too in just 40 minutes! This man is an aspirant for the Lok Sabha seat from that constituency. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he had stood third, polling 16.05 per cent of the votes, behind the Bahujan Samaj Party and BJP, virtually neck-to-neck with the Congress candidate. Bhatty’s calculation was that if he can polarise the votes in the constituency on communal lines, he could eat into the Muslim votes that both the BSP and the Congress received the last time.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 05:48:16 +0000
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