| Story Retold - Jharkhand, Naxal and Development by Sudesh Kumar |
The Jharkhand State government’s ministers and supporting political coalition has no plan, policy, intention, energy, foresight or strategy and creeping towards a phase of poor potency in their political career. All dreams of the people have been shattered since, the early times of independence of country. Industrial areas of State have been promising but, the profit is reaping by a certain class of people, which is not new for us. Comparatively stronger class and anti-social elements are the main beneficiaries at all steps of gain, as it has been said – as much our country is growing, that much rich people become richer and poor class become poorer.
It’s not true that, no indigenous or local populations got advantage of modern development and state’s industrialization. But, first and main beneficiaries are mostly that class of people, who already has been at well off positions since early times - no matter either s/he belongs to industrialist or wealthy notorious criminal and politician class. So, Maoist and other terror outfits came in state with their naxal movement to check gap between rich and poor. They promised and won the confidence (possibly at point-blank) of illiterate, semi-literate & poverty ridden people by saying that – they want to bring social-economic-political equality in our place but, first let them make people’s government in India. If public have not got enough time to read or learn their policy then no problem. Entire news media is now obsessed to cover their naxal activities and killings. Also, we have many Bollywood movies, which flashed their concerns to a wide & virtual media. For example watch the movie ‘Lal Salam’.
A Chinese, Mao Zedong, who had reproduced theory of Marx-Lenin during 1950s in China to bring social-economic-political equality and development. That’s now distributed over entire Asian countries such as India, Nepal and Philippines etc. They are an ideal example of best organized militants’ network in this world but, had they brought change and happiness for anyone? I give you a simple example of our nearest metro city – Kolkata, that was once in a history treated as commercial capital like Mumbai but, see the condition now after the many decades of communist ruling governments there, all business and industries management houses has shifted to Mumbai, Delhi and some in south like Bangalore etc. So, city become down compare to its rival cities of India. Also, you may take the example of any naxal affected area; do you think is it flying high on the way of social-economic-political-technological development?
Naxal areas exist, where only, there is no kind of infrastructure has been developed yet? Well, no way to develop any infrastructure there, because Naxalist wants political power rather than any development. Whenever govt. send personnel’s to execute highly funded projects in order to develop infrastructure there then, all things pushed down just because, there is jungle raj of Naxal. In lack of basic infrastructure such as educational or health institutions, all economically productive populations have been migrated from there and as obvious, upcoming talents are migrating too.
Here, the big questions come, why can’t the Government of India gets rid of this regional development obstacle? Why our govt. is so silent even after 60+ years of independence? It will just take less than a week to make the entire State free from any naxalism if it has been given in the hand of Indian Army, that’s 3rd biggest army of the world. But, our so called democratic government can’t allow army to make our state naxal free. So, still same question lies here? Who has the answer of this big question? Scholars say, answer is already with all concerned people who run the government or play in the field of political battle. But, they can’t do anything except waiting for appropriate political equation to solve this. This same political equation is meant everything for their political position that’s above the God or motherland for them.
Do business houses know the answer? Yes, they knew it too but, first thing is profit that should be first in business than anything else. So, profit is above the humanity or God and poor regions’ development. Here, regional development issues depends on famous blue ocean theory, no surprise here, it was also given by a Chinese. Jharkhand has been major beneficiaries of this theory. As in one example – Jamshedpur become the one of the best city of India through the local industry and bounty of Tata Company. So, can you believe it’s in Jharkhand State, where 22 out of 24 districts are naxal affected. And an another blue ocean known as Chiria mines also found in Jharkhand, that is still killing the sweet sleep of world’s richest business houses.
Well forget these Politicians and business houses for a moment; does general public know this answer? Certainly not!! Coz public doesn’t have time to think about it, general public is so busy to earn their bread n butter for subsistence and further development. We know and entire world also accept – we are the most economically productive population and termed as high interest paid human capital, which successfully established itself in all blue chip branded companies. We can make our survival at any place of the world coz we are really competitive. But, did we know the answer of that simple question? Majority of us (NRN – non-resident native) might say like - “I am a business professional or whatever; I get everything after giving my all time to my company, where I work & I am so busy, I don’t have time to think that political stuffs of our ancestor’s place. I think world become a global village now and we should work for human kind. But, I don’t know, where is our ancestors’ place exist in this global village. Even, if I think and got answer of your question then, what more I can do except writing in some news papers etc. I can’t go in that naxal areas, I am not political. Also, I have everything here which I need and ever desired”.
Well, our Word Bank is richer than the World Bank to discuss above. Do you agree? Not yet!!! Scroll back please.
Sudesh Kumar
Jharkhand Forum
A Global Network of Jharkhand
E-mail: forum@jharkhand.org.in
http://www.jharkhand.org.in/forum |
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