Prepare action plan for better transport facilities in rural areas
Orders issued to fill all vacancies of HODs/Additional HODs
through promotion within a month
Review meeting of Principal Secretaries/Secretaries held

Lucknow: 16December 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati directed the officers
to formulate strategy for doubling the agricultural production of the
state and present it before the State Cabinet within a month. She
directed the officers to take punitive action against those who had
furnished wrong income certificates to avail government facilities. She
also decided to replace Jal Nigam with other department or any other
agency for the installation of hand-pumps under the rural drinking water
programme, so that its resources could be fully utilised for the large
projects.

The C.M. gave these directives when the Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Shashank Shekhar Singh, Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta and
Additional Cabinet Secretary Mr. Vijay Shankar Pandey apprised her of
the feedback of the monthly review meeting of the Principal
Secretaries/Secretaries of all the departments.

Ms. Mayawati said that her government wanted to make the
farmers of the state prosperous and happy and with this view it had
taken several important decisions. She asked the officers of all the
related departments to prepare a strategy for doubling agricultural
production and present it before the Cabinet within a span of one
month. She said that a consolidated action plan should be formulated
with the coordination between agriculture and related activities, so that
the farmers got various agricultural inputs/facilities like fertilisers,
certified seeds, soil testing and irrigation timely and also in a smooth
manner, so that the income of the farmers could be increased twice in
next three years. She said that adequate quantity of fertilisers should
be stored before the start of the crop cycle, so that the farmers had no
difficulty in getting fertilisers. She directed the DMs to keep a check on
the distribution of fertilisers by private sellers. She said that priority
should be accorded to such proposals to be sent to the Government of
India under the Backward Area Grant Fund in the next fiscal, which
ensured creation of enough agricultural infrastructure in the rural areas.
She said that the number of Mandis should be increased, so that the
farmers got fair prices of their produce.

The C.M. said that the officers of the Medical Department should
review the number of operations being undertaken by all the surgeons
everyday and ensure that the set parameters were strictly adhered to.
She also asked them to review the parameters set for operations by the
surgeons and set new parameters for the same. She directed that the
utilisation of beds available in all the hospitals should be improved, so
that the people of the rural areas got better medical facilities. She
further directed that the facility of OPD, x-ray and pathology should be
made available round the clock at the hospitals. She said that the
National Health Insurance Scheme should be extensively reviewed by
the Health Department to assess its viability for BPL families.
Ms. Mayawati also directed the officers to prepare an action plan
for increasing transportation facility in the rural areas. She asked the
officers of the Transport Department to immediately issue permits for
plying of buses to the small private transporters and take action for
plying of buses on the newly identified routes.

Reviewing the programmes of Social Welfare Department, Ms.
Mayawati directed to constitute a committee under the Chairmanship of
Principal Secretary Social Welfare, in view of complaints with regard to
benefits being received by ineligible beneficiaries on the basis of false
income certificate. Secretary/Principal Secretary of Revenue, Rural
Development, Planning, Finance, Food and Civil Supplies Departments
will be the members of this committee, which would ensure a fool-proof
arrangement for issuing income certificate considering all the facts, so
that eligible persons could get the benefit of departmental schemes.
The Chief Minister directed to computerise the data of destitute
women pension and physically handicapped pension beneficiaries
besides, getting the amount according to fixed number by Government
of India in these two heads. Expressing concern over the number of few
beneficiaries of Mahamaya Gharib Balika Ashirwad Yojna, she directed
that this scheme should be publicised on a large scale and certificate
should be taken every month from district programme officer for no
pending of application and all the applications available had been
forwarded. She said that all scholarships and pension schemes second
instalment should be released compulsorily by December 31, so that all
the beneficiaries could be benefited by schemes timely.

Ms. Mayawati directed to fulfil the vacant posts of HODs/AHODs of
departments at all costs by January 15, 2010, so that works of
departments could not be affected. She also directed to fill the posts of
SC/ST in several departments. She said that ST people were living in a
large number in Sonebhadra and Mirzapur. Large scale publicity should
be made in these districts keeping in view to fill these vacant posts
especially, so that the people of naxal-affected areas could get
employment opportunities.

The Chief Minister said that several officers were not visiting fields
to verify development works. She directed that officers should visit
twice a month on regular basis to ensure the verification of
development works and make the report of spot verification available to
the Government. She said that only few months had been left in the
closure of financial year, therefore the remaining amount against the
programmes and schemes should be released soon to speed up
development works. She directed to take action against the
departments, which had slow pace for development works despite the
availability of money.

Ms. Mayawati directed the Electricity Department to speed up
revenue realisation and prevent power theft by examining the data
electricity sub-station wise. She directed for taking stringent action
against the responsible officers/employees failing in it. She said that
several projects of Electricity Department were being held up due to non
supply of materials on time. She directed the officers of Electricity
Department to ensure the supply of materials timely. Directing to
increase the revenue realisation, she said that if needed, policy should
be made to simplify one-time settlement scheme.

Reviewing the works of Irrigation Department, the Chief Minister
directed that work on projects, which had been sent to Government of
India should be started by getting immediate sanction to prevent floods
in future in areas affected last year. She directed the Irrigation
Department to implement the action plan for better use of available
irrigation capacity.

Ms. Mayawati, while reviewing the primary education directed to
make arrangements for assessment of students. She also directed to
complete the urban infrastructure facilities timely.
Keeping in view, the large difference between the wholesale and
retail rates, the Chief Minister directed to take action against the officers
responsible for it. She said that action should be taken under Essential
Commodities Act, if needed. Directing to check the construction of
religious spots on public places/properties, she said that regular
monitoring should be done at district level for it.
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C.M. requests Centre to reorganise Uttar Pradesh on the lines
of Telangana and constitute Bundelkhand and
Western U.P. states separately

State Government not against creation of separate
Poorvanchal state, in fact it is with the people on this issue
— Mayawati
Our party supports smaller states
— Chief Minister

Lucknow: December 11, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, keeping in view
the inspiration of the people of Bundelkhand and Western U.P.,
requested Central Government to give its consent to create two new
separate states of Bundelkhand and Western U.P. She said since she
accorded top priority to the interests of the people, therefore, she was
with the people regarding the formation of these two new states so
that better administrative management and all round development of
these areas could be encouraged.

The Chief Minister was addressing a press conference held at her
official residence here today to clarify her party’s and state
government’s stand on the creation of new states of Bundelkhand and
Western U.P. She said that her government supported smaller states
and districts, so that people could get better administration and all
round development could also be ensured.

Replying to a question she said that if the people of Poorvanchal
also demanded their state then the state government and her party
would not oppose it, instead she was with the people of Poorvanchal
on this issue. Answering another question she said that since Mr.
Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party was heading the Central Government,
therefore he should press Central Government to form separate
Bundelkhand state, instead of demanding it like a leader of opposition
adding that it was opposition which made such demands.

Ms. Mayawati said that she had written several letters to the
Central Government earlier regarding the creation of new states of
Bundelkhand and Western U.P. She said that she had written a letter
in this regard to the Centre today as well. Referring to the huge
population and area of Uttar Pradesh, she said that the formation of
Bundelkhand and areas of Western U.P. as separate states had
become imperative for ensuring better administrative management in
the interests of the people. She said that the people of both these
areas had been demanding for long to create separate states on the
lines of Uttarakhand State.

The C.M. said that as soon as the Central Government gave its
consent to create Telangana as a separate state out of Andhra Pradesh
and wanted that the Vidhan Sabha approved it, the people of these
areas also started pressing more for their demand of separate states
for the past 2-3 days. Therefore, her party and government also
demanded from the Central Government to give its consent for the
creation of two separate states of Bundelkhand and Western U.P. in
the same way.

Ms. Mayawati said that she had requested the P.M. through her
letter written on 15 March 2008 that to ensure all round development
of U.P. it should be divided into smaller states. Therefore, creation of
Bundelkhand and Western U.P. as two separate states would be
correct. She had also requested in her letter that the Central
Government should initiate action as per the constitutional procedure,
so that progress could be made for creation of new states.

The Chief Minister said that in this light she had written another
letter to the Prime Minister today to give consent for the creation of
Bundelkhand and Western U.P. as two new states like Telangana.
Ms. Mayawati made it clear that during her huge public meeting
organised in Lucknow on 09 October 2007, she had strongly and
publicly supported creation of Bundelkhand and Western U.P. as two
new states. She said that during her address she had expressed her
view that her party supported smaller districts and states. She said
that she had made it clear at the meeting if the Central Government
agreed, then the proposal for creation of Bundelkhand and Western
U.P. as two new separate states could be forwarded to the Centre.

The C.M. said that on 31 October 2007, her government had
expressed its view in the U.P. Vidhan Sabha that under Article-3 of the
Constitution, the Parliament had the right to create new states. She
said that her government had said that it was supporting creation of
smaller states, so that all round development could be ensured, and
when the Central Government initiated it, her government would
extend its support.

Ms. Mayawati appealed to the people of the Bundelkhand and
Western U.P. to strongly plead for the creation of new states before
the Central Government. She said that the people should put their
demand in a disciplined manner and within the limits of law. She urged
them not to get provoked and take law in their hands on this issue.
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Conduct detailed survey to give rights to SC and Vanvasis on land,
their settlement claims should also be solved immediately
— Mayawati

Amend MNREGA scheme to provide infrastructure
facilities like irrigation to SC and poor people
— Chief Minister

Directives issued to provide X-ray and Pathology services in
government hospitals round the clock and improve operation system

Lucknow : December 10, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to
ensure transparency and quality in the implementation of programmes directly
related with the people. These programmes should be completed in a time
bound manner, she warned. She said that detailed survey should be conducted
to give rights to SC and Vanvasis on land and their settlement claims should
also be solved immediately. She said that the officers should visit villages for
this purpose. Directing the Principal Secretaries/Secretaries of Forest, Social
Welfare and Revenue departments to hold camps in the villages of Sonebhadra
and Mirzapur districts to ensure that the people got right/possession over the
land. This work should be completed in a time bound manner, she added.
Regarding the availability of fertilisers in adequate quantity, the C.M.
directed the officers to ensure that there was no paucity of fertilisers at any
cost. She asked the officers to ensure that the black marketing and stockpiling
of fertilisers was stopped and tough action should be taken against those
indulging in it. She further directed the officers to implement such a system
before the next Kharif season, so that there was no dearth of fertilisers. She
directed the officers to fix new routes for the newly constructed roads, so that
people of the rural areas got the facility of transportation. She asked them to
issue permits for the same. She directed the officers that all the construction
agencies ensured selling of tender papers through banks.

Ms. Mayawati gave these directives when the Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Shashank Shekhar Singh, Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta and Additional
Cabinet Secretary Mr. Vijay Shankar Pandey apprised her of the feedback of the
review meeting held with the divisional commissioners and the senior officers of
the government here today. The officers had extensively reviewed the progress
of the development programmes accorded priority by the C.M. After going
through the inferences of the feedback the C.M. gave necessary directives for
the divisional commissioners. She directed the officers to complete construction
of 2000 community centres, being constructed in the Ambedkar villages all over
the state, by 31 March 2010. Besides, she also directed the officers to ensure
that works like construction of link roads, C.C. roads, K.C. drains, kharanja and
installation of sodium lamps, linking of majras and their electrification work was
completed by 31 January by all costs. The Commissioners should conduct on
the spot verifications, she said.

The C.M. directed the officers to distribute land pattas among people of
SC/ST category and ensure their cent per cent possession and if somebody
illegally encroached it then action should be initiated under section 198 against
the encroachers. Besides, she directed the officers to ensure distribution of
housing pattas and agricultural pattas and qualitative disposal of complaints
received at Tehsil Diwas. She asked the officers to verify these activities from
time to time through the competent officers. She directed the officers of the
Revenue department to speed up the pace of consolidation as it adversely
affected the farmers.

Expressing her displeasure over the slow pace of work being conducted
under MNREGA, Ms. Mayawati asked the officers to amend MNREGA scheme to
provide infrastructure facilities like irrigation to the SC and poor people. She
said that for the rapid construction of ponds and to accelerate the pace of
various development works being undertaken at the Panchayat level, a training
and awareness programme should be conducted at the block level for Pradhans
and Panchayat officers.

The C.M. said that about Rs. 2000 crore were being spent under ICDS
scheme for the welfare of women and children. She said that this scheme
should be implemented in an effective manner, so that the beneficiaries got
more and more benefit from it. She directed the officers to review the format of
ICDS scheme so that it could be made more effective. She directed the
divisional commissioners to carry out surprise inspections of the Anganbari
centres.

Ms. Mayawati said that the presence of the doctors should be ensured at
all the PHCs and hospitals, so that people got better health services at the local
level. She said that stringent action should be taken against the defaulters. She
said that it should be ensured that there was no scarcity of medicines in the
hospitals. Besides, she directed the officers to ensure that X-ray and pathology
services in government hospitals were provided round the clock and the
operation system should also be improved.

The C.M. directed that the officers to ensure that the complaints being
received in the distribution and purchase of bitumen (coal tar) were looked into
and solved at the earliest, so that construction of roads could be done in a
qualitative manner. Tender documents should be sold through banks so that
the e-tendering system could be implemented effectively, she stated. Moreover,
23 per cent reservation for the SC/ST in the government contracts should be
ensured at all cost. She expressed her displeasure over the slow progress of the
construction of link roads in the naxal affected divisions viz. Azamgarh,
Varanasi and Vindhyachal. She directed the officers to replace defunct
transformers immediately and energise the tube-wells on priority basis, so that
the farmers did not face any difficulty in their irrigation requirements.

Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure that the maximum amount
received under the BRGF scheme under Panchayati raj was utilised in a time
bound manner and strict action should be taken against those Safai Karmcharis
who were not doing their duty properly. It was informed at the meeting that the
services of as many as 306 Safai Karmcharis had been terminated, 1120
suspended and salary of 2133 Safai Karmcharis had been held.

The C.M. directed the officers to improve the quality of primary education
and speed up the process of recruitment of teachers. She also asked them to
achieve the target of paddy purchase in a time bound manner. She directed the
officers to ensure that all the necessary preparations were completed for the
effective implementation of Secondary Education Campaign. Besides, effective
implementation of schemes like Education for All, Mid-day meal, Savitri Bai
Phule Balika Shiksha Madad Yojna and Mahamaya Garib Balika Ashirvad Yojna
and should be ensured. She also directed to ensure that the canals had water
till the tail end and plantation work was also carried out in an effective manner.
Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure cent per cent distribution of
pre 10th and post 10th scholarships and furnish its report to the government.
She also directed the officers to verify the distribution of pensions like widow,
old age and disabled and eliminate the bogus candidates. She appreciated
some divisions for satisfactory work and warned some divisions and asked to
improve their functioning.

The C.M. directed the officers to utilise funds allocated by 12th Finance
Commission by February next and ensure that the schemes being conducted
under it were completed in a time bound manner and the reconstruction of
collectorate buildings of Azamgarh and Barabanki districts, which were 100
years old, should be completed at the earliest. Besides, various schemes being
implemented for rural and urban drinking water supply should be completed in
a time bound manner and the construction of solid waste management work,
being carried out in Agra, should also be completed at the earliest. She directed
the officers to speed up allotment of houses constructed under the Manyawar
Shri Kanshiramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna and also to ensure effective
implementation of Sarvajan Hitai Shahri Garib Awas (slum area) Malikana Haq
Yojna.

The Chairman Revenue Board Mr. R. Ramni, APC Mr. V.K. Sharma,
Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Mr. Anup Mishra,
Principal Secretaries/Secretaries to C.M. and Principal Secretaries of all the
departments were present at the meeting.
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press release

working

As the recent results of the bye-elections to the 11 assembly
constituencies and a Lok Sabha seat is to be taken into account, BSP
has won 9 out of 11 seats.Now speaking about Mission 2012, BSP has managed to win 9 seats which
indicates that the BSP has still not lost touch with its voters.

Rise of the First Pacific Prime Minister

Now speaking about Mission 2012, BSP has still
not lost touch with its voters. Hence Ku. Mayawati will not only be the first
Scheduled Caste Prime Minister of Jambddvipa, that is, the Great Prabuddha
Bharath, but also rise to be the first Pacific Prime Minister.

Politics and
political matters are considered worldly concerns, yes. But Mayawati did not
ignore such worldly concerns, because as a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,
still she is living in society. Food comes from vast numbers of people
constituting society. So she is working to elevate society to evolve into a
higher form, to be more effective and more just?

The Ministers, MLAs and BSP Cadres are also told by Mayawati
to work for the good of many, for the benefit of all beings and for the
betterment of society. The intent behind the founding of the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) was entirely for the benefit of the people.

In the life of Buddha, we find that the Buddha often
discussed politics with the rulers of realms in his time, such as King Mala,
King Kosala, King Licchavi and King Ajatasattu. The Buddha always preached the
kings that they must rule their kingdoms with dasarajadhamma. The dasarajadamma
in Pali is based on ten precepts, in order for the king to best rule the
country. They are:

(1) be liberal and avoid selfishness,

(2) maintain a high moral character,

(3) Be prepared to sacrifice one’s own pleasure for the
well-being of the subjects,

(4) be honest and maintain absolute integrity,

(5) Be kind and gentle,

(6) lead a simple life for the subjects to emulate,

(7) Be free from hatred of any kind,

(8) exercise non-violence,

(9) Practice patience, and

(10) Respect public opinion to promote peace and harmony.

Ms Mayawati’s government who wishes to peacefully rule her
State effectively apply these 10 precepts even today; they haven’t yet and
never will “go out of date.”

She follows
non-violence and peace as a universal message. She did not approve of violence
or the destruction of life, and aware that there is no such thing as a ‘just’
war.  “The victor breeds hatred; the
defeated lives in misery. He who renounces both victory and defeat is happy and
peaceful.”

She is also
aware ‘When the ruler of a country is just and good, the ministers become just
and good; when the ministers are just and good, the higher officials become
just and good; when the higher officials are just and good, the rank and file
become just and good; when the rank and file become just and good, the people
become just and good.’

Now Ms
Mayawati is been described as one of the greatest leaders. The Leader as
Visionary. Like the captain of a ship, he has a definite goal to chart her
course and steer his ship in the right direction. She has one goal - to find
the cause of suffering and a way out of suffering. Despite much hardship and
setback, she never veered from her course but persevered till she gained
awaken-ness after she got elected as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Guided by
this vision, her mission is an all-embracing one. It is a mission founded on
compassion and love for all beings, regardless of race, creed or status quo.

The Leader
as Role Model

She has an
exemplary figure, someone we can respect and emulate. She is extraordinary,
virtuous and righteous in every thought, word and deed. She says as

She does and
does as she says. Such integrity and consistency won her the trust of her
followers. She is aware of the ten principles which a ruler ought to be
possessed:

1.                 
Alms giving

2.                 
Morality

3.                 
Unselfishness

4.                 
Integrity

5.                 
Gentleness

6.                 
Self-restraint

7.                 
Non-anger

8.                 
Non-violence

9.                 
Patience

10.             
Agreeability

Father of the Prabuddha Bharath Constitution

Ambedkar proved right

After resigning from Nehru’s
Cabinet as Law Minister over the controversial Hindu Code Bill in 1951, Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar spent most of his time writing at his 26, Alipore Road residence in Delhi’s Civil Lines.
Fresh from drafting and the successful piloting of the Indian Constitution in
the Constituent Assembly, he entered one of his most productive writing phases
and left behind a great body of literature on a wide range of subjects.

Dr. Ambedkar, who remained a
Rajya Sabha member till his death in December, 1956, made occasional
appearances in the house of elders to express his views on contemporary issues
that exercised him. Though reading and writing on Hinduism and Buddhism
consumed most of his time, the everyday Indian political situation of the 1950s
did not escape his attention. Two of those issues that need to be relooked
today are the reorganisation of the states and his idea of the politics of
majority and minority castes.

As the issue of
reorganisation of Indian states on the basis of language raged in the 1950s Dr.
Ambedkar compiled his opinions into a book, Thoughts on Linguistic States,
which was published in 1955. The book is as relevant today as it was then. Dr.
Ambedkar felt that creation of states should be based on equal distribution of
population and their capitals should be centrally located in those states. Dr.
Ambedkar criticised the confusion prevailing in the ruling camp in the 1950s on
linguistic states.

He said that one language in
a state can unite people and two languages are sure to divide them. “Culture is
conserved by language”, he said. He supported linguistic states for two
reasons. One, to make the path to democracy easy and the other to remove racial
and cultural tensions.

His opinions find reflection
in today’s situations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam
or even Maharashtra. The formula he put forth
for division of states in his book now seems prophetic. He then had envisioned
the division of Bihar into two: north Bihar with Patna
as capital and Ranchi being the capital of south
Bihar.

The division did happen,
though it took almost fifty years. For him Andhra and Hyderabad (Telangana) were never one state.
He always perceived them as two separate entities. The demand for a separate
Telangana never really died down.

More ominous seems to be his
prescription for Uttar Pradesh. He sought to divide Uttar Pradesh, which was a
six Crore population state in 1955 into three states of two crore population
each. Western Uttar Pradesh with Meerut, Central
Uttar Pradesh with Kanpur and Eastern Uttar
Pradesh with Allahabad
as capitals. He clearly conceptualised that smaller states were always better
administered.

Dr. Ambedkar’s
recommendations for Maharashtra will be too
startling for today’s reader. He proposed the creation of a city state of Bombay (Mumbai) with a rider that the taxes collected from
Bombay should be equally divided among the three
states he proposed to carve out of rest of Maharashtra.
His proposal was for a western Maharashtra, Marathwada or central Maharashtra
and eastern Maharashtra comprising Vidharbha.

He had also wanted to split
Madhya Pradesh into north and south, which eventually became Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh many decades later. While accepting the linguistic states
as a matter of principle, he proposed further division of single language
states for better administration, access to administration for people of
various regions within the geographic entity and also their sentiments.

[   Excerpts from the Thoughts On
Linguistics States, By Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar        

SUMMARY OF PRICIPLES
COVERING THE ISSUE

For the sake of the reader I summarise
below the principles which should underly the creation of Linguistic States which are
already enunciated In the foregoing pages but
which lie about scattered. These principles may be staled as below :

(1) The idea of having a mixed State must be completely abandoned.

(2) Every State must be an unilingual State. One State, one language.

(3) The
formula one State, one language must not be
confused with the formula of one language, one State.

(4) The
formula one language, one State means that all people speaking one language
should be brought under one Government
irrespective of area, population and dissimilarity of conditions among the
people speaking the language. This is the idea that underlies the agitation for
a united Maharashtra with Bombay. This is an absurd formula and has no
precedent for it. It must be abandoned. A people speaking one language may be
cut up into many States as is done in other parts of the world.

(5) Into
how many States a people speaking one language should be cut up, should depend
upon (1) the requirements of efficient administration, (2) the needs of the
different areas, (3) the sentiments of the different areas, and (4) the proportion
between the majority and minority.

(6) As the
area of the State increases the proportion of the minority to the majority
decreases and the position of the minority becomes precarious and the
opportunities for the majority to practise tyranny over the minority become
greater. The States must therefore be small.

(7) The
minorities must be given protection to prevent the tyranny of the majority. To
do this the Constitution must be amended and provisions must be made for a
system on plural member constituencies (two or three) with cumulative voting ]

The most fascinating
of Dr. Ambedkar’s proposal was about making Hyderabad, the country’s second capital for
an obvious reason — this
southern city is equidistant from various regions of the country. The second
reason for mooting this idea was to ease the north-south tension.

[ Excerpts from the Thoughts On Linguistics
States, By Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

INDIA AND
THE NECESSITY OF A SECOND CAPITAL

A WAY TO REMOVE TENSION BETWEEN THE NORTH
AND THE SOUTH

Can India
afford to have one Capital ? That India has now
one capital does not close the question. If the Capital of India is not
satisfactorily located, now is the time for considering the question.

Since the departure of the British, India
has only one capital and that is Delhi.
Before the British, India
has always had two capitals. During the Moghal
period, India had Delhi as one Capital and Shrinagar
in Kashmir as another Capital. When the
British came they too had two capitals, one was Calcutta and another was Simla. Even when
they left Calcutta for Delhi, they retained Simla as their summer
Capital. The two capitals maintained by the Moghuls
and by the British were the results of climatic conditions.
Neither the British nor the Moghuls were able to
live in Delhi or in Calcutta continuously for 12 months. The
summer months in Delhi
were unbearable to the Moghuls. They made Shrinagar their second capital for
summer months. The summer months in Calcutta
were equally unbearable to the British. They, therefore, established a second
capital. To these climatic conditions must now be added three other conditions.
There was no popular Government when the Moghuls ruled or when the British ruled. Now we have popular Government and the
convenience of the people is an important factor. Delhi is most
inconvenient to the people of the South. They suffer the most from cold as well
as distance. Even the Northern people suffer in the summer months. They do not
complain because they are nearer home and they are nearer the seat of power.
Second is the feeling of the Southern people and the third is the consideration
of Defence. The feeling of the Southern people is that the Capital of their
Country is far away from them and that they are
being ruled by the people of Northern India.
The third consideration is of course more important. It is that Delhi is a vulnerable
place. It is within bombing distance of the neighbouring countries. Although India is trying to live in peace with its neighbours
it cannot be assumed that India
will not have to face war sometime or other and if war comes, the Government of India will have to leave Delhi and find another
place for its location. Which is the place to
which the Government of India can migrate ? A
place that one can think of is Calcutta.
But Calcutta is also within bombing distance
from Tibet.
Although India and China today are
friends, how long the friendship would last no one can definitely say. The
possibility of conflict between India
and China
remains. In that event Calcutta
would be useless. The next town that could be considered as a refuge for the
Central Government is Bombay. But Bombay
is a port and our Indian Navy is too poor to protect the Central Government if it came down to Bombay. Is there a fourth place one could think of? I find Hyderabad to be such a place. Hyderabad Secunderabad
and Bolarum should be constituted into a Chief
Commissioner’ s Province and made a second capital of India. Hyderabad fulfils all the requirements of a capital for India. Hyderabad is equidistant
to all States. Anyone who looks at the table of distances given below will
realise it:

From the defence point of view it would
give safety to the Central Government. It is equidistant from all parts of India. It would
give satisfaction to the South Indian people that their Government is sometimes
with them. The Government may remain in Delhi during winter months and during other months it can
stay in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad has all the
amenities which Delhi has and it is a far better
City than Delhi.
It has all the grandeur which Delhi has. Buildings are going cheap and they
are really beautiful buildings, far superior to those in Delhi. They are all on sale. The only thing
that is wanting is a Parliament House which the Government of India can easily
build. It is a place in which Parliament can sit all the year round and work,
which it cannot do in Delhi.
I do not see what objection there can be in making Hyderabad a second capital of India. It
should be done right now while we are reorganising the States.

Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Bolarum
should be constituted into a second capital of India. Fortunately, it can be very easily done with satisfaction
to the whole of South India, to Maharashtra and to
the Andhras.

This is
another remedy for easing the tension between the North and the South ]

In Karnataka
State the BBMP has
created 198 wards from just less than 100 wards. Even though the number of
seats reserved for SC/ ST is not proportionate to 198, the election is will be
held in February. The BBMP has been bifurcated to 20000 and 30000 population.
When such is the case why not States be bifurcated for every 2 crore
population? Already number of States have been created after Independence. There is no problem. It is for
easy administration.

Appeal to
Request His Excellency The first
Pacific President
-barack-Obama to Celebrate Buddha Jayanthi at White House on 27^th
May 2010

Politics
and political matters in Buddhism are considered worldly concerns, yes. But the
Buddha did not ignore such worldly concerns, because as a Prince estranged and
removed from his prior worldly concerns, still He was living in society. Alms
food comes from vast numbers of people constituting society. So should not we
work to elevate society to evolve into a higher form, to be more effective and
more just? The monks were also told by the Buddha to work for the good of many,
for the benefit of all beings and for the betterment of society. The intent
behind the founding of the community of monks (Sangha in Pali, Pali being the original
language of the Buddha) was entirely for the benefit of the people.

In the life of Buddha, we find that the Buddha
often discussed politics with the rulers of realms in his time, such as King
Mala, King Kosala , King Licchavi and King Ajatasattu . The Buddha always
preached the kings that they must rule their kingdoms with dasarajadhamma. The
dasarajadamma in Pali is based on ten precepts, in order for the king to best
rule the country. They are: (1) be liberal and avoid selfishness, (2) maintain
a high moral character, (3) be prepared to sacrifice one’s own pleasure for the
well-being of the subjects, (4) be honest and maintain absolute integrity, (5)
be kind and gentle, (6) lead a simple life for the subjects to emulate, (7) be
free from hatred of any kind, (8) exercise non-violence, (9) practice patience,
and (10) respect public opinion to promote peace and harmony. Any government
who wishes to peacefully rule any nation can effectively apply these 10
precepts even today; they haven’t yet and never will “go out of date.”

The Buddha
preached non-violence and peace as a universal message. He did not approve of
violence or the destruction of life, and declared that there is no such thing
as a ‘just’ war. From his own words, He taught: “The victor breeds hatred; the
defeated lives in misery. He who renounces both victory and defeat is happy and
peaceful.”

Not only did the Buddha teach non-violence and
peace: He was perhaps the first and only religious teacher who went to the
battlefield personally to prevent the outbreak of a war, when He diffused
tension between the Sakyas and the Koliyas who were about to wage war over the
waters of Rohini River. He also dissuaded King Ajatasattu from attacking the
Kingdom of the Vajjis

He showed how countries could become corrupt,
degenerate and unhappy when the head of the government becomes corrupt and
unjust. He spoke against corruption and how all governments’ actions must be
based on humanitarian principles.

The Buddha
once said, ‘When the ruler of a country is just and good, the ministers become
just and good; when the ministers are just and good, the higher officials
become just and good; when the higher officials are just and good, the rank and
file become just and good; when the rank and file become just and good, the
people become just and good.’

Clearly,
religion and politics are something analogous to paper money having two sides.
The front can be regarded as religion and the other side can be regarded as
politics. They cannot be separated from each other. Otherwise the value of
money is nothing. Similarly, Buddhist monks and other religious leaders also
should not be separated from politics. I don’t mean to imply that they should
rule the country, but just to present and to advance their Buddhist precepts throughout
the workings of a government in order to prevent so many wars and conquests,
persecutions, such egregious atrocities, rebellions, and the destruction of
works of art and culture.

obama.barack@fcboe.org

Desappriya
jayasuriya
0n Subject: Buddha

mentioned
Remarks by first
Pacific President Barack Obama at Suntory Hall”……. It is wonderful to be
back in Japan. 
Some of you may be aware that when I was a young boy, my mother brought me to Kamakura, where I looked
up at that centuries-old symbol of peace and tranquility — the great bronze
Amida Buddha……” Now Barack Obama is been described as one of the greatest
leaders. The Leader as Visionary. Like the captain of a ship, he has a definite
goal to chart his course and steer his ship in the right direction. He has one
goal - to find the cause of suffering and a way out of suffering. Despite much
hardship and setback, he never veered from his course but persevered till he
gained awaken-ness after he got elected as President of US.

Guided by this
vision, his mission is an all-embracing one. It is a mission founded on
compassion and love for all beings, regardless of race, creed or status quo.

The Leader as
Role Model

He has an
exemplary figure, someone we can respect and emulate. He is extraordinary,
virtuous and righteous in every thought, word and deed. He says as he does and
does as he says. Such integrity and consistency won him the trust of his
followers. He is aware of the ten principles which a ruler ought to be possessed:

1.                 
Alms
giving

2.                 
Morality

3.                 
Unselfishness

4.                 
Integrity

5.                 
Gentleness

6.                 
Self-restraint

7.                 
Non-anger

8.                 
Non-violence

9.                 
Patience

10.             
Agreeability

 

The
Leader as Mediator

As
a leader,

He
demonstrated both skills in mediation and impartiality in judgment, showed his
ability to resolve problems and arguments.

Hence
Jagatheesan Chandrasekharan suggested “…..Let all of us
request His Excellency the first
Pacific president-barack-obama to celebrate next (27-May 2010)Buddha Jayanthi at White House to
spread the message of non-violence and peace by chanting relevant gathas by
Maha theras for the happiness and welfare of all…..”

MAHINDA

welcomed
the same by saying “…..DEAR FRIENDS …ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!
                        
WHAT MARVELOUS IDEA. WE SHOULD ASK THE ENTIRE BUDDHIST WORLD TO RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST FROM PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA TO COMPLY WITH OUR HUMBLE IDEA AND
HONOR IT.
                     
The main reason being    THAT THERE WERE NOT SINGLE  A DROP OF
BLOOD WAS SHED IN THE NAME OF THE BUDDHISM 
                     
        BUDDHA PREACHED ABSOLUTE NONVIOLENCE ,THE
UNBOUND LOVE AND COMPASSION TOWARD EVERY LIVING CREATURE.
                     
  
    MOST LIKELY THE PRESIDENT MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF
 THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF BUDDHISM.
                     
    
                     
  FURTHER MORE THE BUDDHA TOLERATED ALL BELIEF SYSTEMS AND NEVER
CONDEMNED OR PUT DOWN OTHERS’ FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPAGATION OR
PROSYLITIZATION /FOR HIS OWN. HE WAS THE MOST TOLERANT TEACHER OF DARMA
WHICH ADVOCATES THE TOTAL OPENNESS LIKE MAMMOTH TENT WITHOUT DOORS AND
WINDOWS  WHERE EVERY ONE IS WELCOME   AND NO ONE IS ASKED OR
REQUIRED TO GIVE UP THEIR BELIEF.

                          
HE INVITED THE FOLLOWERS TO CAREFULLY INVESTIGATE HIS TEACHING, LIKE GOLD
DIGGER TRYING FINDING THE PURE GOLD, BEFORE MAKING ANY HASTY DECISION TO BECOME
A BUDDHIST.
            SO LET US
SEND OUR REQUEST THE WHITE HOUSE AS A UNOFORM VOICE.  LET US
ALSO REQUEST HIS HOLINESS DALAI LAMA TO JOIN US  …  “

Venerable Ananda
Bhante of Mahabodhi Loka Shanti Vihara, Bangalore suggested to appeal all the
Buddhist organizations in general and Americans in particular to make a request
to White House to Celebrate Buddha Jayanthi on 27^th May 2010.
Accordingly emails are being sent to all Buddhist organizations through the
world.

Similar
suggestion was made by Sashikanth Chandrasekharan from Cleveland.

P.P. Lakshman
Email: pplakshman08@
gmail.com
Tel: 917-664-6566
suggested as follows:
Dear Jagatheesan,

There is no doubt that the case for celebration of Buddha Jayanti at
White House is inherently strong, more so in the wake of the inspiring
speech at Tokyo, earlier this month, by President Obama who called
himself the ‘first Pacific President’. We all should be thankful to
you and the other Buddhist friends for bringing this up.

As you know, most of the Buddhist countries in the world are in the
Pacific region, and they all will be ecstatic about the idea of
celebrating the next Buddha Jayanti at the White House - on May 27,
2010. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos,
Sri Lanka
have all very many devoted Buddhists.

Their governments
are likely to make the suggestion to the Pacific
President in the U.S.
This is true of India as
well despite the fact
that India
has a Buddhist symbol as its national emblem and Buddha
Dhamma Chakra embedded on its national flag. There are many Indian
nationals in the Obama administration including the White House. They will also
support the idea.

The memorable Tokyo speech of the U.S.
President provides an excellent
background to make the case for a White House celebration of Buddha
Jayanti. Obama will most certainly get a hearing for the Buddha
Jayanti proposal from leaders like Dalai Lama, the Chinese Buddhist
leader Ven Hsing Yun. Buddhist activist Richard Gere the famous actor,
and Buddhist Professor Robert Thurman and others. I am very optimistic
that with their voicing support, the White House celebration of Buddha
Jayanti on May 27, 2010 would be a done deal.

Let us make our appeals to His Holiness Dalai Lama
ohhdl@dalailama.com,
Chinese Buddhist leader  Venerable Hsing Yun, Budddhist activist Richard Gere the famous actor
, and
Buddhist Professor Robert Thriman

and others for voicing their support for
celebration of  Buddha Jayanthi at White House on May 2010

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The Non-Violence Ethic - A Noble Humanist Concept

Gautama Buddha propounded the philosophy of non-violence, universal love and peace 2,500 years ago. Emperor Ashoka Maurya from India gave this pacifist philosophy official recognition in the 3rd century B.C.E. and sent Buddhist missionaries to the far-east and Central Asia. For this initiative in spreading the message of peace and non-violence, he is remembered not only by Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is The Great Prabuddha Bharath but by pacifists all around the globe.

It is becoming increasingly ironical to talk about Non-violence in a
world of Inter-Continental Ballastic Missiles, Hydrogen Bombs, Nuclear
Submarines and the rest. But amidst all the dust that is kicked up by the
aggravating belligerence between the US and Iraq or Aboriginal Inhabitants of
Jambudvipa, that is The Great Prabuddha Bharath and Pakistan for instance, the
word Non-Violence brings to mind the name of Mahatma Gandhi in Aboriginal Inhabitants
of Jambudvipa, that is The Great Prabuddha Bharath along with the other
pacifist crusaders in different parts of the world.

Buddhism - the Pioneering Spirit of Non-Violence

Whatever one’s opinion on how far
India owes its independence to Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent crusade against
British imperialism, even the Mahatma’s worst critics would admit that the
non-violent Satyagraha launched by him attracted millions of Indians into
India’s freedom struggle.

But the philosophy of non-violence
(ahimsa) in India
is not a 20th century phenomenon, it has existed since the last three thousand
years right from the days of Gautama Buddha. India’s great emperor Ashoka gave
this pacifist philosophy official recognition for which he is remembered not
only by Indians but by pacifists all around the globe.

Origins of Non-Violence lie in Buddhism,

Lord Buddha was born in the year 563
BC in Lumbini in Nepal
Tarai near Kapilavastu in the Himalayan foothills and was named
Siddhartha.  His father was King Suddhohana of the Sakya tribe and the
Gautam clan, and his mother Maya was a Licchavi princess.  At age 19
years, he was married to princess Yashodhara and was later blessed with a son,
Rahul.  At age 29 years, Siddhartha left his home for good to seek
enlightenment and peace.  He received instructions from gurus at
Vaisali and Rajagriha and later practised penances and austerities at Uruvela
(near Gaya) for
six years but without any results.  It was, however, at Bodh Gaya after a
period of seven weeks’ continuous meditation, sitting under a pipal
tree, that Siddhartha obtained supreme enlightenment at the age of 35
years.  Thereafter, from that point, he became the Buddha—the enlightened
one.

  
He went on to Sarnath (near Varanasi)
where he preached his first sermon to five Brahmins who had been his companions
for six years at Uruvela.  The five holy men of Sarnath who received these
instructions became Buddha’s first followers.

We remember both Lord Buddha and his
sermon at Sarnath with great reverence. His preaching is well-known as dhamma-chakka
pavatana (setting in motion the wheel of law).

Gautama Buddha explained the four
noble truths, the eightfold path of duty, the need to follow the middle path to
avoid the extremes of the pursuit of pleasure on the one hand, and worthless
austerities on the other. 

 The four noble truths are: (i)
misery (dukkha); (ii) cause of misery (dukha-samudaya); (iii)
negation of misery (duhkha-nirodha); and (iv) the path which leads
towards the negation of misery (duhkha-nirodha-gamini-patipada).

  
 The Eightfold Path comprises (i) right speech, (ii) right action, (iii)
right means of livelihood, (iv) right exertion, (v) right mindedness, (vi)
right meditation, (vii) right resolution, and (viii) right point of view. 
The first of these three paths lead to sila (physical control), the
next three to samadhi or chitta (mental control), and the last two to pajna
(intellectual development).

 It may be recalled that in the
last 45 years of his life after attaining Awakenment with Awareness, Buddha
traveled around the country teaching the masses and debating with many other
religious teachers the four noble truths, the eight-fold path, and dhamma. 
Buddha always spoke in the people’s language Prakrit and not in Sanskrit. 
Many people became his followers but stayed with their jobs, homes, and
families.  These lay followers provided food and shelter for others who
decided, like Buddha, to give up ordinary life and become wandering monks
wearing saffron robes.  The community of monks and nuns became known as
the sangha.

The gospel of Buddha spread
rapidly.  Buddha’s impressive personality, use of the common people’s
language, and his communication skills made his gospel spread fast.  It is
another matter that Buddha’s dialogue and discussions were recorded well after
his maha pari nibbana in Pali and these formed the basis of Buddhism
in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia,
and Vietnam
where the Hinayana form of Buddhism prevails.  Similarly, some
hundred years after Buddha, several scholars recorded the Buddhist precepts and
practices in Sanskrit.  These Sanskrit writings of Buddhist scholars in India spread to China,
Japan, Tibet, and Central Asia
and provided the kernel for the growth of the Mahayana form of
Buddhism.

In fact, from among the galaxy of
Buddhist monks, Arahats and Rinpoches, starting from Ananda,
the principal associate and disciple of Lord Buddha to the present 14th Dalai
Lama, one name that stands out with great prominence is that of Guru
Padmasambhava, the lotus born who transmitted tantric Buddhism to Sikkim, Bhutan
and Tibet
in the 8th century.

There are several legends and myths surrounding this great Guru including his
eight forms or manifestations representing different aspects of his being.
Several historians, however, describe Padmasambhava’s place of birth to be
Oddiyana (now believed to be the Swat Valley in Pakistan). He played a major role
in the spread of Buddhism in Tibet
and in other parts of the Himalayan region in the midst of different
conflicting philosophies.

Guru Rinpoche or the precious Master, is the Supreme Tantrik Master who through
his tantric power subdued evil spirits and demons and reformed them to guard
the religion and protect the followers of Dharma. He is profoundly venerated in
Tibet
for establishing Buddhism there.

It is learnt that while he was on his way to Tibet,
Guru Rinpoche visited Sikkim
in 8th century A.D. Guru Rinpoche has a special connection with the land of Sikkim which was blessed by him as the Bayyul
Dremojong (hidden land of rice).

 
Guru Padmasambhava is not only venerated as the guardian deity and the
protector of the land by the people following Buddhism but also held in high
esteem and profound reverence by Sikkimese of every faith.

Many believe that this Himalayan land continuing to enjoy peace, tranquility,
progress and social harmony in spite of chaotic and violent disturbances
prevailing all around is a testimony to the belief that Sikkim must surely have
been blessed and protected by Guru Rinpoche from misfortunes, calamities,
strife and destruction.

Unification of Buddhist Thoughts

An enormous corpus of literature on Buddhism is available today in the
world. We have to take note of the fact that literature on Buddhism has grown
in several parts of the world encompassing ideas expressed in different
languages and in distant lands with varied cultures and even several
civilizations.

Following are three aspects of
Buddhism which were very dear to Lord Buddha. These are namely; (i)
compassion and non-violence; (ii)avoidance of the extremes and pursuit of the
middle path; and (iii) inculcation of spirit of rationality and argument.

Compassion and Non-violence

In the light of Lord Buddha’s
teachings, the conflict resolution mechanism of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of
Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath society received new ideas and
institutions.  This is reflected in the increasing importance of Karuna
or compassion and non-violence in our society.

Love and kindness are the very basis of
human society.  Hatred, the Buddha said, was never appeased by more
hatred—it could only be defused by friendship and sympathy. 

Compassion is the real essence of
religion.  All religions emphasize betterment and improvement of human
beings, a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood, and love.  If one can
practice compassion, then the essence of religion is automatically followed,
whether it is the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, or Islamic way.  The
important thing is that in daily life one must practice the essentials of
religion—non-violence, love, and compassion—and on that level there is hardly
any difference between Buddhism, Christianity, or any other religion. 

Gautama Buddha’s ‘middle path’. 

According to this doctrine of the
golden mean, the correct or right course of action is always some middle point
between the two extremes of excess (too much) and deficiency (too
little). 

It is interesting to note that similar
approaches were propounded in China
and Greece
in the pre-Christian era.  Confucius (550–479 BC) believed in virtuous
living by what he called the ‘doctrine of the mean’ (Chung Yang or ‘constant
middle’): for every action, there are two extremes which must be avoided, and
what lies at a proper distance between these two extremes is virtue, and the
right way to act.  Lao Tze, an older contemporary of Confucius believed,
and accordingly advocated, that the right way (Tao) consists in reversion from
extremes. 

In Greece, Aristotle (384–322 BC)
developed this doctrine of the mean to be applied in determining what course of
action is right in a number of different situations.

 There is nothing to indicate
that ‘middle path’ doctrine were known to the Chinese savant Confucius or to
the Greek philosopher Aristotle.  This astonishing coincidence in approach
among the leading men of three civilizations (Indian, Chinese, and Greek)
establishes that commonality in findings about truth is independent of race,
environment, or age.

To arrive at the middle path is not to
effect a compromise but to attain a harmonious view among conflicting
interpretations.  This is a difficult task.  At a deeper level, it
denotes unity of mind and thought.

Rationality and Argument

Buddha attached great importance to
rational enquiry than perhaps any other religious leader in history.  The
Buddha says in a sutta:

Monks and scholars should
Well analyse my words,
Like gold (to be tested through) melting, cutting and polishing,
And then adopt them, but not for the sake of showing me respect.

By this Buddha meant that even if a
particular doctrine is set forth in scriptures, one must examine whether or not
it meets the test of reasoning.  If it comes in conflict with reasoning,
or is at variance with new realities, it is no longer appropriate to assert its
primacy and to follow its dictates.  This applies to Buddha’s sayings as
well.

A fundamental change in attitude is
necessary.  Basically a Buddhist attitude on any subject must be one that
accords with the facts.  If, upon investigation, one finds that there is
reason and proof for a point, then one should accept it.  That is not to
say that there are not certain points that are beyond human powers of deductive
reasoning—that is a different matter.  However, when we investigate
certain descriptions as they exist in sacred texts and we find that they do not
correspond to reality, then one must accept the reality, and not the literal
scriptural explanation.

Buddha, like Socrates, was never
content to accept traditional certainties as final, however august they might
be. Buddha believed that every individual must find the truth in his own way,
and must question everything, even Buddha’s own words and sayings
himself.  This new rationality had no place for blind faith.

  
The story of Gautama has particular relevance for our times.  We too are
living in a period of transition and change, as was the Great Prabuddha Bharath
during the sixth and fifth centuries BC.  Like Gautama, we live in an age
of political violence and have had terrifying glimpses of man’s inhumanity to
man.  In our society too there is widespread malaise, urban despair and
anomie, and we are sometimes fearful of the new world order that is emerging.

 
Scholars have been re-examining the
history of the Buddhist doctrine in the light of modern ideas.  Buddha has
been considered a rationalist, an empiricist, and a social prophet, and the dhamma
an ideology for a new age.  Modernists feel strongly about the social role
religion should be expected to play.  In the Great Prabuddha Bharath, for
example, a crusade was initiated in 1958 against the caste theory of
untouchability.  The solution was presented in the form of a return to
Buddhism.

Buddha’s scrupulous empiricism, his
demand for intellectual and personal independence, his belief in dialogue, his
insistence on the ‘middle path’ are useful beacons to solve our present
problems.  We may not be able to fully practice the method he prescribed
or raise ourselves to the level of his conduct but one can certainly move
towards building institutions and supporting individuals that make for a truly
compassionate political and social architecture which I call the Bahudhā
or pluralist approach in our society and politics. 

The Buddhist approach of the middle
path, of non-violence, of love and compassion, influences people of a large
number of countries in the world.  The Buddhist approach of rational
self-enquiry also enables a person to achieve a higher state of discipline and
harmony beyond narrow sectarian and national prejudices.  All these become
axiomatic when seen in the light of the well-known Buddhist maxim: ‘Be a lamp
unto yourself’ (Appa Deepo Bhav).

There are three truths:
my truth, your truth and the truth.
Chinese Proverb

Ambedkar proved right

For the sake of the reader I summarise below the principles which should underly the creation of Linguistic States which are already enunciated In the foregoing pages but which lie about
scattered. These principles may be staled as below :

(1) The idea of having a mixed State must be completely abandoned.

(2) Every State must be an unilingual State. One State, one language.

(3) The formula one State, one language must not be confused with the formula of one language, one State.

(4) The formula one language, one State means that all people speaking one language should be brought under one Government
irrespective of area, population and dissimilarity of conditions among
the people speaking the language. This is the idea that underlies the
agitation for a united Maharashtra
with Bombay. This is an absurd formula and has no precedent for it. It
must be abandoned. A people speaking one language may be cut up into
many States as is done in other parts of the world.

(5)
Into how many States a people speaking one language should be cut up,
should depend upon (1) the requirements of efficient administration,
(2) the needs of the different areas, (3) the sentiments of the
different areas, and (4) the proportion between the majority and
minority.

(6)
As the area of the State increases the proportion of the minority to
the majority decreases and the position of the minority becomes
precarious and the opportunities for the majority to practise tyranny
over the minority become greater. The States must therefore be small.

(7)
The minorities must be given protection to prevent the tyranny of the
majority. To do this the Constitution must be amended and provisions
must be made for a system on plural member constituencies (two or
three) with cumulative voting ]

INDIA AND THE NECESSITY OF A SECOND CAPITAL

A WAY TO REMOVE TENSION BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH

 

Can India afford to have one Capital ?
That India has now one capital does not close the question. If the
Capital of India is not satisfactorily located, now is the time for
considering the question.

Since
the departure of the British, India has only one capital and that is
Delhi. Before the British, India has always had two capitals. During
the Moghal period, India had Delhi as one Capital and Shrinagar
in Kashmir as another Capital. When the British came they too had two
capitals, one was Calcutta and another was Simla. Even when they left
Calcutta for Delhi, they retained Simla as their summer Capital. The
two capitals maintained by the Moghuls and
by the British were the results of climatic conditions. Neither
the British nor the Moghuls were able to live in Delhi or in Calcutta
continuously for 12 months. The summer months in Delhi were unbearable
to the Moghuls. They made Shrinagar their second capital for summer
months. The summer months in Calcutta were equally unbearable to the
British. They, therefore, established a second capital. To these
climatic conditions must now be added three other conditions. There was
no popular Government when the Moghuls ruled or when the British ruled. Now we have popular Government and the convenience of the people is an important factor.
Delhi is most inconvenient to the people of the South. They suffer the
most from cold as well as distance. Even the Northern people suffer in
the summer months. They do not complain because they are nearer home
and they are nearer the seat of power. Second is the feeling of the
Southern people and the third is the consideration of Defence. The
feeling of the Southern people is that the Capital of their Country is
far away from them
and that they are being ruled by the people of Northern India. The
third consideration is of course more important. It is that Delhi is a
vulnerable place. It is within bombing distance of the neighbouring
countries. Although India is trying to live in peace with its neighbours it cannot be assumed that India will not have to face war sometime or other and if war comes, the Government of India will have to leave Delhi and find another place for its location. Which is the place to which the Government of India can migrate ?
A place that one can think of is Calcutta. But Calcutta is also within
bombing distance from Tibet. Although India and China today are
friends, how long the friendship would last no one can definitely say.
The possibility of conflict between India and China remains. In that
event Calcutta would be useless. The next town that could be considered
as a refuge for the Central Government is Bombay. But Bombay is a port and our Indian Navy is too poor to protect the Central Government if it came down to Bombay. Is there a fourth place one could think of? I find Hyderabad to be such a place. Hyderabad Secunderabad and Bolarum should
be constituted into a Chief Commissioner’ s Province and made a second
capital of India. Hyderabad fulfils all the requirements of a capital
for India. Hyderabad is equidistant to all States. Anyone who looks at
the table of distances given below will realise it:

 

	From Delhi – miles	From Hyderabad – miles
To Bombay	798	440
To Calcutta	868	715
To Madras	1198	330
To Karnul	957	275
To Trivandrum	1521	660
To Patiala	124	990
To Chandigarh	180	1045
To Lucknow	275	770

 

From the defence
point of view it would give safety to the Central Government. It is
equidistant from all parts of India. It would give satisfaction to the
South Indian people that their Government is sometimes with them. The
Government may remain in Delhi during winter months and during other months it can stay in Hyderabad. Hyderabad has all the amenities which Delhi has and it is a far better City than Delhi. It has all the

grandeur which Delhi has. Buildings are going cheap and they are really
beautiful buildings, far superior to those in Delhi. They are all on
sale. The only thing that is wanting is a Parliament House which the
Government of India can easily build. It is a place in which Parliament
can sit all the year round and work, which it cannot do in Delhi. I do
not see what objection there can be in making Hyderabad a second capital of India. It should be done right now while we are reorganising the States.

Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Bolarum should be constituted into a second capital of India. Fortunately, it can be very easily done with satisfaction to the whole of South India, to Maharashtra and to the Andhras.

This is another remedy for easing the tension between the North and the South ]

Mayawati seeks centre’s nod for trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh

Now,
the other interesting issue he raised in 1955 was on the majority and
minority groups within a state. Dr. Ambedkar analysed the linkages
between majority caste politics and the concept of the rule of the
political majority. He said that majorities are of two sorts: communal
majority and political majority. Explaining the concept, he wrote that
a political majority is not monolithic and can change its class
composition accomodating various classes. That means a political party
that comes to power winning a majority may consist of persons of
various classes and castes. But he felt that, inherent in such a group
is a communal or caste based majority.

 

While
admission to a political group (which may gain majority in elections)
is open to all, the door to a communal group is closed and is
restricted to a particular caste or community which dominates the
political group. He then questions how this majority caste or communal
group runs away with the title deeds of power won by a political group
after an election? This question has stopped rattling the Indian
polity, since the rule of a single majority caste or community, within
a political formation has become a matter of routine . He went on to
say that, to give such title deeds to a caste or community is to
establish a hereditary government and to ensure the tyranny of that
majority.

 

Dr. Ambedkar’s thoughts about an equitable society remain as prophetic as ever.

 

(Raja Sekhar Vundru from Andhra Pradesh is an IAS officer and opinions expressed are personal.

 

The
excerpts from “Thoughts on linguistics states” by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
are not part of original article by Mr Vundru, I have added them to
give more clarity to the topic.

 

Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) In a surprise move that could give the centre some more sleepless nights, Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Mayawati Friday declared her outright preference for further partition
of UP and creation of independent states of Bundelkhand and Harit
Pradesh.

‘I have written a letter to prime minister
Manmohan Singh, urging him to give clearance for carving out
independent states of Bundelkhand and Harit Pradesh out of a giant
sized and unmanageableUttar Pradesh,’ Mayawati told a hurriedly convened press conference here Friday evening.

‘Since the centre
has already given its nod for carving out the state of Telangana out of
Andhra Pradesh, there was good enough reason to follow the same
exercise in case of UP, where the demand for an independent Bundelkhand
in southern UP and a Harit Pradesh in western UP was being raised for a
long time,’ she said.

While political observers felt that the move was aimed at creating greater discomfort for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre
already grappling with the gradually increasing demand for statehood
from different corners of the country, Mayawati sought to justify her
demand by impressing that she had had these views for long.

‘I was always in favour of smaller states as they are much simpler to
govern,’ she said adding: ‘These views have been expressed by me on
several occasions in the past as well.’

The UP chief minister said: ‘In the past too, on March 15, 2008, I had sent a letter to the prime minister, urging him to consider the demand of the people of Bundelkhand and of western UP for giving them independent statehood.’

She said: ‘Still earlier on October 8, 2007, I had expressed these view at a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) rally in Lucknow.’

According to her: ‘My party legislators too had formally raised this
demand on the floor of the state assembly on October 31, 2007…
therefore, it was now time forthe centre to act.’

Asked if she would move a resolution in this regard in the state assembly, Mayawati shot back: ‘Well, I would do so once the centre has given its approval in principle.’

Meanwhile, in an appeal to the people of these two regions, she has
urged them ‘not to indulge in any activity that is likely to disturb
law and order in the state.’ She, however, assured to ‘extend full
support to the popular demand of the people’.

Category: India, News, Politics

Mayawati Backs Formation of States of Bundelkhand and Paschim UP

Uttar Pradesh’s firebrand Chief Minister Mayawati has extended support to the creation of smaller States.

On Friday, she backed the formation of separate States of Bundelkhand and Paschim Uttar Pradesh by trifurcating U.P. and sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She said it would fulfil the needs and aspirations of the people of the two regions of U.P.

In this context, Ms. Mayawati appealed to the people of Bundelkhand
and Western U.P. to up the ante, albeit within the parameters of law,
onthe creation of two smaller and separate States by incorporating the districts of the two regions.

Ms. Mayawati said she had written to Dr. Singh urging him to take the initiative for the creation of Bundelkhand and Western U.P. on the pattern of Uttarakhand.

“Uttar Pradesh’s population and size is an impediment in speeding up
development works and fine-tuning the administration. It is, therefore,
imperative to create the smaller States of Bundelkhand and Western
U.P.,” she told journalists.

Mayawati was addressing a press conference in UP today in which she said: “Today I wrote a letter to the Prime Minister demanding the creation of separate Bundelkhand and Paschim Uttar Pradesh.”

“My government and my party (Bahujan Samaj Party) are in favor of
creation on smaller states and administrative units. We expresses the
same many times earlier.”

Press Information Bureau
(Chief Minister Information Campus)
Information & Public Relations Department, U.P.

Conduct detailed survey to give rights to SC and Vanvasis on land,
their settlement claims should also be solved immediately
— Mayawati
Amend MNREGA scheme to provide infrastructure
facilities like irrigation to SC and poor people
— Chief Minister
Directives issued to provide X-ray and Pathology services in
government hospitals round the clock and improve operation system

Lucknow : December 10, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to
ensure transparency and quality in the implementation of programmes directly
related with the people. These programmes should be completed in a time
bound manner, she warned. She said that detailed survey should be conducted
to give rights to SC and Vanvasis on land and their settlement claims should
also be solved immediately. She said that the officers should visit villages for
this purpose. Directing the Principal Secretaries/Secretaries of Forest, Social
Welfare and Revenue departments to hold camps in the villages of Sonebhadra
and Mirzapur districts to ensure that the people got right/possession over the
land. This work should be completed in a time bound manner, she added.
Regarding the availability of fertilisers in adequate quantity, the C.M.
directed the officers to ensure that there was no paucity of fertilisers at any
cost. She asked the officers to ensure that the black marketing and stockpiling
of fertilisers was stopped and tough action should be taken against those
indulging in it. She further directed the officers to implement such a system
before the next Kharif season, so that there was no dearth of fertilisers. She
directed the officers to fix new routes for the newly constructed roads, so that
people of the rural areas got the facility of transportation. She asked them to
issue permits for the same. She directed the officers that all the construction
agencies ensured selling of tender papers through banks.

Ms. Mayawati gave these directives when the Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Shashank Shekhar Singh, Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta and Additional
Cabinet Secretary Mr. Vijay Shankar Pandey apprised her of the feedback of the
review meeting held with the divisional commissioners and the senior officers of
the government here today. The officers had extensively reviewed the progress
of the development programmes accorded priority by the C.M. After going
through the inferences of the feedback the C.M. gave necessary directives for
the divisional commissioners. She directed the officers to complete construction
of 2000 community centres, being constructed in the Ambedkar villages all over
the state, by 31 March 2010. Besides, she also directed the officers to ensure
that works like construction of link roads, C.C. roads, K.C. drains, kharanja and
installation of sodium lamps, linking of majras and their electrification work was
completed by 31 January by all costs. The Commissioners should conduct on
the spot verifications, she said.

The C.M. directed the officers to distribute land pattas among people of
SC/ST category and ensure their cent per cent possession and if somebody
illegally encroached it then action should be initiated under section 198 against
the encroachers. Besides, she directed the officers to ensure distribution of
housing pattas and agricultural pattas and qualitative disposal of complaints
received at Tehsil Diwas. She asked the officers to verify these activities from
time to time through the competent officers. She directed the officers of the
Revenue department to speed up the pace of consolidation as it adversely
affected the farmers.

Expressing her displeasure over the slow pace of work being conducted
under MNREGA, Ms. Mayawati asked the officers to amend MNREGA scheme to
provide infrastructure facilities like irrigation to the SC and poor people. She
said that for the rapid construction of ponds and to accelerate the pace of
various development works being undertaken at the Panchayat level, a training
and awareness programme should be conducted at the block level for Pradhans
and Panchayat officers.
The C.M. said that about Rs. 2000 crore were being spent under ICDS
scheme for the welfare of women and children. She said that this scheme
should be implemented in an effective manner, so that the beneficiaries got
more and more benefit from it. She directed the officers to review the format of
ICDS scheme so that it could be made more effective. She directed the
divisional commissioners to carry out surprise inspections of the Anganbari
centres.

Ms. Mayawati said that the presence of the doctors should be ensured at
all the PHCs and hospitals, so that people got better health services at the local
level. She said that stringent action should be taken against the defaulters. She
said that it should be ensured that there was no scarcity of medicines in the
hospitals. Besides, she directed the officers to ensure that X-ray and pathology
services in government hospitals were provided round the clock and the
operation system should also be improved.
The C.M. directed that the officers to ensure that the complaints being
received in the distribution and purchase of bitumen (coal tar) were looked into
and solved at the earliest, so that construction of roads could be done in a
qualitative manner. Tender documents should be sold through banks so that
the e-tendering system could be implemented effectively, she stated. Moreover,
23 per cent reservation for the SC/ST in the government contracts should be
ensured at all cost. She expressed her displeasure over the slow progress of the
construction of link roads in the naxal affected divisions viz. Azamgarh,
Varanasi and Vindhyachal. She directed the officers to replace defunct
transformers immediately and energise the tube-wells on priority basis, so that
the farmers did not face any difficulty in their irrigation requirements.
Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure that the maximum amount
received under the BRGF scheme under Panchayati raj was utilised in a time
bound manner and strict action should be taken against those Safai Karmcharis
who were not doing their duty properly. It was informed at the meeting that the
services of as many as 306 Safai Karmcharis had been terminated, 1120
suspended and salary of 2133 Safai Karmcharis had been held.
The C.M. directed the officers to improve the quality of primary education
and speed up the process of recruitment of teachers. She also asked them to
achieve the target of paddy purchase in a time bound manner. She directed the
officers to ensure that all the necessary preparations were completed for the
effective implementation of Secondary Education Campaign. Besides, effective
implementation of schemes like Education for All, Mid-day meal, Savitri Bai
Phule Balika Shiksha Madad Yojna and Mahamaya Garib Balika Ashirvad Yojna
and should be ensured. She also directed to ensure that the canals had water
till the tail end and plantation work was also carried out in an effective manner.
Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure cent per cent distribution of
pre 10th and post 10th scholarships and furnish its report to the government.
She also directed the officers to verify the distribution of pensions like widow,
old age and disabled and eliminate the bogus candidates. She appreciated
some divisions for satisfactory work and warned some divisions and asked to
improve their functioning.

The C.M. directed the officers to utilise funds allocated by 12th Finance
Commission by February next and ensure that the schemes being conducted
under it were completed in a time bound manner and the reconstruction of
collectorate buildings of Azamgarh and Barabanki districts, which were 100
years old, should be completed at the earliest. Besides, various schemes being
implemented for rural and urban drinking water supply should be completed in
a time bound manner and the construction of solid waste management work,
being carried out in Agra, should also be completed at the earliest. She directed
the officers to speed up allotment of houses constructed under the Manyawar
Shri Kanshiramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna and also to ensure effective
implementation of Sarvajan Hitai Shahri Garib Awas (slum area) Malikana Haq
Yojna.

The Chairman Revenue Board Mr. R. Ramni, APC Mr. V.K. Sharma,
Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Mr. Anup Mishra,
Principal Secretaries/Secretaries to C.M. and Principal Secretaries of all the
departments were present at the meeting.
*******

Press Information Bureau
(C.M. Information Campus)
Information & Public Relations Department, U.P.

U.P. Government requests Centre to
provide details of Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s visit in time,
also requests not to make last minute changes in his programme
State Government writes letter to Central Government

Lucknow: December 08, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Government has requested the Union Home
Ministry to give timely information of the state visit of the SPG protected
M.P. Mr. Rahul Gandhi to the state government. It has also requested not
to make last minute changes in his programme and if any change was
required then it should be ensured that all the concerned were informed
immediately. The state government has also said that Mr. Rahul Gandhi
should not violate the parameters fixed for his security while travelling
through helicopter or by road. The state government has made it clear
that if any untoward incident occurred because of the violation of the
security parameters, then the state government would not be responsible
for it and the Central Government would be held responsible for it.
This information was given by the Additional Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Vijay Shankar Pandey at a press conference held at the Lal Bahadur
Shastri Bhawan Media Centre here today. The press conference was
organised regarding the violation of security parameters during the state
visit of Mr. Rahul Gandhi.

Mr. Pandey said that the Government of India had been informed of
certain flaws present in the security arrangement of SPG protectee MP
Mr. Rahul Gandhi during his October 24, 2008 visit of Kanpur district
through a letter written on 26 October 2008. It had been mentioned in
the letter that it was also the responsibility of the SPG protectee that he
ensured that all the details of his programmes were furnished to the
related persons and he should not effect any last minute change in his
programme so that there was no confusion.

The Additional Cabinet Secretary said that the U.P. Chief Minister
Ms. Mayawati had herself written a letter to the P.M. Dr. Manmohan Singh
and also to the Union Home Minister on 25 September 2009 saying that it
was the responsibility of the SPG to furnish all the information regarding
the programmes of SPG protected VIPs in a time bound manner. The C.M.
had also mentioned that on getting information timely, the state
government ensured all the security arrangements as per the guidelines.
She had informed that on 23 September 2009, Mr. Rahul Gandhi arrived
at Amausi Airport in Lucknow through a Kingfisher Airline Aircraft without
any prior information and proceeded through road with his SPG cover
without informing the state police, intelligence department or security
branch regarding his programme, location etc.

Mr. Pandey said that still the minute-to-minute programme of 07
December 09 visit of Mr. Rahul Gandhi of Aligarh, Farrukhabad, Etah,
Kheri, Bahraich, Sitapur and Hardoi districts was provided in late hours on
06 December 09. He said that the ASL report also reached very very late
in the night. Owing to it, security arrangements for Mr. Rahul Gandhi
became very difficult. Besides, owing to his activities not mentioned in
the programme, the administration had to face more difficulty.

The Additional Cabinet Secretary said that during his Etah visit, Mr.
Rahul Gandhi was provided BR car by SPG and security branch for road
travelling, but he used party car and also violated security parameters
and went to meet the people near barricade and he also shook hands with
them. During his 07 December 09 visit of Sitapur district, his helicopter
landed after sunset using the high power light fitted in the chopper and it
landed at a place adjacent to the fixed ‘H’ mark area. At that time the
visibility was very low because the area was surrounded by the trees.
Again, from helipad Mr. Rahul Gandhi left to Hardoi through another
vehicle (Toyota Fortuner) which was not bullet proof leaving behind BR
car, which was against the road travel parameters.
********
Efforts being made to malign State
Government’s image for cancellation of auditorium
— Chief Minister
—
Allotment of auditorium allotted for holding proposed
press conference of Mr. Rahul Gandhi tomorrow
not cancelled, no cancellation order issued either
State Government has nothing to do with this matter
— Additional Cabinet Secretary

Lucknow: December 07, 2009

The Additional Cabinet Secretary Mr. Vijay Shankar
Pandey has said that the allotment of the auditorium,
situated in Tourism Department in Gomti Nagar, allotted
for holding Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s press conference
tomorrow, has neither been cancelled nor any cancellation
order had been issued in this regard. He said that State
Government had nothing to do with such matters.
The Additional Cabinet Secretary was addressing
media persons on this issue at the Lal Bahadur Shastri
Bhawan Media Centre here today. He said that if the State
Government had any intention of stopping Mr. Rahul
Gandhi’s press conference, then it would not have
accepted the booking amount needed for allotment of
auditorium.

Mr. Pandey said that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Ms. Mayawati has regretted that futile efforts were being
made to malign the image of the State Government. She
said that the State Government did not indulge in such
cheap activities as the others did. She reminded that such
misinformation campaign would not benefit anybody.
********
State Government very sensitive for solving problems of families
of serving soldiers and dependents of ex-servicemen and martyrs
—Chief Minister

Chief Minister appeals people to contribute
liberally on occasion of Armed Forces’ Flag Day

Lucknow : Dec 07, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati has appealed to the
people of the State to contribute liberally in the Flag Day Fund on the
occasion on Armed Forces’ Flag Day. She said that it was a national
responsibility to accord proper place to the ex-soldiers and their families in
the society and to provide them alternative means of employments as well.
She said that the State Government was very sensitive to provide benefits
of welfare schemes to the families of the serving soldiers, to the
dependents of the ex-servicemen and also to the families of the martyrs.
The Chief Minister was talking to the senior officers of the Sanik
Kalyan Vibhag on the occasion of Armed Forces’ Flag Day at her 5-Kalidas
Marg official residence here today. The C.M. also made donation in the
Soldier Welfare Fund. The Principal Secretary Social Welfare Mr. Prem
Narain, Principal Secretary to C.M. Mr. Netram, Secretary to C.M. Mr. Anil
Sant and Director, UP Soldier Welfare and Rehabilitation Dr. S.S. Singh and
other officers were also present on the occasion.

It may be recalled that collections were being made throughout the
year for the Flag Day Fund from all the districts. About 30 per cent of the
amount collected is kept in a district level fund. Through this fund, the
District Magistrate and the District Soldier Welfare and Rehabilitation officer
provide economic assistance under various schemes to the ex-servicemen
and their dependents. The remaining 70 per cent amount is handed over to
the Soldier Welfare Directorate. An amount of Rs. 16.42 lakh is handed
over to Central Soldier Board, New Delhi and the remaining amount is kept
in a State level fund. Besides, Armed Forces’ Flag Day Fund had been set
up for ensuring people’s participation through which several schemes had
been introduced for the welfare of soldiers and families of ex-servicemen
and also for the families of the martyrs. The State Government is fully alert
towards solving their problems.

It may be recalled, that young people were required for armed
forces. Owing to it, about 60,000 soldiers, between the age group 40-45,
retire every year. It was a huge responsibility to accord proper place to the
ex-servicemen and their families, besides providing them alternative
employment opportunities. Through Armed Forces’ Flag Day Fund various
schemes for the welfare of serving soldiers, ex-servicemen and the families
of the martyrs were being run.
*********

Raj Kumar
Oshoraj<oshoraj@canada. com>
wrote:

Dear
all, 

Thanks Mr. Lakshman for sharing the information.

In dhamma,

Therefore I
request you in general and American in particular to kindly take steps from
your end to request His Excellency President
Barack Obama to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday on 27^th May 2010 at
white house. Let us not miss this golden opportunity where His Excellency
started celebrating Dipavali and Guru Nanak Birthday at White House in the
interest of peace, happiness and welfare of entire people.