854 There can be more efficient ways of accomplishing tasks, without violating established customs, practices, values, and above all without causing HEARTBURN.

I have no love or hate relationship with Shri Narendra Modi, our beloved Prime Minister. For a Nation, whether it is Prime Minister, or a hoi poloi, individuals are not important. But TRADITIONS AND VALUES which will have lasting good / bad effects on Nation / Country / Administration, are VERY important. This importance doubles when the TRADITIONS & VALUES are NOT FOLLOWED. Such violations are not taken with indifference by Public. Instead, they become demotivators to millions of employees and officers, at various levels, top to bottom of Hierarchies. We should think more than once before setting bad precedents, and following bad precedents when followed by others / role models. Now, India's beloved Prime Minister 2016, seems to be following the precedents and practices of Late Ms. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 1966-1977, and 1980-1984. Both Mrs. Indira Gandhi doing something, or not doing something seem to become examples for him. He has recently quoted the example of Ms. IGandhi choosing not to demonetize for the sake of her party, and his choosing demonetization for the sake of Nation. Okay, it is one thing, not the subject of this particular blog post.

THE BAD CONGRESS RULE HAS SET EXAMPLES OF PRECEDING SENIORS TO APPOINT XYZs AS PREFERRED PERSONS

When Congress superseded Seniors and appointed persons of their choice at various levels, such supercede-ings received widespread criticism and flak. Some BJP leaders used such supercede-ings as sticks to beat Congress, with. But, now BJP is committing the same errors and abnormalities which the Congress and UPA regimes committed.

BJP DID THE RIGHT THING BY RESPECTING SENIORITY OF JUSTICE KHEHAR IN APPOINTING CJI OF INDIA

Once a person reaches to the stage of being the Senior-most Justice of the Supreme Court, he is deemed to have proved his capabilities, so as to be the Chief Justice of India. Mrs. Indira Gandhi did not realise this truth, when she superseded Senior Judges like Justice Sinha, and appointed Justice Ray as CJI. Fortunately, Mr. Narendra Modi, did not repeat this type of error, by superseding Justice Khehar, in spite of known widespread public opinion that Mr. Modi is not happy with the Judiciary and its Collagium.

MR. MODI OUGHT TO HAVE CONTINUED THE SAME WISDOM WHILE APPOINTING INDIAN ARMY CHIEF

In 1983, Ms. IGandhi superseded Lt. Gen. S K Sinha,1983 and promoted Genl. A S Vaidya. Lt. Genl. S.K. Sinha had to quit in protest.

Now, history is repeating under BJP Rule. why should they do the same mistakes which Ms. IGandhi committed.

Genl. Bipin Rawat Supersedes, Eastern Command chief Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi (armoured corps), and Southern Army Command chief Lt. Gen. PM Hariz (mechanised infantry).

This is certain, to cause much heart-burn to the superseded Lt. Generals, whether they resign or not. Reason: By reaching the level of Lt. Gen. , the superseded Lt. Generals have proven their capabilities. Else, they would have remained at the bottom rungs.

By and large, Indian Army has remained apolitical, secular, and duty-minded, and dedicated to the Nation.

Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat, may have some special additional skills / utilities when compared to the superseded Lt. Generals in his being more focused to the Western + Northern Borders, LOC, counter-insurgency operations, counter- terrorism operations, etc., and the Govt. may want to make use of them.

HOW TO MINIMISE HEARTBURNS WHILE GIVING DUE RECOGNITION TO SENIORITY AND ALSO SKILLS

By respecting Seniority, Lt. Gen. Bakshy ought to have been as per the tradition, appointed as Army Chief with the rank of a General. Lt. Gen. Rawat with his existing Lt. Gen. rank and in addition his job as Vice Chief of Army, ought to have been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD), in the Office of Army Chief, with additional duty of helping Gen. Bakshy in counter-insurgency operations. As a Vice Chief, Lt Gen Rawat has already been assisting the existing Army Chief. Lt. Gen. Rawat, would not have minded or would not have had any hesitation to serve his 1977 Commissiond Senior colleague Lt. Gen. Bakshy.



If Lt. Gen. Rawat, were to RETIRE IN FUTURE ONLY AS LT. GEN, because of less Seniority, at the time of his retirement, he can be conferred with the Rank of a General w.e.f. 1 day / 1 week prior to his retirement date, in due recognition of his services. He can also be extended relevant monetary/pension benefits, as appropriate, in such a way that a feeling of loss, is not felt within the mind of the retiring soldier. Lt. Gen. Rawat will have a satisfaction that his special skills have been used by the Government. "Using one's own Special Skills, and getting treated with ADDITIONAL DIGNITY" is more important for a dedicated soldier, than being given an out-of-turn promotion.

A CIRCUMLOCUTING METHOD WILL RESULT IN UGLIER HEART BURNS

THE above method which I suggest, is not going to be similar to the practice which is in vogue, in some States, of creating posts of Additional Director Generals of Police, Director Generals of Police, IGs of Police, DIGs of Police. That practice results in artificial upgradation of posts, serving as shelters for the artificially promoted ADGPs, and DGPs. This practice can be considered as ugly, because upgradations and promotions are given, to justify upliftment of a Junior, ignoring all others. In this system, in spite of giving paper promotions, a person remains in his post only, without any real change, while the heart-burn of being ignored will continue.

I invite my readers to study my blog post No. 002 Click here to go to our blogpost No. 002, titled "Except Mr. Dinesh Reddy, all others are muffs?". Retrospectively, our readers can estimate, whether Mr. Dinesh Reddy proved himself to be superior in any thing to other DGPs Senior to him or junior to him. My readers can also evaluate whether Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy , Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh 2013-14, was superior in capabilities / skills, when compared to his Senior Chief Ministers, or his Junior Chief Ministers. We can also estimate the costs of / vagaries of subjective , vicissitudinal decisions made by the political bosses, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, and her protege, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy.

OUT-OF-TURN PROMOTIONS WILL LEAD TO SYCOPHANCY and POLITICISATION

It will be appropriate for the Government to recognise out-of-turn promotions can politicise army, and lead to sycophantic behaviors. Syco-phancies may be common in political posts such as Ministers, Speakers, Governors. Even in political arenas, sycophancies do not deserve encouragement, but then, we already have them well-entrenched in India.

CENTRALISATION OF POWERS CAN ALSO BE CAUSE FOR HEART BURNS

Except in emergencies such as war, where quick-unified decision-making may be a need of the moment, ordinarily, there should be no place for excess-centralisation. DECENTRALISATION should be the norm. The accompaniment of DECENTRALISATION can be JOINT-DECISION-MAKING. The Institution of Union Cabinet is one such example of joint-decision-making, where the Prime Minister will only be the FIRST AMONG EQUALS. Right from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru, unfortunately this FIRST AMONG EQUALS concept has become a Cinderella. We see alround sycophancy in the Cabinets, both of the Centre, and the States.

To continue. लिखनीय और बाकी है। ఇంకా వ్రాయాల్సింది ఉంది. బ్రతికుంటే తరువాత ఇంకో రోజు.

690 Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar seems to be making serious errors. If Mr. Sitaram Yechury sends him to Bengal, he will become a Narendra Modi for CPM !

Mr. Kanhaiyakumar, the student leader of JNU, who was arrested recently on "Sedition Charges" and released on bail, seems to be slipping again. He seems to be violating his bail conditions. If he is arrested again, he may not get his bail. Here is a quote attributed to him, of his having said on 8th March 2016, on the occasion of the Womens' Day.

"...No matter how much you try to stop us, we will speak up against human rights violations. We will raise our voice against AFSPA. While we have a lot of respect for our soldiers, we will still talk about the fact that in Kashmir women are raped by security personnel..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

Generalisations can be extremely dangerous, both to himself and to the security of the country. Stray cases of rapes in Kashmir, might have take place, at an "individual soldier" level. If any such instances have come to the notice of Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar, the right Courses of Action for him would have been

1. motivate the suffering woman to file a Criminal Complaint at a Police Station, and if necessary also with the appropriate Army Authorities (superiors of the soldier)

2. If no action is taken by police in spite of Police Complaint , or complaint to the Army Authorities, Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar can help the victim to approach National Human Rights Commission, National Women's Commission.

3. He can also help her to file a private case, with the help of some service-oriented Lawyers, in a Magistrate Court.

Even after all the steps enumerated above, if nobody bothers about the particular victim, Mr. Kumar and his associates can take the help of MPs of any party including his own Party, or the CPI, for using their good Offices to follow up the case.

After trying everything, if he still finds there is no solution, he can approach through PILs in High Courts under Article 226, or Supreme Court under Article 32.

Specific Cases of Rape whether in Kashmir, Gujarat, or in any other part of India, Media will not normally overlook, if it goes to their Notice. Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar or his affiliated Political Party can take up the issue with Media, and arrange for vide Publicity. Then the Army Authorities, Police Authorities, Administrators will definitely take some action.

Rape is a personal crime, committed by the soldier in his personal capacity. For such crimes, Indian Penal Code, normal Civilian Acts such as Nirbhaya Act will invariably apply. AFPSPA will not apply. Protection of AFPSPA will be available only when soldiers do something in their Official Capacity, under orders from their superiors.

By generalising things, by making wild allegations, Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar will be handing over a stick to Pakisthan, to beat India with.

Wild allegations, demoralise the Indian Army Jawans, wherever they are fighting. Just as Civilians are not rapists, Soldiers cannot be rapists. Because of immaturity, may be owing to age, Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar may be crossing limits in making allegations against Indian Army. By making generalisations, and wild allegations, Mr. Kumar will be giving a stick to ABVP and BJP, to beat him with.

If we say that JNU Students are rapists or debauchers, simply because some condoms are found in the premises of JNU, we shall be doing grave injustice to JNU. Same is the case with Indian Army.

TAIL PIECE धुम केतु తోక చుక్క

According to reports, it seems that Mr. Seetharam Yechury wanted to use Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar for electioneering in West Bengal, against Ms. Mamata Banerjee.

That will be dangerous. It can be as suicidal as Mr. L.K. Advani's, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee's, Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi's encouraging Mr. Narendra Modi, by sending him to Gujarat as CM. By doing that, they might have learnt their lessons.

Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar seems to have some similarities with Mr. Narendra Modi, and Mr. Arvind Kejriwal. He is capable of overturning Mr. Seetharam Yechury, Mr. Prakash Karat, and everybody in CPM hierarchy.

When he says that he does not want to enter Politics, I get an impression that he is trying to preserve the cake and also eat it too, at the same time. He seems to be hoping for a Professor's Job, and then throw stones against Indian Army during his spare time, while drawing his salary from Indian Exchequer. As a person hailing from a poor family, the One lakh bucks he may get by becoming a Professor, may be very valuable for him. (It is how Prof. Kodanda Ram of Osmania University worked for Telangana State. While drawing his salary from his University, without teaching anything, he seems to have worked in the Telangana JAC. In my personal view, it is a sort of cheating. My readers need not agree with me).

Working like a true duty-bound Professor, can also be a service to the Nation, and to the Leftism, even without imposing Leftist views on the Students. In fact, parents or teachers or Professors can never really influence their wards by teaching, preaching, advising, lecturing, etc. etc. By their behavior, they demonstrate to their children / students. If the children / students, find that their father /teacher / lecturer / Professor was worthy of emulation, they will voluntarily emulate. Else, they will learn from the Environment. No need to worry. A Motivator's job will be just to furnish information, and make it available to the "targeted persons / groups".

Subject to substantial Revision, additions and deletions. To continue and revise this, with more proof.. सशेष. సశేషం.

538 Part 2 of L.K. Advani's utterances, भाग २ श्री ऎल् के अद्वानी के भाषण భాగం ౨ శ్రీ ఎల్ కే అద్వానీ గారి భాషణలు, వ్రాతలు.

Mr. L.K. Advani is a very Senior leader of BJP, who has dedicated his life to his party. He has also served India very faithfully as its Information & Broadcasting Minister during the 1st Janata Experiment, Home Minister and Dy. Prime Minister, during the 1999-2004 Shining India, BJP Rule of Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Advani is BJP's father figure along with Vajpayee and Murali Manohar Joshi.

World Language English, Latin Script

Whatever I am writing here in this particular blog post is tentative, pending receipt of reactions of readers, and other stakeholders in political blogs.

On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Imposition of Internal Emergency in India, Mr. L.K. Advani, in an interview with Indian Express, was reported to have said:

"...India’s political system is still to come to terms with the Emergency and a similar suspension of civil liberties could not be ruled out in the future. ..."

"...At the present point of time, the forces that can crush democracy, notwithstanding the constitutional and legal safeguards, are stronger. ..."

"... I don’t think anything has been done that gives me the assurance that civil liberties will not be suspended or destroyed again. Not at all. ..."

"...Of course, no one can do it easily... But that it cannot happen again — I will not say that. It could be that fundamental liberties are curtailed again. ..."

"... I do not see any sign in our polity that assures me, any outstanding aspect of leadership. A commitment to democracy and to all other aspects related to democracy is lacking. ..."

"...Today, I do not say that the political leadership is not mature. But kamiyon ke karan, vishwas nahin hota (I don’t have faith because of its weaknesses). I don’t have the confidence that it (Emergency) cannot happen again. ..."

"...It happened despite the constitutional safeguards that were in place. “There aren’t enough safeguards in India in 2015. ..."

" ...as it happened in Germany, where Hitler’s rule appears to have inoculated the system against Hitlerian tendencies and because of which today’s Germany is more particular about democratic norms than even perhaps the British. ..."

" ...The aftermath of the Emergency having been an election in which the party that imposed the Emergency lost very badly, would always be a deterrent for future rulers who think of repeating what was done in the 1970s. ..."

"...Media is 'more independent today, but does it have a real commitment to democracy and civil liberties — I don’t know. It is something that must be put to the test. ... And civil society raised hopes, most recently during the Anna mobilisation against corruption, only to disappoint. ..."

" ...Of the various institutions that are to be held responsible for a well functioning democracy in India today, the judiciary is more responsible than the others. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble views वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వ్యక్తిగత అభిప్రాయాలు

It is not clear whether Mr. L.K. Advani meant that internal emergencies may again be imposed, if Congress again comes into power. Or did he mean to say that there is a possibiility of imposition of internal emergency, even during BJP's rule?

I have tried to gauge the reactions of netizens on Social Media sites. There seems to be a view among netizens that Mr. Advani's views need not be given much value, as he is speaking/writing with frustration, having been sidelined by the emergence of Mr. Narendra Modi as the supreme leader of Indian Nation.

I have tried to check up at the website of Shri Advani. Surprisingly, I found that there is not much about what he has personally said/written after the 2014 election. For those who wish to have a look at the website of Mr. L.K. Advani, here is the link: Click to go to lkadvani.in . Last published blog on the site was of April 2014 (before General election). There seems to be some calculated silence /deliberate abstinence from writing and reticence.

The presented indication about possibility of an internal emergency as a part of interview with Indian Express, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Congress imposed 1975 emergency, may either be a slip of tongue as opportunities of interviews become infrequent after a person loses power and is at the mercy of some other person, --- or an outpouring of suppressed feelings for about 13 months or so. (Explanation: After election of Mr. Narendra Modi as PM, and Mr. Ameet Shah as BJP President, Advani was rarely asked to speak on either Govt. platforms, or on party platforms. Media might have approached him very rarely for his interviews and to elicit his views, because he was no longer a person capable of rewarding, or punishing, or accelerating, or obstructing media. Media lives on advertising and paid news. Indian Express.Com may be an exception. )

Whatever Mr. L.K. Advani has recently said about internal emergency like conditions, his views are not direct, they are all veiled. Why? He may still have some last hopes on becoming a RASHTRAPATI. Or that, events may change to his favour.

Though an internal emergency has not been officially declared in 2015 India, some elements similar to 1975 emergency, have already crept in, whether they have been at the behest of the Government , or on volition of the leaders, bureaucrats, instituions, media, people themselves.

During our school days, essay contests used to be held in schools. One of the topics used to be: Is pen mightier or sword mightier? (Or) Pen is mightier than sword. Teachers expected that students would invariably write and try to prove that pen is mightier than sword. In one of such contests, I wrote that money is mightier both than pen and sword. The teacher who evaluated the essay papers called me next day, and counselled me. In spite of brainwashing by my teacher, my view didn't change. Even today I hold the view that money is mightier both than pen and sword.

I believe that it was Advani who said that in 1975 emergency, we kneeled, where it was just sufficient that we slightly bent. In 2015, we are again kneeling, unless we are 100% sure that nobody is seeing us. My readers who want to satisfy themselves on how far we are kneeling, can have look at Door Darsan, or listen to All India Radio. They will know that 1975 days are back again.

If we have to compare the craze for publicity of Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, and Mr. Narendra Modi, whom we shall vote for? If we have to compare the authoritarian tendencies of Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Mr. Narendra Modi, whom shall we vote for?

Trigger for my today's this blog post. An article titled "Jai Jawan" -the Governor General's Files, by Shri S.K. Sinha, Former Vice Chief of Army Staff, former Governor of Assam and Kashmir. This article is worth reading, whether we agree with all that was written by Mr. Sinha in it. Link: Click to go to SK Sinha's article in Deccan Chronicle dated 1.7.2015.

The article is very informative about some of the events connected to apolitical and non-interfering role played by our army in the 1975 emergency period.

We should be grateful to Gen. T.N. Raina, the then Army Chief, for his impartiality and his independent outlook, and above all his unwillingness to intervene or interfere, into affairs of civil governance.

Earlier, in one of my blog posts, I wrote about the instigative speeches made by Messrs. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani (about which a CD of their speeches in U.P. was in circulation as evidence) which have culminated in the destruction of Babri Masjid in 1992.

Mr. Vajpayee's role in 1942 Quit India Movement is also under shrouds, without adequate investigations.

Notwithstanding both the above, Mr. Vajpayee was conferred Bharat Ratna, and Mr. Advani was conferred Padma Vibhushan. Of course, when compared to many others, who received Bharata Ratnas and Padma Vibhushans, all these years, both Vajpayee and Advani may well deserve these awards. Yet, there is a need to have a detailed CBI investigation into their instigative role in the destruction of Babri Masjid and Vajpayee's role in Quit India Movement. I heard that a case is pending in UP courts filed by a former CPM MP about Mr. Vajpayee in Quit India Movement. That case is to be brought to a logical conclusion, and if Mr. Vajpayee comes out innocent, then he will become a purer gold emerging after facing fires of a goldsmith.

Here is a very important quote from Mr. S.K. Sinha's article.

"...I came across a well-written pamphlet titled “A tale of two democracies”. It discussed how Hitler, the elected Chancellor of the Weimar Republic of Germany, had subverted the Constitution and imposed Emergency. The German generals, being apolitical, did not interfere. Had they intervened, Hitler could be removed and the world saved the great holocaust of the Second World War. It compared Indira Gandhi’s Emergency to Hitler’s Emergency, implying that if Indian generals did not act, India may face a catastrophe. It was a virtual call for intervention by the Army. I immediately informed the government and ensured that no copy of this booklet was allowed to circulate amongst Army personnel. I discovered later that the author of this booklet was L.K. Advani, then in prison in Bangalore. ...."

Full text of Advani's "The Tale of two Democracies" pamphlet quoted by S.K. Sinha is not available for an in depth study. Prima facie, the sentence->

"...It compared Indira Gandhi’s Emergency to Hitler’s Emergency, implying that if Indian generals did not act, India may face a catastrophe. ..."

indicates that Advani wanted Indian General's to intervene, to stop Indira Gandhi's autocratic rule. Fortunately, they have not intervened or interfered.

Howsoever bleak and hopeless the emergency days were, if the pamphlet was genuine, it was very very foolish on the part of Mr. Advani to expect that Army should intervene. When placed in jail, he might have lost his mental balance TEMPORARILY.

I request my readers to study the article of Shri S.K. Sinha, in the Deccan Chronicle link provided above.

Mr. S.K. Sinha is a great, well-decorate former Army high-ranked Official. A donkey like me has no right to doubt his credential. Yet, my restless conscience tells me, that Mr. Sinha's article may not be a total self-less expression of opinion. This is because, he has not written anything, about what is happening in 2015 India.

(To continue सशेष ఇంకా ఉంది.).