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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Socialism, globalisation, cow slaughter in Rajghat melting pot by Anirudh Mathur

Socialism, globalisation, cow slaughter in Rajghat melting pot by Anirudh Mathur

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published Published on Jun 9, 2011   modified Modified on Jun 9, 2011

‘Till they stop murdering cows, corruption will not end,’ said Dolath Prachapati of Deshram Memorial Gau Seva Trust at Rajghat on Wednesday.

While India Against Corruption and other social groups of the kind were an integral part of the mela, calling for the removal of corruption, a host of other groups descended on Rajghat with views of their own. Though united in a common grouse — the eviction of Baba Ramdev from Ramlila Grounds — Wednesday’s gathering was a coalition of myriad opinions.

Among those vocal and visible was the Student-Youth Campaign Against Corruption, comprising the All India Students Association (ASIA) and the Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA). Radhika Krishnan, a member of the organisation, said the Lokpal Bill was not a panacea, and would not uproot the problem either. While asserting that the Lokpal Bill should be strong, she said that there was “no logic in saying that the Prime Minister or higher judiciary shouldn’t come under its ambit”.

Krishnan said the student-youth campaign was also of the opinion that corruption took root ever since liberalisation was introduced in 1991. As the organisation’s leaflets put it, “corruption today... has been institutionalised by the present phase of rampant privatisation policies” and the government must “take back all neo-liberal and privatisation policies that have created a fertile ground for corruption”.

“Blaming individuals is one thing, but there is a need to look further to systemic problems,” Krishnan said, adding that the group stood staunchly for secularism, and the movement could not afford to have any “links with communal forces”.

Another group that could be seen distributing leaflets to everybody was the Loknayak Jayprakash International Development Study Centre. Expressing its outrage at what the Centre had done on Saturday night, the group — reportedly working on a socialist agenda — listed out a 27-point plan. Although partially vague, with references to “better governance” and “nation building through education,” the group’s opposition to globalisation seemed to show a common trend between groups.

However, cultural issues such as calling for a ban on obscene advertisements and death sentence for crimes against women distinguished them from the others.

Some found it surprising that the Deshram Memorial Gau Seva Trust, a group dedicated to protecting cows, was present at the spot. While expressing his opinion on cowslaughter — which he said was the root cause of corruption — and the need to support ‘moral education’, he also lamented the phenomenon called privatisation.

He expressed his complete support for Baba Ramdev and rejected the notion that his movement was linked with communalism. “Even if a thief were to come and do good work, we should support him,” he added.

The Indian Express, 9 June, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/socialism-globalisation-cow-slaughter-in-rajghat-melting-pot/801221/


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