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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Under new govt, one out of two Indias happy: Aruna Roy

Under new govt, one out of two Indias happy: Aruna Roy

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published Published on Nov 7, 2014   modified Modified on Nov 7, 2014
-The Indian Express

Having completed over five months at the Centre, the BJP-led government faced a barrage of allegations during a discussion at the World Economic Forum, where social activist Aruna Roy, earlier a member of National Advisory Council under Sonia Gandhi, charged the government with not doing much for the poor, taking away freedom of speech and breaking down social harmony.

Speaking at a session moderated by Nik Gowing of BBC World News, which also saw participation of Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, and Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises, Roy said under the government, one of the "two Indias" is happy, while the other is distressed with unfulfilled hopes.

Defending vehemently and asking Roy to shed her pessimism, Goyal said, "The government is working for the safety and security of all 125 crore Indians."

Roy also raised a question on the PM's tweets and said, "The PM can't just tweet to us and have an email id. He has to talk to us, to listen to us." In response, Goyal said: "We don't talk to people who are trying to be obstructive."

On the issue of environment and development, Goyal took at dig at the activism led by Roy and said, "In your years of activism, the forest cover has only gone down." He added: "We should stop calling development a Mafia activity."

While Roy raised the issue of rising ethnic tensions in various parts of the country since the new government took over, Goyal said there was no such conflict.

As the argument heated, Roy said the new government had ignored pre-poll promises and was yet to pass the Whistleblower Bill and Lokpal bill. She also raised the issue of people being arrested for Facebook posts. "The government will have to assure that we can speak freely," said Roy.

Participating in the discussion, Mittal said: "The PM may not wear a skull cap, but that was done for 67 years and where are we?"


The Indian Express, 7 November, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/under-new-govt-one-out-of-two-indias-happy-aruna-roy/


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