Dismal state..

The singur land controversy seems to be stretching a bit too long…every rational person in the state knows how desperately the state needs industrialization ... Still so much of controversy!!! That too with the TATA’s known for their best CSR practices!!! And all this because of the political ambitions of the Mamta Banerjee!
Strange, that the chief minister is helpless at this point after making a promise to Ratan Tata of being on his side for the plant. Poor Mr. chief Minister was told by his own party inmates to keep mum on the issue and not push too much to get TATA’s in. Actually it’s not the first case of this kind. Similar was the situation of Somnath Chatterji who had different opinions on the Nuclear Deal and was asked to quit the party if he didn’t take partys’ side. Yet similar was Manmohan Singh’s situation when he tried to calm down Ambani brothers fighting and spoiling the Indian Corporate brand image. Our dear prime minister was asked to keep shut. Actually it’s a very common phenomenon. Any person trying to do some good in the interest of the masses is discouraged and condemned for going against the wishes of the party.
I wonder , does democracy really work for a country like India, where more than half the people are illiterate. When such large number of people who form the citizenry, are the back bone of the democratic system, political parties have a very easy way out. Its their appeasing power that matters. This again is no big deal for the parties ruling in states like west Bengal, where such large numbers people are innocent farmers. How can staying in power be a problem at all!! Look at Mr Jyoti Basu, former chief minister with the longest ever tenure in any state in the country…obviously credit goes to his popularity in the state. And then look what he did for Bengal. The state was at a dismal condition until Mr Buddhdeb Bhatacharjee came to power brought some development to the state. And after doing so much he has lost his popularity. Will he again get a tenure as the next chief minister!!! For all his goodwill….it seems really doubtfull!!!
Once I met a foreigner while travelling in a train, who seemed to be a bit dismayed about the way things worked in India. He said India needs a dictator who has all the power, and it is the only way to make India a developed country in the real terms. At that point of I thought how idiotic was the idea. But somehow my thoughts have changed on this. Perhaps only dictator who is not just a good person but also a true strategist is what our country needs.