In his book “ 1984 “ ,George Orwell imagined
the nightmare of the State surveillance of private lives of the citizens of the
World
I envisage year 2019
as a nightmare year for the politicians of India
Look at following news appearing
in today’s Times of India :
“
Govt to set up 12
spl courts to try 1,581
MPs and MLAs “
Highlights
:
·
228………. Members of Parliament to be tried in two special courts
·
13,500 … Approx number of total pending cases
·
1,125 ….. Number of cases that each special court will have to
decide in a year
·
242…….. Number of days trial
courts normally function in a year
·
4.6……… Ave number of cases per day, each special
court will have to dispose off
I assume that ,
·
it will be May
2018 , by the time these Special Courts start working – more than 4 YEARS after the Supreme Court directed the Centre to set up these courts
·
these “ Super
Efficient “ courts will refuse to grant any “ Postponement Dates “ to the
accused and not only conclude within ONE HOUR ( whether the accused was guilty or not ) but also
announce the VERDICT , on the spot ( remember , 4.6 cases / day ? )
·
there cannot be any “ Appeal “ against the judgements of these special courts
·
some 365 MPs / MLAs ( out of
those 1581 accused ) will be found GUILTY
·
the Speakers of the Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha , will get court order
copies within 7 days
·
the Speakers will
disqualify , within 7 days
, those MPs / MLAs who are declared guilty and who have been handed out
sentences of 5 years or more
·
the Election Commission will receive these “ Disqualification
Notifications “ in 7 days
·
the Election
Commission will announce re-election dates within 30 days for seats falling vacant
·
these Elections will start from Dec 2018 and
stretch throughout 365
days of 2019
·
to ensure proper /
timely availability of Election officers / police / EVMs / polling booths / presiding
officers / school-teachers / transport etc , spread over 28 States , no more
than ONE ELECTION
will be conducted PER DAY
( - for each of 365 days
of 2019 ! )
I had envisaged this scenario , as far back as MAY 2014 , in :
2019 will be a nightmare year , not only for
the politicians but also for the voters !
But it will be a bonanza year for :
·
Newspapers ( Advt earnings )
·
Outdoor Publicity Companies ( Hoardings )
·
Helicopter Companies ( to ferry candidates / campaigners )
·
Truck Rental Companies ( to ferry voters )
·
Event Management Companies (
organizing Sabhas / Rallies )
·
Printing Presses ( printing of
pamphlets / brochures / posters )….etc
Karl Marx may have said , " Religion the is
the opium of Masses "
In India , it seems , " Elections are the opium of the Masses " !
In 2019 , expect DEMOCRACY to be
working 24*365 !
13 Dec 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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