07/06/2020
When the nation faces unprecedented difficulties like the COVID-19 virus attack, the politicians should have stood behind the government in every policy matter and should have provided constructive suggestions. But then present opposition parties especially Congress appear to bent upon negative politics irrespective of whatever problems the nation is facing. A recent example is the accusations on the PM-CARE fund created exclusively to tackle the Corona threat in the country by receiving donations from the countrymen.
Congress is quick to ask why there’s a special trust when there’s already PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund’) existing with some 3800 crore rupees lying unutilized. Some asked who are the members and whether the trust is registered. The government too clarified regarding the trustees and also explained why a different trust is required. According to the government, any expenditure from PMNRF requires legislative approval whereas PM-CARE can be utilized as and when required and subject to audit. The PMNRF is for general national disasters that may occur at any time such as earthquakes, floods, cyclones, etc whereas PM CARE is exclusively for COVID-19 which is pandemic and not only a grave disaster for India rather it’s more disastrous than both the World Wars globally. I am not going into the explanation by the government. My point is certain opposition leaders comment on TV debates that PM-Care is for promotion of Narendra Modi’s cult in such a national calamity situation.
Are those leaders, right? Is PM care having anything related to Narendra Modi as an individual or BJP specific party affaire? The name is PM-CARE where Prime Minister is the chairperson and Defence Minister, Home Minister and Finance ministers are the members. These are permanent posts and not individual-centric. In any case the very PMNRF is established by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Was it there for promotion of cult of Pundit Nehru? If not, then how can PM-CARE be for the promotion of the cult of Narendra Modi?
It’s really amazing when Congress accuses for cult promotion. Forget about PMNRF, in the ‘Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust’ it made a provision for President of Indian National Congress Party as a permanent member. Why a political party’s president is given such a privilege while India is a multi-party democracy?
Most of the institutions, airports, stadiums, Chowks and roads are named after the Gandhi dynasty. Forget about places, even awards like ‘Rajiv Khel Ratna award’ was named after Rajiv Gandhi although the name is scrapped by the present dispensation. Congress in its long rule always promoted its leaders especially the Gandhi family members. In the six years of Narendra Modi’s tenure not a single thing is named after Narendra Modi or his family members. Thus, blaming Modi that he is promoting himself is wrong. Rather too much negative politics against him promote his popularity among people.
On another note, I would say, if he would have made a ‘Narendra Modi fund’ it would have been widely accepted for the public. Don’t forget that it’s the same Narendra Modi on whose appeal crore of people sacrificed their gas subsidy. He is only the second Prime Minister after Lala Bahadur Shastri on whose appeal people are ready to sacrifice. Lal Bahadur Shastri in his tenure appealed for sacrificing one meal due to food shortage in the country at that time and crores of people sacrificed one meal per day.
Narendra Modi till day disbursed his job honestly and religiously. But his invincibility in Indian political scene at the moment is due to very poor opposition who are losing their credibility because of cheap and negative politics. Sooner the opposition realises this the better would be for them and the nation
