Please don't praise Nehru. His inefficiency cause lives of hundreds of soldiers who fought the Chinese troop in 1965 without adequate arms ammunitions, proper clothing, equipments and still they fought bravely in severe weather conditions and sacrificed their precious lives for the nation. The families of these soldiers will never forgive both Nehru and Krishna Menon for their serious lapse.Sardar Patel was the choice of all the committee members for PM post but due to reasons best known only to Mahatma Gandhi, he had more love and affection for Nehru. Gandhi emotionally blackmailed Sardar and asked him to step down in favor of Nehru and Sardar due to respect for Gandhi immediately obliged. The rest is history. Sardar merged all princely states to United India but he was not allowed to handle Kashmir issue by Nehru. The rest is history.
Re: rajeev Srinivans praise for Nehru
by Dipak Bose on Nov 02, 2014 05:07 PM
It was Morarji Desai, not Nehru or Krishna Menon, who as the Finance Minister refused to give money to the Ministry of Defence and refused to accept MIG aircrafts from the Soviet Union in March 1962, that could have altered the outcome of the China war.
Sardar Patel along with Gandhi and Nehru partitioned India to please the British. They made no arrangement for the exchange of population or about the security of the non-Muslims in Pakistan. As a result millions of non-Muslims perished and others came to India as destitute refugees. Thus, patel was not any better than Nehru, but could have survived only 2-3 years because of his advanced age..
Re: @PIRI
by piri on Nov 02, 2014 09:25 AM
No, it was not I who opened the new avenue of sanitation for being a capable PM, was I ?
It was the PM himself, was he not ?
Despite his very poor record as the CM of Gujarat for 12 years in terms of improving sanitation in that state, he has now gone on a braying campaign across the coutry calling for improving sanitation (without allocating the necessary resources for such improvement)!
He knows very well that middle class ingnoramuses like you will fall for such a campaign!
Re: Re: @PIRI
by BHARATIYAN on Nov 03, 2014 09:49 PM
HAHAHAHAH So if someone talks abt better Sanitation levels for anyone they will become Sanitation experts,I wonder wht ur brains are filled with whatever it is it is worthy of its weight in Gold in Channels like NDTV and IBN.
to talk about cleanliness and its importance in public places – even less so if he uses it as a political tool - if his record in office as the CM of Gujarat for 12 years is anything to go by.
The two census surveys of 2001 and 2011 prove his very poor record in the matter of improving public sanitation in the state of Gujarat.
>Stalinists who had a vice-like grip on all >arms of society, and in particular the >captive media, where the path to success lay >in glorification of the Nehru dynasty. Before >they realised in their complacency that there >was a serious challenger on the scene, they >were over-run by Modi's disruption.
this is not true. they already sensed the danger in modi even early on. and that's the reason they targeted him and tried to destroy him over the years. modi is something rare in indian politics unlike even Vajpayee or advani - poor, nationalist, religious and incorruptible.
and cleanliness in public places to try and make it a unique political tool in his armoury.
In this context, I quote below a bit of research done on the Census reports of 2001 and 2011 in terms of the subject of sanitation (authored by Mr. Rajiv Shah).
Building toilets is a basic state duty, which governments, state or central, have failed to perform. Census of India data suggest that open defecation by 50 per cent of India’s population and nearly 40 per cent of “progressive” Gujarat suggests what has gone amiss.
The temples versus toilets controversy, first triggered by former Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, was then picked up by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. However, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is now the PM of the country, appears to have not bothered to look at the Census of India figures (2011). These figures suggest that, in India, a little less than half of the population goes into the open for defecation because they have no access to toilet facilities, either public or private, suggesting how important basic social factors of governance are rated by the rulers in overall scheme of things. What is even worse is that in a “progressive” or “developed” state like Gujarat, nearly 40.4 per cent of the population defecates in the open, creating huge problems for health for the population. At the same time, it suggests that, despite loud claims, Gujarat government as miserably failed to wipe out t
Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sanitation
by piri on Nov 01, 2014 01:57 AM
the evil practice of manual scavenging.
What is disconcerting for Gujarat – as for other “progressive” states – is that its 65.76 per cent of 6,765,403 rural households, which would roughly be 2.28 crore of the rural population, use open fields to defecate. While the all-India average is almost equal to that of Gujarat, 67.3 per cent, this is pretty high, if one compares it with other states: Andhra Pradesh’s slightly lower percentage of households, 65.12, use open fields as they have no toilets. The figures for other states are Jammu & Kashmir 58.29 per cent, Maharashtra 55.79 per cent (which is 10 per cent lower than Gujarat), West Bengal 51.3 per cent, Uttarakhand 45.04 per cent, Haryana 42.28 per cent, Assam 38.46 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 32.55 per cent, Punjab 28.10 per cent, Goa 27.7 per cent, and Kerala, which is by far the best performer, just 5.5 per cent.
Though in urban Gujarat 8.64 per cent go in the open to defecate, which is quite low compared to the all-India average of 12.6 per cent, even this is pretty high compared to several states. The states where lesser percentage of urban households are forced to go into the open in the absence of access to toilet facilities, private or public, are Himachal Pradesh 6.88 per cent, Punjab 5.8 per cent, Assam 4.99 per cent, Uttarakhand 4.72 per cent, with Kerala – whose social indicators, including health and education, are the best in India – a mere 1.67 per cent.
Re: Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sanitation
by piri on Nov 01, 2014 02:03 AM
A further analysis of the Census of India figures suggests that Gujarat is a poor performer when it comes to constructing new toilets during the last decade. This can be considered a sad commentary on those who believe that Gujarat is the “best governed state”. Indeed, a state which fails to keep pace with other states in individual toilets has little reason for such a claim. In fact, a state-wise comparison of the number of households without individual toilet facilities shows that, whether it is rural households or urban households, governance took a backseat in Gujarat. In rural Gujarat, in 2001, there were 78.3 per cent households without any latrines, which came down to 67 per cent a decade later, in 2011. In urban Gujarat, the respective figures are 19.5 (2001) and 12.3 per cent (2011).
The fall in percentage of households without toilets was to the tune of 11.3 per cent in rural Gujarat, suggesting as many percentage of households now have individual toilets in rural areas, something they did not 2001. However, this is much lower compared to several states. Thus, 38.9 per cent of rural households of Himachal Pradesh started availing latrine facilities over the last decade, followed by 29.5 per cent in Punjab, 27.4 per cent in Haryana, 22.5 per cent in Uttarakhand, 19.8 per cent in West Bengal, 19.8 per cent in Maharashtra, 14.1 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, and 11.9 per cent in Kerala.
Re: Re: Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sanita
by piri on Nov 01, 2014 08:28 AM
As for urban Gujarat, 7.2 per cent of more households began accessing individual latrines, which is a little lower than the all-India average percentage of 7.7. Better-performing urban states or union territories on this score were the neighbouring Diu and Daman 20 per cent, Puducherry 17 per cent, Goa 16.1 per cent, Maharashtra 13.2 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 11.9 per cent, Delhi 10.8 per cent, Tamil Nadu 10.8 per cent, Haryana 9.2 per cent and Andhra Pradesh eight per cent.
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In sum, Mr. Narendra Modi has little moral authority to talk about cleanliness and its importance in public places – even less so if he uses it as a political tool - if his record in office as the CM of Gujarat for 12 years (the same period – 2001 to 2011 that is mirrored by the two census surveys) is anything to go by.
Re: Re: Re: Re: PM Narendra Modi has now chosen the subject of sa
by P S SHAH on Nov 01, 2014 03:14 PM
The people of this country has more respect for Modi and every one has joined his clean up movement. People don't care what you write.
and cleanliness in public places to try and make it a unique political tool in his armoury.
In this context, I quote below a bit of research done on the Census reports of 2001 and 2011 in terms of the subject of sanitation (authored by Mr. Rajiv Shah).
Building toilets is a basic state duty, which governments, state or central, have failed to perform. Census of India data suggest that open defecation by 50 per cent of India’s population and nearly 40 per cent of “progressive” Gujarat suggests what has gone amiss.
The temples versus toilets controversy, first triggered by former Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, was then picked up by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. However, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is now the PM of the country, appears to have not bothered to look at the Census of India figures (2011). These figures suggest that, in India, a little less than half of the population goes into the open for defecation because they have no access to toilet facilities, either public or private, suggesting how important basic social factors of governance are rated by the rulers in overall scheme of things. What is even worse is that in a “progressive” or “developed” state like Gujarat, nearly 40.4 per cent of the population defecates in the open, creating huge problems for health for the population. At the same time, it suggests that, despite loud claims, Gujarat government as miserably failed to wipe out
and cleanliness in public places to try and make it a unique political tool in his armoury.
In this context, I quote below a bit of research done on the Census reports of 2001 and 2011 in terms of the subject of sanitation (authored by Mr. Rajiv Shah).
Building toilets is a basic state duty, which governments, state or central, have failed to perform. Census of India data suggest that open defecation by 50 per cent of India’s population and nearly 40 per cent of “progressive” Gujarat suggests what has gone amiss.
The temples versus toilets controversy, first triggered by former Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, was then picked up by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. However, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is now the PM of the country, appears to have not bothered to look at the Census of India figures (2011). These figures suggest that, in India, a little less than half of the population goes into the open for defecation because they have no access to toilet facilities, either public or private, suggesting how important basic social factors of governance are rated by the rulers in overall scheme of things. What is even worse is that in a “progressive” or “developed” state like Gujarat, nearly 40.4 per cent of the population defecates in the open, creating huge problems for health for the population. At the same time, it suggests that, despite loud claims, Gujarat government as miserably failed to wipe out t
and cleanliness in public places to try and make it a unique political tool in his armoury.
In this context, I quote below a bit of research done on the Census reports of 2001 and 2011 in terms of the subject of sanitation (authored by Mr. Rajiv Shah).
Building toilets is a basic state duty, which governments, state or central, have failed to perform. Census of India data suggest that open defecation by 50 per cent of India’s population and nearly 40 per cent of “progressive” Gujarat suggests what has gone amiss.
The temples versus toilets controversy, first triggered by former Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, was then picked up by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. However, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is now the PM of the country, appears to have not bothered to look at the Census of India figures (2011). These figures suggest that, in India, a little less than half of the population goes into the open for defecation because they have no access to toilet facilities, either public or private, suggesting how important basic social factors of governance are rated by the rulers in overall scheme of things. What is even worse is that in a “progressive” or “developed” state like Gujarat, nearly 40.4 per cent of the population defecates in the open, creating huge problems for health for the population. At the same time, it suggests that, despite loud claims, Gujarat government as miserably failed to wipe out t
