Sunday, November 19, 2006

Sealing Drive and Shameless Government

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been assuring time and again -- the latest being on November 16, 2006 -- that all possible measure will be taken to bring 'relief' to the traders. The assurance was given to a delegation led by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit herself. It is no hidden secret that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been up in arms with the traders on the issue of ongoing sealing of illegal commercial premises.

Interestingly, the government is with the traders who are all out to defend the structures that are indefensibly illegal. First the government let the traders violate the law and now it is swearing allegiance with the violators. Those entrusted with law enforcement are defending the violation of the law even in face of the highest court of the land having pronounced the structures illegal.

These people do not perform their jobs and when the judiciary goes out to correct their mistakes, they try their best to throw the spanner in the works. Can there be anything more shameful than that?

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