Critics comment that even if Modi’s personal aura remains, there are issues that are affecting his administration’s sincerity. The law and order situation in Gujarat is a sticky point – recently, Ahmedabad witnessed the worst-ever hooch tragedy, which claimed more than 160 lives due lack of timely police action. Congress spokesman Arjun Modhvadia says: “When the hooch tragedy was claiming a large number of lives, country liquor was still being sold openly in that area... This government promotes only those police officers who are with the powers-that-be. Others are sidelined...”
That may or may not be, but the fact is that the law and order situation has deteriorated on the public front; and crimes against women have got the maximum attention of media in the past few months, much to Modi’s disadvantage. Police records say that rape cases are increasing and Ahmedabad is the worst affected. In the past three months, 19 rape cases were registered in Ahmedabad alone. Recently, in Surat, three boys raped a school girl in a car, made mobile clips and threatened the girl with dire consequences if she complained to the police – that two of the culprits were policemen’s sons added fuel to the public outcry. In 2008, 374 cases of rape, 1,110 abductions, and 122 sexual harassment incidents were reported in Gujarat.
Although much of the negativity is towards the incidents than to the overall state of the economy, it is a fact that the party has sometimes not pulled the right card at the right time. For example, no significantly placed minister or government official paid a single visit – at least not publicly – to the areas where the hooch tragedy occurred. Given the fact that Majur Gaam, a cluster of shanties where this tragedy occurred, is a neighbourhood of Modi’s Maninagar constituency, this does come as a surprise. To add to the hits, the recent CAG report – that apart from large scale cases of agricultural land being converted into industrial land, there have been cases where many expenses seem to have been deliberately overpaid – has also added to the Modi’s cup of minuses. The state government has not yet responded to the CAG observations. Political observers believe that in the last three years, complaints of corruption have been coming in against various departments of the state government and unless Modi undertakes a visible public drive against the malaise, he might quite well find the short end of the election roulette the next time around.
That may or may not be, but the fact is that the law and order situation has deteriorated on the public front; and crimes against women have got the maximum attention of media in the past few months, much to Modi’s disadvantage. Police records say that rape cases are increasing and Ahmedabad is the worst affected. In the past three months, 19 rape cases were registered in Ahmedabad alone. Recently, in Surat, three boys raped a school girl in a car, made mobile clips and threatened the girl with dire consequences if she complained to the police – that two of the culprits were policemen’s sons added fuel to the public outcry. In 2008, 374 cases of rape, 1,110 abductions, and 122 sexual harassment incidents were reported in Gujarat.
Although much of the negativity is towards the incidents than to the overall state of the economy, it is a fact that the party has sometimes not pulled the right card at the right time. For example, no significantly placed minister or government official paid a single visit – at least not publicly – to the areas where the hooch tragedy occurred. Given the fact that Majur Gaam, a cluster of shanties where this tragedy occurred, is a neighbourhood of Modi’s Maninagar constituency, this does come as a surprise. To add to the hits, the recent CAG report – that apart from large scale cases of agricultural land being converted into industrial land, there have been cases where many expenses seem to have been deliberately overpaid – has also added to the Modi’s cup of minuses. The state government has not yet responded to the CAG observations. Political observers believe that in the last three years, complaints of corruption have been coming in against various departments of the state government and unless Modi undertakes a visible public drive against the malaise, he might quite well find the short end of the election roulette the next time around.
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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