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Articles: TP Features | The `Power' of Land
- Mr. Sreenivas YL
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Legislature, Judiciary and the Executive are the three vital pillars of the Indian democracy. All the three are autonomous bodies and though we do not have checks and balances like some western nations we do have judicial review where the decisions of the legislature are often scrutinized. The Press is often called the fourth estate for it is viewed by the common man as the fourth pillar of democracy. The Press acts as the watch dog of both the implementation of the Indian constitution and the requirements of a welfare state. Therefore, for a common man these four wings of democracy are vital and he watches constantly the functioning of these four. When a common man in the city of Hyderabad feels deprived or cheated by the tact of the government and sheer commercialization of the government land, what is the message that the distribution of 240 acres in the prime area of Nanakramguda where at present the land value is 20,000 rupees for sq. yd., conveys. He may perhaps think that the four wings of the government are in connivance with one another just to grab the people’s property.
The government list of the beneficiaries includes people of eminence which in effect means people who have achieved some eminence will also be given land. Government does not spell out the parameters of the eminence which leaves the area very fluid, leaving room for subjective interpretation of the term.
Interestingly when announcement of Shabbir Ali came, the media (at least a section of it) which has been hyper active against the Rajasekhar Reddy’s government in criticizing all his decisions, fair or foul, remained silent. The pro active judiciary, which takes cognizance of everything happens in the city, right from footpath encroachment to the seatbelts of vehicles, illegal constructions, apathy of police in locating missing couple and the reports of the newspapers, is silent. MLAs and MPs of all political parties who otherwise hold press conferences or make queue in front of cameras to give sound bites are silent. Silent is the executive which mastered the art of holding common people’s files in the intricacies of rules. None of these four pillars of the democracy talk about this either in support or against, for to talk in support is an embarrassment and to oppose it is to deprive themselves of something precious. But for a common man who is watching all their silence is eloquent.
YL SRINIVAS
Associate Professor
Osmania University College for Women, Koti
Hyderabad
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