INDER
SINGH NAMDHARI
The
first pre-requisite for development of the society is doing away with the inertia
that has set in. The light of development can reach only a conscious and aware
society. Till we banish the status quo, we cannot hope to bring about
proportionate development.
Today,
the society needs a people’s movement in which all sections of the society
participate. The internal bottlenecks coming in the way of development can only
be removed by drawing inspiration from the teachings of Kabir and Raidas. For
instance, reservation is an issue on which a major discourse is needed in our
society. Reservation was meant to remove the wide chasm that had developed
between different communities but unfortunately, some people took it as their
permanent privilege. Reservation was devised as a means to ensure that all
sections of the people reach up to a minimum level of development. Those who
were below that level were given reservation to enable them to come abreast of
others and it was believed that once that happened, proportionate development
would automatically follow. But that was not to be.
The
Indian society has changed a lot. People of all classes are now joining the
social mainstream. But, on the other hand, the standard of debate in the Indian
Parliament is falling. No one wants to discuss the problems confronting the
nation. Politics has only become a tool for acquiring power. In politics, might
has become right. In fact, though we are described as the biggest democracy of
the world and everything appears hunky-dory superficially but internally,
things are in a bad shape. In this situation, the talented people should come
forward to lead the society. We should all shed our biases and march on the
road to development taking everyone along.
Inder Singh Namdhari is an independent member of Lok Sabha from Chatra,
Jharkhand. This write-up is based on the
conversation of FORWARD Press Correspondent Amrendra Yadav with
Namdhari (Published in Forward Press, May, 2013 Issue)
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