ಪರಭಾಷಾ ಬಂಧುಗಳಿಗೆ, ಏಕೋ, ಏನೋ, ಕನ್ನಡ-ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರೆಂದರೇ ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಅಪಥ್ಯ.

ಮನದಾಳದ ನೋವು-ನಲಿವು. 

ಪರಭಾಷಾ ಬಂಧುಗಳಿಗೆ, ಏಕೋ, ಏನೋ, ಕನ್ನಡ-ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರೆಂದರೇ ಇಂದಿಗೂ  ಅಪಥ್ಯ.

ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ನಮ್ಮ ಅಪ್ರಭುದ್ಧ ಭಂಡ-ಬಡಾಯಿ  ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಗಳ ನೋಟ ಬರೀ ಪರಭಾಷಿಕರ ಮತಗಳಿಕೆಯತ್ತ.

ಇದ್ದದ್ದೇ, ಯಾವತ್ತೂ, ಕೆಲವರ ರಾಜಕಾರಣದ ನೋಟ ಕೊಳಚೆಯ ಸುತ್ತ-ಮುತ್ತ.

ಅವರನ್ನು, ಆದಷ್ಟು ಸರಿಯಾದ ದಾರಿಗೆಳೆದು ತರುವ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ನನ್ನದು, ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ. 

ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಗಳ ಕೆಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿರೋಧಿ ಧೋರಣೆ, ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಅಪಥ್ಯ,

ಅಂಥವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಹೋರಾಟ ನನ್ನದು,  ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ,

ಉದ್ದೇಶವಿಷ್ಟೇ, ಸಕಲ ಭಾಷಾಬಂಧುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮನವರಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಿಸುವುದು, ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ಸತ್ಯ, ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ನಿತ್ಯ.

- ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಂಕೇತ, ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ..

ಮೋದಿ ಪರ ಅಥವಾ ವಿರೋಧದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಯೋಚಿಸಬೇಕು

ಮೋದಿ ಪರ ಅಥವಾ ವಿರೋಧದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಮೋದಿ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸರಕಾರದ ವಿವಿಧ ನೀತಿಗಳ ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಹಾಗೂ ದುಷ್ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಯೋಚಿಸಬೇಕು. ಆಗ ಮಾತ್ರ, ಚರ್ಚೆ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಮರ್ಶೆಯಲ್ಲಡಿಗಿರುವ ವಸ್ತುವಿಷಯದ ಗಾಂಭೀರ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾದಿಸಬಹುದು.

ವಿಮರ್ಶೆಯಲ್ಲಡಿಗಿರುವ ವಸ್ತುವಿಷಯದ ಗಾಂಭೀರ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಅರಿತಲ್ಲಿ, ಪರ ಅಥವಾ ವಿರೋಧದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನೈಜ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಹಾಗೂ ಅದನ್ನು ಮುಕ್ತ ಮನೋಭಾವದಿಂದ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಮೋದಿ ಅಪ್ರಸ್ತುತವಾಗಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಕಲರ ಹಾಗೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಧರೆಗಿಳಿದ ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ ಭಗವಂತನಂತಲ್ಲ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸರ್ವಸಮ್ಮತದ ಸೂಕ್ತ_ಪರಿಹಾರ ಕೊಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು, ಎಂಬ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ನನ್ನದು. 

- ಸಂಕೇತ ಏಣಗಿ

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 - My Opinion

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

In my personal opinion, the following amongst several other important questions, which both Houses of the Parliament have not addressed while passing the Bill, have to be addressed and decided by the Supreme Court ;

1) Can immigrants, residing in India illegally, be termed legal by efflux of time ?

2) Can there not be uniformity, in application of Indian laws to illegal immigrants...?

3) Do illegal immigrants have any legal or Constitutional right, to claim a special privilege or special benefits, as against rest others of the same class.

4) Can such classification be termed as reasonable or intelligible ?

5) Whether the Parliament has a legislative competence to make such a classification among illegal immigrants, who are basically not the citizens of India...?

6) Why illegal immigrants who are Hindus and other communities of other countries have not been included in CAA, 2019 ?

7) Why illegal immigrants who are Hindus and other communities have been included in CAA, 2019 only on persecution on the ground of religion and why not on the ground of linguistic, regional and cultural persecution ?

8) Why illegal immigrants who are Muslims have been excluded in CAA, 2019 on persecution on the ground of religion or  on the ground of linguistic, regional and cultural persecution ?

 - Sanket M. Yenagi

Is everything OK with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019...?

If everything is OK in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Then, why this?

Those, who are illegal immigrants in India belonging to other countries and are the victims of religious persecution in their countries, viz., 

1) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of China. 

2) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Bhutan, 

3) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Tibet, 

4) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Burma / Myanmar, 

5) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Sri Lanka, 

6) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Malaysia, 

7) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Thailand, 

8) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Korea, 

9) Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi, Christians of Indonesia, 

have been denied the right to seek citizenship in India under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Why this disparity...? 

If everything is OK, then, why this?

- Sanket Yenagi

ಕಾಲಸ್ಯ ಕಾರಣಂ, ಮಹಾಭಾರತ

ಕಾಲೋ ವಾ ಕಾರಣಂ ರಾಜ್ಞೋ ರಾಜಾ ವಾ ಕಾಲಕಾರಣಂ |
ಇತಿ ತೇ ಸಂಶಯೋ ಮಾ ಭೂದ್ರಾಜಾ ಕಾಲಸ್ಯ ಕಾರಣಂ ||

ಕಾಲ ಕೆಟ್ಟು ರಾಜ ಹೀಗಾದನಾ ಅಥವಾ ರಾಜನಿಂದ ಕಾಲ ಹೀಗಾಯಿತಾ ?

ಗೊಂದಲವೇ ಬೇಡ, ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ರಾಜನೇ ಕಾರಣ. ಅರ್ಥಾತ್, ಕಾಲವು ರಾಜನಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

- ಮಹಾಭಾರತ, ಶಾಂತಿಪರ್ವ, ಭೀಷ್ಮ

Humanity and Law

In my opinion,

Humanity, is, uncomparable, much much above the laws made by the Parliament or Legislatures. Humanity, does not need any Sanction of Law.

The laws against humanity, are non-est, non-existent & nullity and not necessarily be followed. 

-Sanket M. Yenagi

The government, should either accept the truth or close NCRB

NCRB publishing figures showing 36 people ending their lives everyday due to unemployment. 

The government, should either accept the truth & to do the needful, or, close NCRB forever for publishing the truth.

An Open Letter to Media

Dear Media,

The Accused in Mangalore Bomb incident is being investigated by the competent expert agency, to know his links and sources. Let truth be unearthed in a fair investigation, and, truth is essentially important for a healthy democracy.

Now, at least, for God Sake, media should stop interfering with investigation by creating & publishing stories of their own unauthorised parallel investigations & conducting trials.

And, this act of media, in my opinion, amounts to an interference with investigation process. Either, this is ignorance of media or a deliberate act to destroy evidence.

Hope, media hereafter understands and acts with responsibility, apart from utmost care and caution, in this matter.

Regards,

Sanket M. Yenagi

Twists and Turns in the journey of Yashwant Sinha.

Yashwant Sinha, former IAS official, is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and foreign minister (July 2002 – May 2004) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. 

Sinha was born on 6th November 1937, in Patna, Bihar into a Kayastha family. He received his master's degree in Political Science in 1958. Subsequently, he taught the subject at the University of Patna till 1960.

Sinha joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1960 and spent over 24 years holding important posts during his service tenure. He served as Sub-Divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate for 4 years. He was Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department of the Bihar Government for 2 years after which he worked in the Ministry of Commerce as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India.

From 1971 to 1973, he was First Secretary (Commercial) in the Indian Embassy, Bonn, Germany. Subsequently, he worked as Consul General of India in Frankfurt from 1973 to 1974. After working for over seven years in this field, he acquired experience in matters relating to foreign trade and India's relations with the European Economic Community. Thereafter, he worked in the Department of Industrial Infrastructure, Government of Bihar State and in the Ministry of Industry, government of India dealing with foreign industrial collaborations, technology imports, intellectual property rights and industrial approvals.

He later was Joint Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Surface Transport from 1980 to 1984, his main responsibilities were road transport, ports and shipping. 

He resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 1984 and joined active politics as a member of the Janata Party. He was appointed All-India General secretary of the party in 1986 and was elected Member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament) in 1988.

When the Janata Dal was formed in 1989, he was appointed General Secretary of the party. He worked as Minister of Finance from November 1990 to June 1991 in Chandra Shekhar's Cabinet.

He became the National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 1996. He was appointed finance minister in March 1998. He was appointed as Minister for External Affairs on 1 July 2002. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2004, he was defeated in Hazaribagh Constituency. He re-entered the Parliament in 2005. On 13 June 2009, he resigned from the post of vice-president of BJP.

Sinha was the finance minister until 1 July 2002, when he exchanged jobs with foreign minister Jaswant Singh. Sinha, during his tenure, was forced to roll back some of his government's major policy initiatives for which he was much criticised. Still, Sinha is widely credited for pushing through several major reform measures that put the Indian economy on a firm growth trajectory. Among them are lowering of real interest rates, introducing tax deduction for mortgage interest, freeing up the telecommunications sector, helping fund the National Highways Authority, and deregulating the petroleum industry. 

Sinha is also known for being the first Finance Minister to break the 53-year tradition of presenting the Indian budget at 5 pm local time, a practice held over from British Rule days that sought to present the Indian budget at a time convenient to the British Parliament (1130a GMT) rather than India's Parliament.

Sinha has written a comprehensive account of his years as Finance Minister titled Confessions of a Swadeshi Reformer.

On 25 April 2015, the French Government honoured Yashwant Sinha with Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), the highest French civilian distinction bestowed upon him in recognition of his international action taken during his stint as Union Minister of Finance, Minister External Foreign Affairs and for his invaluable contribution to international issues. Giving the Honour to Sinha on Saturday, French Ambassador to India François Richier said as Minister of External Affairs, and Chair of the Indo-French Parliamentary Friendship Group since its very inception (2009-2014), Sinha contributed to the deepening of the Indo-French strategic partnership, launched during the visit of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Paris (September 1998) and the development of ties between France and India. Created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion of Honour is the highest civilian award given by the French Republic for outstanding service to France, regardless of the nationality of the recipients.

Sinha, mostly also known as the straight forward and Crusader of corruption, had challenged the action of the Central Government of entering into the contract with Dassault, for supply of Rafael Fighter Aircrafts, before the Supreme Court of India by filing a writ petition seeking for a writ of mandamus to the Central Bureau of Investigation to register the complaint and investigate the allegations of corruption duly monitored by the Supreme Court. However, the Supreme Court refused to entertain and interfere in the matter on the ground of national security, leaving it to the parties concerned to exhaust other remedies available under law (Parliament) without expressing any opinion on the merits of the matter, and by limiting its opinion expressed in the course of the order only from the standpoint of jurisdiction of Supreme Court to entertain such a writ petition for mandamus. His Review Petition before the Supreme Court was also unsuccessful. 

Parliament of  India is another forum before which the allegations of corruption can be urged and the Parliament has the discretionary power to investigate the matter through the committee concerned. The allegations made by Sinha, in the matter of Rafael Fighter Aircrafts, so far, have not been investigated by the Parliament so far, and the government has also  been found refusing and opposing to get the allegations investigated in the matter on some extraneous reasons, atleast to prove itself as non-corrupt and non-beneficiary. 

Even then, none of the party functionary or a person with social responsibility and commitment towards integrity and transparency, has criticized the action of Sinha so far, proving his calibre, integrity and honesty. 

Sinha's journey of social responsibility and against injustice is still on, with more spirit and experience.