The government’s polices are a right package?

Prime Minister had called for one Mr.M Shashidhar Reddy for talks on” the Naxalite menace ahead of the crucial chief ministers’ conference on Naxalism in the capital last month. Who is Mr.Reddy?

He was appointed by Sonia Gandhi at the AICC as convener of the task force on Naxal violence. So much so good. At least the major political party thought fit to give thought to tackle one of the growing problems with wider implications for the future of the country, our economy and society and politics.

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NDTV/CNN-IBN channels flash the agri crisis news!

So agri crisis is now urban news! The urban media, more so the TV media catches up with the farmers suicides! Yes, something like so many thousands of farmers continuing to think of desperate steps only can create the needed sensationalism and TV viewing audience! Not bad in a country with a Prime Minister and his close advisers all indulging in a cozy inner circle where the harsh realities of the countryside are too much for their own sense of existence. After all, they have all spent their best years only in cozy government depts, so what if this one briefly in the political hot seat, just proves an irritant!
 
With farmers’ suicides continuing, what is the point of this government talking of vague programmes and plain non-action at grass roots?

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