national scanner

NATIONAL SCANNER

BY: SUBHASH AGRAWAL AND MADHU AGRAWAL

VOICES/PEOPLE

Bars beyond Mid-night

Opening bars beyond mid-night in Delhi will definitely increase night-crime. It is shocking that Delhi government has gone ahead with its plan to induce glamorous night-life in the capital city despite increasing cases of rape in moving cars at night hours. This decision is also in contravention of the time tested proverb, ‘Early to bed and early to rise, makes people healthy wealthy and wise’.

Touching Feet

It refers to an IAS officer of Bokaro (Jharkhand) touching feet of JMM supremo, Shibu Soren after the high-profile leader was freed from the jail. It is regretting that Jharkhand government could not instantly act against the officer violating norms set for government-employees, even though the incident was aired by all the TV news-channels.

It is high time that norms be set to avoid feet-touching of leaders in public. Ban should also be slapped on celebrating birthdays of leaders by sticking posters on city-walls to congratulate (flatter) celebrities.

Discrimination in Jodhpur Jail

Rajasthan Government and National Human Rights Commission should investigate media-reports about irresponsible attitude of authorities in Jodhpur jail while allowing sisters of celebrity-prisoner Salmaan Khan and other ordinary prisoners for celebrating Rakhibandhan with their imprisoned brothers. According to reports and visual-clippings sisters of ordinary prisoners were made to wait outside the jail in the heat of the day for hours together till sisters of Salmaan Khan came out after celebrating the event for unreasonably long time.

Sin of Shaking Hands with Sanju

It does not sound well when a policeman was suspended for hugging Sanjay Dutt and shaking hands with him on his release on bail from Yerawada jail in Pune. Why forget that Policemen too are human-beings having common sentiments. How can their gesture be termed as illegal when a celebrity like Sanjay Dutt himself comes forward for hugging ordinary policemen on duty? And why should we forget that even the TADA judge convicting the film-star had shown unusual courtesy towards Sanjay Dutt by inviting him to his chambers for a friendly chat after the court was adjourned for the day?

AIIMS Again in News

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss should be sacked at least from post of Chairperson of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), if not from the Union Cabinet for playing dirty politics in country’s premier institute to settle personal scores with AIIMS Director, Dr. P Venugopal. It was shocking that the resident-doctors were forcibly lifted in police-vans because they were agitating against the authorities for not issuing degrees in time, which is their

legitimate right. However instead of harassing the AIIMS Director the Union Health Minister should take concrete steps to ensure that effective steps are taken to stop brain-drain in shape of our young doctors migrating to other countries for jobs. Even canceling of passports of doctors intending to leave the country may not be a bad exercise.