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Few
days back I wrote about success of “Chetawani
Rally”, now it seems “Bihar Band” call given by
combined opposition against beating of
journalists by dreaded criminal Anant Singh, an
MLA from ruling alliance has been successful. I
was always wondering why as an entrepreneur I
still don’t have courage to invest in Bihar?
No, I have no problem with “Launda Nauch” nor I
have any problem with Laluji’s “PURI-GHUGHNI”, I
think I am scared about the safety and security
of my Business in Bihar but then is it only me?
I wonder why till today after so much of hype by
supporters of present Government no private
investor has invested even a single rupee worth
naming in Bihar from outside.
When a Government with all its goodwill provides
BMP security to a dreaded criminal like Anant
Singh, we start doubting its priorities not only
on law and order but also about everything. Here
is a criminal who took hostage of NDTV
journalist and was breaking the limbs and ribs
of other journalists and police remained a
spectator for five long hours because of what?
One thing which I never liked about Lalu-Rabri
regime was their closeness with criminals like
Shahabuddin but then Lalu-Rabri were never
serious about investment in Bihar and if I can’t
say about others then at least for me as an
entrepreneur, Bihar was least of my priorities.
On the other hand present government gave us
hope about business opportunities in Bihar and
we became excited too but when it came to actual
investment we developed cold feet and we
seriously started looking for what has changed
in Bihar that we should take the risk of setting
up something over there, after all we know for
last two years present government was nursing
this monster called Anant Singh, and only God
knows about seriousness of this CBI enquiry.
Enquiry for what…why journalist asked Anant
Singh question about his alleged involvement in
a rape and murder case? Let us not forget that
police were not able to do anything for five
long hours. A shiver runs through my spine just
by imagining that a dreaded criminal like Anant
Singh, who has got BMP commandos for security
has entered my business premise and police will
not be able to do anything to protect me for
five long hours till they have got order… in
this situation as a Bihari, in Bihar I will
prefer Laluji’s PURI-GHUGHNI (if that is my
worth as a Bihari) and enjoy “Launda Nauch”
rather than doing business.
Nitish Kumar must act heavily against Anant
Singh and like him in other parties such as
those in RJD and LJP and set the precedent in
order to restore the confidence, if not of
potential investors, than his own citizen
otherwise no “Launda Nauch” and “PURI-GHUGHNI”
theory will stop people from confusing his so
called “Sushashan” with Lalu’s alleged “Kushashan”.
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Bihar
has received 1% in investment out of
several projects worth 37,000 crores
cleared. If your project has been
cleared, then as a possible
investor, you have the power to
become " Sabse Bada Bihari" just
like Ambanis from Jamnagar of
Gujarat.
But I got confused with PURI-GHUGHNI.
Is "Laluji's PURI not Shahabuddin
and GHUGHNI Pappu, Subhash and Sadhu
Yadavs in the PARLIAMENT of INDIA.
If Somnath Chatterji/Hamid Ansari,
Speaker of Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha
have no problems, then why do you
have the same? I agree with you.
but......
Are the GRAVY (ras) of GHUGHNI, the
political supporters and rabble
rousers irrespective of political
parties, not very much responsible
for scaring the investors like you
in Bihar, whether it was Jagannath
Mishra regime of early 1980s or
Lalu-Rabri raj of 15 years; or the
present Government? You should
understand the pain of of those
running political circus in Bihar
and the need of carrying attaché of
Anant Singh and his likes in
political parties. Did you notice,
how political leaders of all
democratic parties reacted so
cautiously on the judgment of
Krishnaiya (IAS) murder case (forget
about rickshaw-wala, thela-wala
murder case) that it should not hurt
the sentiments of the people of the
castes murderers belong to? In fact
Government was seen on his knee
defending himself.
Bihar needs social revolution than
game of political change and
one-upmanship. Greed forms the basis
of political change. Nothing has yet
formed the basis of social
revolution. Majority needs saintly
advice and to participate in
character building exercise, a
social reform movement.
Brand Bihar is a social revolution.
If you feel unfit as an
industrialist in present
circumstances, why don't you
participate as only Bihari in on
going social reform movement rather
than settling on Lalu's preferences
from LAUNDA NAUCH to PURI-GHUGHNI.
Why are you waiting for forthcoming
attractions of Ram Vilas Paswan as a
Chief Minister and Surajbhan Singh
as a Home Minister as well as Lalu's
new version of "SUSHASHAN" in the
form of social justice with 10%
reservation for poor amongst upper
castes? - Dr. Sudhir Ranjan, USA
- Nov. 6, 2007
I
agree with Sharmaji’s doubts and
fear about investment in Bihar. But
the reasons sighted are somewhat
not-so-confirming. I just want to
ask one question, suppose that law
and order problems are solved, would
there be a bulk money inflow from
outside without doing feasibility
studies, infrastructure, resources,
land, electricity and work force. It
is possible for the entrepreneurs to
just invest money without having
assurance about hefty returns. Bihar
is neither a costal state, nor a
desert one, where hefty pieces of
land would be available for
factories installation. The
transportation cost incurred in
carrying raw materials and finished
materials to actual markets would be
such huge that the ultimate product
cost would be high. Even if
everything is managed, the
“CHETAWANI RALLY” and “DHAMAAKA
RALLY” every fortnight would disturb
the normal functioning and increase
the idle cost. I know that all these
issues could be solved but it would
require time and money. I am not
sure any entrepreneur is going to
first build the infrastructure and
then start production. All of them
would wait for government to do
that. 2 years is not enough to
rebuild such a ruined state as
Bihar. So, he deserves more time.
As for the media beating by MLA,
that’s unfortunate. But, here I
blame media more than the MLA. The
electronic visual media is just
running haywire for sensational news
and doing all sort of bad practices
to not only bring sensational news
but make the news sensational. May I
ask Sharmaji, Would he like the
media to enter his own house without
any permission at midnight just for
bringing out news out of his house.
Every person has a right for privacy
and no one should be allowed to
invade that. Its my personal
experience that mediamen today are
behaving like some police official
and using threatening words to get
pass the barriers. One more honest
confession, knowing Anant Singh’s
cult, if he had killed the reporter
inside his house and thrown the body
in Ganges, would anyone have dared
to stop him. Its the kindness of the
MLA of his cult, that he left the
mediamen go away and make the news.
Moreover, same thing has happened in
Jaipur, but nobody is making a
national issue. Think about media
taking favour of a thief and not
highlighting the poor woman vows who
could have suffered financial and
physical damages in process of
snatching. The habit of media trials
have shattered several images
especially common man.
All these attacks are examples of
social methods of countering media
hyper – activism and biasness.
Censoring is bad, but
sensationalization is worse. -
Ravish Kumar, Hyderabad - Nov. 6,
2007
“Bihar is neither a costal state,
nor a desert one, where hefty pieces
of land would be available for
factories installation. The
transportation cost incurred in
carrying raw materials and finished
materials to actual markets would be
such huge that the ultimate product
cost would be high.” I can only
guess from where these wonderful
excuses are being planted
nevertheless I firmly believe that
Bihar has tremendous Business
opportunities and Bihar will improve
not with the effort of some Narayan
Murthy from Honolulu but with the
effort of Biharis whose worth has
been sadly mistaken for “Puri-Ghughni”.
Sorry, Nitish Kumar does not have
luxuries of Lalu Yadav. Biharis gave
him mandate to undo Lalu and not to
do another Lalu! Today even Lalu
Yadav can’t do a Lalu. No, it is not
because of a vigilant government but
because people’s mood have changed
and their priorities have changed.
I congratulate Nitish Kumar to read
the mood of people and make
development as Bihar’s central
political agenda but he should not
forget the rules of engagement with
development as agenda. Time is
running out and company with Anant
Singh is a big NO-NO. Only few
people can give you time and remain
happy with “Bhawat Geeta” like
statement “Bihar is neither a costal
state, nor a desert one”-as if “Tum
lekar kya aaye the aur lekar kaya
jaoge”. Thrash out all criminals.
Answer to biased and sensational
media is not criminal Anant Singh
but positive results on ground.
Media can convince entrepreneurs
from Honolulu about not to invest in
Bihar with their lie but not a
Bihari like me. Taking law in own
hand is wrong, whatever may be the
provocation and a wrong is a wrong!
Demand for efficient and accountable
police. If you don’t want a Lalu
then shout from the roof top that
Nitish Kumar you should feel ashamed
for providing BMP for security of
criminal Anant Singh. Why Surajbhan
is still roaming outside? - Shiv
Shankar Sharma - Nov. 6, 2007 |
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