Sunday, August 30, 2009

UPA fails 100 days deadline; Union Minister BK Handique blames it on swine flu

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ltogether 100 days have passed since the UPA government came to power in its second term. But the promises made for this period, mostly, remained unfulfilled. The north eastern region also hoped a lot from the Centre but only to be blighted with frustration. Union coal and DoNER minister bjoy Krishna Handique, who admitted the failure has blamed it all on swine flu where the government had to get busy with battling the killer disease across the country. But how far it is true? Precisely, it’s a period of all round failure of the UPA government. The failures are many and varied. As son as the Manhonan Singh government came to power for the second term each of his members in the council of ministers announced a slew of schemes to be implemented within this 100-day long period. Promises remained promises much to the displeasure of prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Union law minister Dr Veerapa Moiley judicial reforms, filling up vacancies in the courts. But that has not happened. The much-hyped Judicial inquiry bill failed to come up due to lack of consensus. Same it is in the cases of Union human resurces minister Kapil Sibal and his counterparts in power and coal ministries where big announcements were reduced to a bunch of false promises. Union power minister who targeted 5,653 megawatt power generation in this period had to remain satisfied with 4000 megawatt. The Prime minister was scheduled to celebrate the completion of 100 days by commissioning the Rs 5,260 crore mega project by ONGC. But ultimately, postponed as the dream projects, mostly, missed the deadline. Notably, Assam also failed to have any impact of the 100-day target of the UPA government. This has what worried Assam citizens and intellectuals where the burning issues including flood, erosion, insurgency, education, employment have remained unresolved. Talking to NETV, AASU adviser Dr Samujal Bhattacharya said the UPA government has come to power again but the problems confronting Assam have been remaining a matter of grave concern. Even the UPA government has done precious little to implement the Assam Accord. On the other hand, the UPA government has deplorably failed to prevent the outbreak of the killer swine flu which clamed nearly 90 persons across the state. According to BJP MP Ramen Deka, the government has also failed to deal with the drought situation. Union coal and DoNER minister Bijoy Krishna Handique has admitted his failure and has blamed it all on the outbreak of the swine flu which has killed his time. This is how, Handique is trying to shirk his responsibility. This is how, the UPA government has failed to implement what it projected 100 days back. It, however, remains to be seen how far the UPA government would be able to carry forward the process of overall development in its second term.

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