Bharat Bandh in Bhubaneswar

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The facts and ideas in this post are collected from several political party websites and also from newspapers.I thank them and my friends, who helped me in capturing the photos.

Today, Opposition parties announced Bharat Bandh, and it is supported by almost entire opposition parties of country. The call for Bharat Bandh is in protest against price rise of all the petroleum products –

• Petrol – 3.73 Rupees per liter
• Diesel – 2.00 Rupees per liter
• Kerosene – 3.00 Rupees per liter
• L.P.G. – 35 Rupees per Cylinder

Infact as per government words, it cannot afford subsidies on petroleum products, thus it has deregulate price control on Petrol; on diesel right now government is still bearing 1.39 paisa subsidy, which will gradually ends; on kerosene government is still giving sixty percent subsidy and on L.P.G. government is passing 225 Rupees subsidies on every cylinder. As per words of Prime Minister subsidies on Kerosene and L.P.G. will be continue.

Another side;-

There is a need to subsidize diesel consumption by public road transport systems and the Railways.

Its known that public road transport systems consumed about 500 crore liters and the Railways about 250 crore liters of diesel a year. If the Government extended a subsidy of say Rs.10 per liter consumed by these two major transport systems, the burden on the exchequer would not exceed Rs.7500 crore, hardly 10 percent of the Rs, 74000 crore subsidy the Government is extending as of now.

Government subsidy policy has been ad hoc, arbitrary and irrational, Government should provide fixed subsidy on both kerosene and LPG. The Government could bring down kerosene consumption and the subsidy burden on it by supplying solar paneled LED lamps to the poor. It could promote mass transport by buses with excise duty relief.

The Government should promote public transport by extending diesel subsidy and by undertaking capital works in urban areas. Such a policy will minimize the burden on the common person and contribute to economic growth. The Government should realize that people go in for their own vehicles because the public transport system in India is in a shambles.

A few leaders(very few) are taking the above ideas to the prime minister and Finance minister where others are being involved in worst traditional politics which yields no betterment.

To raise objection, in a democracy, everybody have right but by force to make others part of your objection is not a democratic move, moreover when anybody don’t want to become part of it as they will have to bear the financial lose, plus by no mean bandh will solve the purpose except political parties, which will gain media headlines and bandh call for support of common people will ironically grind common people and private businessmen as both will lose their one day revenue.

In today’s time, opposition parties to protest against government policies or scheme in old style by call of bandh is destructive as far business is concern and economy is concern, rather they should debate on a platform with government concerned minister defend their objection and make them speechless plus pass on their suggestion, so that it is implemented instead roaming in street making noises and closing down private business forcibly.

Now the most worst view of our traditional politics,which has short term objectives to show dominance and strengthening its vote-bank politics.Here I am publishing a few photos,we have captured in Bhubaneswar which depicts the callousness of worst traditional politics