Thursday, September 9, 2010

Judicial bashing is unfortunate

Each organ of the state should function in conformity with the basic spirit of the Constitution and in accordance with its provision in a way that centrality and the supremacy of the Constitution is preserved at all times to help the system to work smoothly and efficiently. The Constitution has entrusted the executive with the task of policy-making and its due execution. However, the moot point is that if the government of the day becomes oblivious of its constitutional duties, whether the judicial wing of the state -that is the custodian of the Constitution -can chip in and awake the government from a state of inertia typified by total abdication of its duty towards the people.
Allowing the millions of tons of food grains, procured at the heavy expenses of the state exchequer, to rot for years end on in the face of millions of starving people throughout the length and the breadth of the Country is nothing but ruthless trampling upon the spirit of the Constitution besides being highly inhumane and barbaric. The empathy of the Apex Court with the starving poor men on the streets amidst queasy stink of putrefying of millions of tons of food grains from all across the Country should not be denounced as judicial overstepping in the domain of the executive. The Prime Minister of India owes a public apology to the nation on this emotive issue of "FOOD CRISIS" juxtaposed with spine-chilling "GRAIN DRAIN" and should assure the countrymen that not even a single grain of the food wll be let to be rotten in a Country where over 37% of the population is still reeling under below poverty line.

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