INDIA's DEEP STATE NIBBLING AT HER SECURITY AND INTEGRITY !
"----The deep state is no leviathan monster. Rather it's an intricate network of politicians, bureaucrats, former judges, retired armed forces officers, senior lawyers, journalists, activists and power brokers.----" Minhaz Merchant laments in his article in The Post on 08 March 2018. He asserts that this deep state has a vice - like grip on the country from judiciary to bureaucracy to armed forces. It is the cradle of corruption.
No wonder Tushar Mehta, India's Solicitor General , questioned the SC showing consideration to Karti Chidambram for his anticipatory bail plea against arrest by Enforcement Directorate. SC has asked Delhi High court to deal with the plea within 24 hours. Laments Tushar Mehta ,"---"Would an ordinary criminal facing money laundering charges get such treatment?"
An article in Times of India says that the SC has traditionally disposed of petitions from counsel seeking to withdraw a case from the apex court in order to move the HC concerned with a terse ‘dismissed as withdrawn' order. Indeed, it refuses to even record the counsel's submission that he would move the HC. "You do whatever is permitted in law. We will not give you legal advice," has been the standard refrain of SC benches dealing with such cases.
Minhas Merchant elaborates further in his above article , "-------For decades, this tight circle controlled India's political, economic and social narrative. Corruption and nepotism bound them together. Many were subverted by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and toed the aman ki asha line. Maoists were lionised. Police officers who fought insurgencies and terrorism were prosecuted.-------"
He continues, "When the Sonia Gandhi remotely-led UPA government was in office, this powerful and incestuous cabal was in its element. Its members dominated Sonia's National Advisory Council (NAC). Journalists meanwhile, fell under the spell of public relations operators like Niira Radia-----"
According to him, "------/Those were the go-go years of 2004-08. The global economy was on steroids. Foreign investors were pouring into India. The stock market boomed. The then finance minister P Chidambaram was the toast of the town. I interviewed him in his spacious North Block office in September 2004. For the best part of an hour, Chidambaram's eyes rarely left the television screen placed on the wall to his right, flashing the latest stock prices------"
Quoting Gurumurthy, he states, "------As S Gurumurthy, speaking recently about the deep state said, key appointments in the bureaucracy, judiciary and various institutions of governance like the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) were made on the basis of personal connections and loyalty, not merit.-----"
He sums up the reach and extent of the DEEP STAYE, "------Those appointees, still occupy positions of authority. Gurumurthy is a former adviser to the late redoubtable Ramnath Goenka, founder of The Indian Express. A chartered accountant, Gurumurthy has audited the balance sheets of India's top companies. A single armed guard stands at the entrance to his office in Chennai where I interview him.-------"
Narender Modi Government's inability to break the strangle hold of the DEEP STATE, on all disciplines of Governance, is the key failure of this government. In all walks of the nation, "deep state" is visible. Effect of the Deep State is so much on governance that when Modi Government moves four steps forward, it is pulled three steps backward. Vijay Malaya, Nirav Modi, Jatin Mehta , Mehsul Choksi --- they have all managed to escape when Deep state tipped them of imminent arrests. Judiciary has been showing undue and special consideration to persons like Karni Chidambram and allowing him to go abroad. CBI alleges he managed to destroy evidence while being abroad. One gets the impression that Indian judiciary and law protects the mighty and rich against unpardonable offences, while it punishes the poor heavily for minor or negligible offences. CWG, 2 G , Augusta Helicopter , Coalgate scams rocked the nation when persons like P Chidambram was Finance Minister/ Home Minister. His investment in the "deep state" by way of appointing favourite persons in key positions, is now paying him rich dividends. No wonder India is a corruption cum violence cum terror heaven !!!!!
What say thou??
"----The deep state is no leviathan monster. Rather it's an intricate network of politicians, bureaucrats, former judges, retired armed forces officers, senior lawyers, journalists, activists and power brokers.----" Minhaz Merchant laments in his article in The Post on 08 March 2018. He asserts that this deep state has a vice - like grip on the country from judiciary to bureaucracy to armed forces. It is the cradle of corruption.
No wonder Tushar Mehta, India's Solicitor General , questioned the SC showing consideration to Karti Chidambram for his anticipatory bail plea against arrest by Enforcement Directorate. SC has asked Delhi High court to deal with the plea within 24 hours. Laments Tushar Mehta ,"---"Would an ordinary criminal facing money laundering charges get such treatment?"
An article in Times of India says that the SC has traditionally disposed of petitions from counsel seeking to withdraw a case from the apex court in order to move the HC concerned with a terse ‘dismissed as withdrawn' order. Indeed, it refuses to even record the counsel's submission that he would move the HC. "You do whatever is permitted in law. We will not give you legal advice," has been the standard refrain of SC benches dealing with such cases.
Minhas Merchant elaborates further in his above article , "-------For decades, this tight circle controlled India's political, economic and social narrative. Corruption and nepotism bound them together. Many were subverted by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and toed the aman ki asha line. Maoists were lionised. Police officers who fought insurgencies and terrorism were prosecuted.-------"
He continues, "When the Sonia Gandhi remotely-led UPA government was in office, this powerful and incestuous cabal was in its element. Its members dominated Sonia's National Advisory Council (NAC). Journalists meanwhile, fell under the spell of public relations operators like Niira Radia-----"
According to him, "------/Those were the go-go years of 2004-08. The global economy was on steroids. Foreign investors were pouring into India. The stock market boomed. The then finance minister P Chidambaram was the toast of the town. I interviewed him in his spacious North Block office in September 2004. For the best part of an hour, Chidambaram's eyes rarely left the television screen placed on the wall to his right, flashing the latest stock prices------"
Quoting Gurumurthy, he states, "------As S Gurumurthy, speaking recently about the deep state said, key appointments in the bureaucracy, judiciary and various institutions of governance like the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) were made on the basis of personal connections and loyalty, not merit.-----"
He sums up the reach and extent of the DEEP STAYE, "------Those appointees, still occupy positions of authority. Gurumurthy is a former adviser to the late redoubtable Ramnath Goenka, founder of The Indian Express. A chartered accountant, Gurumurthy has audited the balance sheets of India's top companies. A single armed guard stands at the entrance to his office in Chennai where I interview him.-------"
Narender Modi Government's inability to break the strangle hold of the DEEP STATE, on all disciplines of Governance, is the key failure of this government. In all walks of the nation, "deep state" is visible. Effect of the Deep State is so much on governance that when Modi Government moves four steps forward, it is pulled three steps backward. Vijay Malaya, Nirav Modi, Jatin Mehta , Mehsul Choksi --- they have all managed to escape when Deep state tipped them of imminent arrests. Judiciary has been showing undue and special consideration to persons like Karni Chidambram and allowing him to go abroad. CBI alleges he managed to destroy evidence while being abroad. One gets the impression that Indian judiciary and law protects the mighty and rich against unpardonable offences, while it punishes the poor heavily for minor or negligible offences. CWG, 2 G , Augusta Helicopter , Coalgate scams rocked the nation when persons like P Chidambram was Finance Minister/ Home Minister. His investment in the "deep state" by way of appointing favourite persons in key positions, is now paying him rich dividends. No wonder India is a corruption cum violence cum terror heaven !!!!!
What say thou??
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