Curious as to how you got that impression. Heard it recently from some one else and wondering whether you read or heard the same somewhere if so what. Was this kathua case the turning point
people have been demanding he say something ever since he got elected but it was always slow in coming and there are reasons. Can't react to everything, applies to MMS as well
The opposition is always going to charge it isn't enough that's a given
A) If he knew that a Prime Minister can't just come and speak out on every matter, especially if it is an ongoing investigation of a crime, then why did he point out the same in case of MMS.
Wouldn't you call that hypocrisy. If Modi is right in not coming to the dais on every small thing, then so was MMS and then Modi is a hypocrite for calling MMS out on this issue when he was planning to do the same hinself.
B) As I have mentioned above, my main contention with him has been his failure to bring in new laws which would increase transparency and accountability for people running our country.
C) For someone who had promised generation of so many jobs, he hasn't improved the condition of even the current job holders and laborers who still can't get paid the minimum wage set by the government.
Firstly, he shouldn't have lied and promised so many jobs, when it wasn't possible. But after that he could have at least strengthened the current labor laws and see to it that they are enforced properly.
The govt itself flouts these labor laws. Nearly every small govt job entails being a on-contract, on-probation period. In that period, the govt itself doesn't pay those employees the wages that they are entitled to at that post.
What's even worse is that there is no guarantee that you would ever get instated at the post. I see teachers who have now been working 15 years at the on-contract wages and hoping they will be made pucca one day. Their on-contract salaries stand at 7k a month. That's half of what a daily wage masoner gets paid in a month.
This isn't something new.
My father fought a case against his employer, IDBI, early in his career, where he raised this same point in the 90s. He himself was an officer and so had nothing to worry about. But he saw the plight of people who were under him and asked the bank, 'Why were these people still on-probation even after 10 years of service'.
The bank employed the services of Kapil Sibbal to try and justify their actions, but in the end, had to draft an internal policy and give proper posts and remuneration to all Class 4 employees of the bank.
However, the same is not true anymore as they have found a loophole and now outsource these jobs to another organization and hence save money and not get their hands dirty. These Class 4 office boys only get paid 4-5k a month while the company charges the bank 7-8k for them. These are the same people who happily transferred thousands of crores to Vijay Mallya's offshore accounts.
These are just a few points, which I feel, make him a hypocrite. Don't even get me started about projects like Swachh Bharat and Cleaning of Ganga.
They don't formulate strict laws and not even enforce the present laws properly enough on industries which continue to pollute our air, our rivers and our ground water. If we don't take strict action and formulate new policies, with regards to forests, rivers and ground water, we will be very soon facing the wrath of mother nature and the irony is that these people will still survive in their palaces while the common man ends up paying the price.
