Desi Cartman Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 PUNE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has stirred up a hornet's nest with his comments — laced with crass humour — ridiculing the acute water scarcity in the state. Referring to the ongoing hunger strike undertaken by a drought-affected farmer at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, Pawar said, "He is on fast for the last 55 days. If there is no water in the dam, how can we release it? Should we urinate into it? If there is no water to drink, even urination is not possible." The NCP leader, who was addressing a public meeting at an interior village in Indapur tehsil of Pune district last night, went on to poke fun at the power load shedding in the state with his own brand of humour when he said, "I have noticed that more children are being born since the lights go off at night. There is no other work left then." Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Vinod Tawde strongly condemned Pawar's comments, saying it was a cruel joke on the drought-hit population of the state, to which the deputy chief minister had brought shame. Bhaiyya Deshmukh, the farmer from drought-affected Solapur district who is on fast at Azad Maidan, said Pawar had hurt sentiments of the state with the comment which was "unbecoming" of the deputy chief minister.
jiggo Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Well this effing ministers have already pissed on the farmers' livelihoods by stealing money meant for irrigation schemes for them. This is Congress, lead by the despicable corrupt Sonia Gandhi. Five more years of this please.
Clarke Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Ajit Pawar, nephew of Sharad Pawar. Making innocent rural folks commit suicide runs in the blood. But hey, at least they're secular.
coffee_rules Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 He borrowed my line.. http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=2148437&postcount=10
ravishingravi Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Ajit Pawar' date=' nephew of Sharad Pawar. Making innocent rural folks commit suicide runs in the blood. But hey, [b']at least they're secular. Thats what matters.
Tiger80 Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 On the shortage of electricity, Mr Pawar said, "I am told there is load shedding. The light goes off at 2 am. I have come to know that because power goes off in the night, many children are being born. When there is no power, people seem to have no other work." http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ajit-pawar-apologises-for-shocking-remark-if-no-water-in-dam-do-we-urinate-in-it-351285
Mariyam Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 Ajit Pawar' date=' nephew of Sharad Pawar. Making innocent rural folks commit suicide runs in the blood. [b']But hey, at least they're secular. True that. Everything else is just a moot point.
ravishingravi Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 Ajit Pawar diverted irrigation water to industry http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajit-Pawar-diverted-irrigation-water-to-industry/articleshow/19467687.cms India.
Crookbond Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 Ajit Pawar' date=' nephew of Sharad Pawar. Making innocent rural folks commit suicide runs in the blood. But hey, at least they're secular.[/quote'] No difference between a political comment and this one - you did a good job playing to the gallery. :good:
Clarke Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 No difference between a political comment and this one - you did a good job playing to the gallery. :good: That's your perception. The high cost (in multiple dimensions) of incompetence & corruption is absolutely shocking and the fact that it does not generate a fraction of the outrage from a lot of the country (and this forum) is sickening. Go look up the number of farmer suicides per year or the malnutrition related deaths per day and how they compare to some events in 1984 or 2002. The latter sound like red herrings in comparison. Despite that they continue to hog the limelight. Threads on Togadia & some wannabe UK gangster with a beard have far more feedback than basic issues. In essence, its called priorities; we have got them wrong and the results are there for general viewing. But hey, those are hard numbers, a random hate speech is much more exciting! /rant
Muloghonto Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 That's your perception. The high cost (in multiple dimensions) of incompetence & corruption is absolutely shocking and the fact that it does not generate a fraction of the outrage from a lot of the country (and this forum) is sickening. Go look up the number of farmer suicides per year or the malnutrition related deaths per day and how they compare to some events in 1984 or 2002. The latter sound like red herrings in comparison. Despite that they continue to hog the limelight. Threads on Togadia & some wannabe UK gangster with a beard have far more feedback than basic issues. In essence, its called priorities; we have got them wrong and the results are there for general viewing. But hey, those are hard numbers, a random hate speech is much more exciting! /rant look, farmers in India are bolloxed. Period. The world is no longer catered towards farmers who own an acre or two of land and pushes his cart to the market everyday to sell his stuff. The world is now about farmers owning 1000s of acres, running heavy mechinary and farmers being worth more than tecchies. The problem #1 in Indian farming sector is that we are stuck with a medieval model for farming business, not an industrial one. And since farmers make up like 50% of the voting public, nobody is going to push through land reform laws in India that would make farming more efficient. In Industrial societies, farmes typically constitute 5-10% of the population. India needs to bring its farming population to similar levels before the industry allows farmers to have the kind of margin to survive two consecutive droughts.
ganeshran Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 ^ +1 . Agriculture is a scale business. You just cant make effective use of small bits and pieces of land and earn a good profit. There is no money to modernize. The problem in achieving this is that a large percentage of India's population still lives in rural areas and the only profession they know is agriculture which they do exactly the way it has been practiced for generations, with the exception of addition of more pesticide. If agriculture has to be modernized, then a large percentage of rural population should be provided enough employment opportunities and skills to move to the city or be taught non agricultural rural business like milk dairies, earthworm farming which can make use of barren land.
Crookbond Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 That's your perception. The high cost (in multiple dimensions) of incompetence & corruption is absolutely shocking and the fact that it does not generate a fraction of the outrage from a lot of the country (and this forum) is sickening. Go look up the number of farmer suicides per year or the malnutrition related deaths per day and how they compare to some events in 1984 or 2002. The latter sound like red herrings in comparison. Despite that they continue to hog the limelight. Threads on Togadia & some wannabe UK gangster with a beard have far more feedback than basic issues. In essence, its called priorities; we have got them wrong and the results are there for general viewing. But hey, those are hard numbers, a random hate speech is much more exciting! /rant I just don't get your point. First you make a snide "secular" comment which had other innuendoes and now you are saying the blatantly obvious point that there is no discussion on basic issues. Your latter point is well taken but your secular comment had nothing to do with it! FYI - I have visited the region of Vidharbha and tried to understand farmer plights, issues. I would love to discuss those issues just like I spend my time this weekend number crunching on the 12th Five Year Plan. Sometimes, all some discourse needs is a stroke of fire. :icflove:
FischerTal Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Somebody should mootra visarjan on this chap :agree:
Clarke Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 I just don't get your point. First you make a snide "secular" comment which had other innuendoes and now you are saying the blatantly obvious point that there is no discussion on basic issues. Your latter point is well taken but your secular comment had nothing to do with it! FYI - I have visited the region of Vidharbha and tried to understand farmer plights, issues. I would love to discuss those issues just like I spend my time this weekend number crunching on the 12th Five Year Plan. Sometimes, all some discourse needs is a stroke of fire. :icflove: Way too many politicians, many of whom are currently in power hide behind the facade of secularism to cover their incompetence and corruption. The jibe is pointed at them and their supporters, and since they're in power there's plenty of the latter around.
Crookbond Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Way too many politicians' date=' many of whom are currently in power hide behind the facade of secularism to cover their incompetence and corruption. The jibe is pointed at them and their supporters, and since they're in power there's plenty of the latter around.[/quote'] There are people who hide behind the secular garb to cover their incompetence and corruption. There are people who hide behind the non-secular garb (culture, morality, society values) to cover their incompetence and corruption. It is not as if non-secular politicians are not incompetent or corrupt. There exists garbage on both sides of the coin. In this very same state, politicians from both sides of the secular coin have been involved in corruption.
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