Freepress Journal: OPPOSITION'S FORGOTTEN ROLE
Freepress Journal, March 3, 2016
Letters
to the editor
Opposition’s forgotten role*
FPJ editorial “Stunned
into silence by the Budget”(March 2) crisply brings in one place, the change in
direction the budgeting exercise in India has taken, the proactive role the
budget can play if there is a national consensus on management of nation’s
precious resources and the need for government (including opposition which has,
beyond just opposing, a forgotten role of pointing out where the government is
going wrong with convincing arguments) to remember the purpose of budget on all
365 days of the year.
This year’s budget speech
has in its introductory observation mentioned nine pillars on which the budget
is constructed. If these pillars are kept intact as the foundation on which
policies will be evolved and if the concluding sentences “…it is said that ‘Champions are made from
something they have deep inside of them- a desire, a dream and a vision’. We
have a desire to provide socio-economic security to every Indian, especially
the farmers, the poor and the vulnerable; we have a dream to see a more
prosperous India; and a vision to ‘Transform India’…” are scribbled on the
government’s walls to act as guiding light in policy formulation and
implementation, PM Modi will be able to achieve the nation’s goal ‘sab
ka saath, sab ka vikaas’ reasonably fast.
M G Warrier, Mumbai
*Submitted version
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